Sony Patent Filings Hint at Work on Crypto Mining Hardware

Last week a U.S. Judge ruled that XRP is not a security, and the SEC accepted the BlackRock bitcoin ETF application, moving it to the next stage of the approval process. Within minutes of this XRP news, the token jumped from $0.45 to $0.61, pushing the price up over 25%. While these decisions and the…

news Digital contract management startup Clause has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round led by crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital. The funding round also saw investment from electronic signature pioneer DocuSign and Galaxy Digital’s EOS Venture Capital Fund, which is backed by EOS blockchain maker Block.one and other investors. Founded in 2015, Clause…

news German police have raided and shut down Cyberbunker 2.0, a decommissioned NATO bunker that housed dark web market servers and child porn. The bunker, hidden in the Mosel River town of Traben-Trarbach, held multiple stories of servers as well as “$41 million worth of funds allegedly tied to these markets,” according to security researcher…

24H Low$170.0424H High$174.61PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Fee$0.032246About Bitcoin SVBitcoin Satoshi Vision (SV) is a cryptocurrency created in late 2018 by forking the Bitcoin Cash blockchain and adjusting the protocol with larger block sizes to reduce transaction fees. The name comes from its supporters belief that cheaper fees aligns with Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision for Bitcoin. Bitcoin…

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The difficulty of mining bitcoin has reached an all-time high of 92.6 terahashes, increasing by over 10% since early July, which could strain miners' profitability due to higher operational costs. Increased mining difficulty might pressure miners financially, potentially leading to more bitcoin being sold to cover costs. However, some say there's no direct correlation between

news Institutional crypto loans firm Genesis Global Capital says it processed more than $1.1 billion in lends and borrows in 2018. The firm, which is affiliated to Genesis Global Trading, published its latest “Digital Asset Lending Snapshot” Wednesday, announcing that it had more than doubled its loan originations in the last three months of 2018,…

Bitcoin mining profitability is at a record low, the report said. The aggregate market cap of the U.S.-listed bitcoin miners tracked by the bank fell 15% last month, JPMorgan said. The bank noted that mining difficulty rose 9% from the previous month. Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability is stuck at record lows, JPMorgan (JPM) said in

news While its CEO, Jamie Dimon, is notorious for his critical comments on bitcoin, investment bank JPMorgan is preparing for a future where blockchain is a key part of financial infrastructure with its own cryptocurrency. Called JPM Coin, the token has been developed by engineers at the bank, according to a report from CNBC on…