Members of the U.S. Federal Reserve discussed the possibility of economic measures and actions at the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday. The Fed said that right now the central bank is not considering cutting back large asset purchases just yet, and the central bank also plans to keep interest rates at near-zero.…
New Jersey’s Order Against Blockfi Extended, Vermont Issues Notice to Crypto Lender
On July 28, Zac Prince, the CEO of crypto finance firm Blockfi, explained that the company has been “engaged in a productive discourse” with U.S. regulators. Prince further said the New Jersey Bureau of Securities had extended the state’s previous order to September 2. Meanwhile, the company also has issues with Vermont’s Department of Financial…
Bit Mining to Deploy Another 2,500 Bitcoin Miners in Kazakhstan
Bit Mining is going to expand its operations in Central Asia with the purchase of 2,500 crypto mining machines slated for deployment in Kazakhstan. The new devices are expected to increase the Chinese company’s total hashrate capacity by an estimated 165 petahashes per second. Bit Mining Buys New Cryptocurrency Miners for Data Centers in Kazakhstan…
Here’s what happened to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s $1 billion India Covid crypto donation.
So far, around $20 million has been paid out two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin contributed about $1 billion in cryptocurrencies to an India Covid relief fund. According to Sandeep Nailwal, a New Delhi-based entrepreneur who formed the India Covid Crypto Relief Fund, which received the contribution, cashing out an illiquid asset, dealing with…
Elon Musk Hints Tesla Owns About 42K Bitcoins
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted how many bitcoins Tesla owns after revealing that the fair market value of its bitcoin holdings was $1.47 billion as of June 30. Tesla Holding About 42K Bitcoins Tesla’s technoking, Elon Musk, has commented on how many bitcoins his electric car company owns in response to a rough calculation…
Crypto Payment Option Makes Services More Affordable: Zimbabwe Music Studio Director
A Zimbabwean music production company, Mutscon Music, recently announced that its clients can now pay for services using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. According to the company, this decision has partly been necessitated by ongoing pandemic-related movement restrictions. Music Studio Accepts Crypto Mutscon Music has also chosen to accept cryptocurrencies because this form of payment…