XRP Is Used in Crime, But Far Less Often Than Bitcoin, Elliptic Says

Arkon Energy, a data center infrastructure provider based in Melbourne, Australia, is expanding to the U.S. with the acquisition of a site in Hannibal, Ohio.The company, which uses renewable electricity to mine bitcoin (BTC), also raised $26 million in fresh capital from Sandton Capital Partners, which it intends to use to fund an "aggressive expansion"…

Tomi's aim is to "kick off a clean slate for the internet," using its DAO governance model to promote freedom of speech and access to uncensored information, in contrast to the "government and corporate surveillance and censorship" of the world wide web, it said on Tuesday.

Jun 25, 2020 at 19:39 UTCUpdated Jun 25, 2020 at 20:58 UTCWashington's Grand Coulee Dam, the largest power station in the United States (C. P. Johnston Co/Wikimedia)Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is trying to stop Canadian firm DMG Blockchain from plugging its bitcoin mining rigs into the American power grid. In a letter published Thursday,…

Jun 30, 2020 at 16:28 UTCUpdated Jun 30, 2020 at 16:44 UTCBundestag, Berlin, Germany (Ricardo Gomez Angel/Unsplash)Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization ConcernsSo many users are dependent on Ethereum client Geth that a bug could temporarily freeze the network – something blockchains aren’t supposed to do, ever. In light of this,…

news Two Nigerian nationals have been indicted by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly running a fraudulent bitcoin investment scheme. The Oregon District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that the defendants, Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifoh, are charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. From December…

news Taiwanese electronics manufacturer HTC has launched its latest blockchain phone, the Exodus 1s, which enables users to support the bitcoin network. Unveiling the device Saturday at the Lightning Conference in Berlin, the company claimed the new product is the first smartphone to be able to run a full bitcoin node, allowing it to propagate…

Essential plans to offer an "intent-centric, declarative approach," which differs from traditional blockchain in that it leverages users' "intents" - constraints that express desired outcomes. User intents are solved off-chain by a network of solvers in order to reduce on-chain computation. 20:26 What On-Chain Access for AGI Unlocks 02:06 Degen Chain Racks up Millions in

May 4, 2020 at 11:00 UTCUpdated May 4, 2020 at 11:24 UTCLebanese protestors, October 2019. (Credit: Shutterstock)Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle EastIn advance of her “Crypto Across Emerging Markets” panel at Consensus: Distributed, Leigh Cuen is writing a three-part column on how cryptocurrencies are used in the developing world. In this first part of…

Aug 20, 2020 at 20:28 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Breaks $11.8K; BTC in DeFi Doubles in AugustBitcoin’s price is trending up while August has been a hot month for the cryptocurrency in decentralized finance. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,857 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 1.3% over the previous 24…