Tron’s BitTorrent Acquisition Triggers String of Employee Exits

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Daily mining revenue and gross profit fell for a third consecutive month in September, the report said. The bank noted that the network hashrate rose 2% from August. Daily block reward gross profit fell to the lowest "on recent record" in September, the bank said. The average bitcoin (BTC) price and the network hashrate rose

Bankrupt FTX wants to start staking, and to hedge BTC and ETH sales as it liquidates a $3 billion crypto holding.It’s looking to Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy empire to maximize value from the sales.Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wants to start selling, staking and hedging its sizable crypto holdings – and is seeking to hire Mike Novogratz’s…

Digital payments firm Strike has established a new headquarters in El Salvador for its international entity that could serve as a beachhead as it expands to more than 65 countries.But Strike says its primary headquarters is still in Chicago, despite regulatory uncertainty that has caused other crypto companies like Bittrex to exit the U.S. market.Strike…

Jan 10, 2020 at 15:31 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 15:32 UTCSpencer Dinwiddie image via Tdorante10 / Wikimedia CommonsNBA Player’s Contract Tokenization Plan Can Move Forward: ReportsBrooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will be able to tokenize his contract after all.First reported by The Athletic, Dinwiddie will issue shares tied to his contract beginning Jan. 13,…

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news CME Group, the Chicago-based exchange operator, said its bitcoin futures contracts grew in popularity last quarter, with the number of open contracts up 61 percent from a year earlier because of growing demand from institutional investors. Open interest, or the number of outstanding positions, rose to 4,629 contracts, up from 2,873 in the third…

May 13, 2020 at 18:36 UTCUpdated May 13, 2020 at 18:37 UTCWhile ether’s (ETH) price has risen by nearly 50% this year, the number of addresses holding large amounts of the currency, popularly known as whales, has declined significantly. The seven-day average of the number of unique addresses holding 10,000 ethers or more fell to 1,050…

“Hashrate” refers to the total combined computational power that is being used to mine and process transactions on a Proof-of-Work blockchain, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum (prior to the 2.0 upgrade). A “hash” is a fixed-length alphanumeric code that is used to represent words, messages and data of any length. Crypto projects use a variety…