A court of appeals in France has upheld the verdict in the case against BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. His lawyers vowed to continue the legal struggle against Vinnik’s return to Greece in order to avoid a likely extradition to the U.S. Court Confirms Vinnik’s 5-year Sentence for Money Laundering The Court of Appeals of Paris…
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Recoups Some Loss, 2021’s Largest Mining Difficulty Drop Expected Next Week
On Saturday, Bitcoin’s SHA256 hashrate managed to climb back above the 100 exahash per second region after it slid to a low of 91 EH/s three days ago. Meanwhile, in five days the network’s mining difficulty change is approaching and it could see the difficulty drop over 20%. Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs Back Above 100 EH/s,…
Iran Counts 30 Crypto Mining Farms Licensed to Mint Digital Currencies
Iranian authorities have so far authorized 30 facilities for cryptocurrency mining. The crypto mining farms are spread across several regions, including Tehran Province. The government has put out the data amid a crackdown on illegal miners in the country. A Third of Authorized Mining Farms Are Based in Two Provinces The Iranian Ministry of Industries,…
Tesla’s Elon Musk and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Agree to Have ‘the Talk’ at Bitcoin Event ‘B Word’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to have “the talk” at the bitcoin event called “The B Word,” which aims to show institutional investors how they can embrace bitcoin. Elon Musk vs. Jack Dorsey at Bitcoin Event Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk and Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey…
Guggenheim CIO Predicts ‘Real Bottom’ of Bitcoin, Warns BTC Price Could Fall to $15,000
The chief investment officer of asset management firm Guggenheim, Scott Minerd, thinks he knows where the real bottom of bitcoin’s price is. He warns that the price of the cryptocurrency could fall to the $15K level. Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Sees Bitcoin Bottom The chief investment officer (CIO) of Guggenheim Partners, Scott Minerd, is back with…
Crypto Travel Rule Working Group Launches 2.0 Protocol ‘Solving the Discoverability Problem’
Just before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the organization’s 12-month review, a working group called the Travel Rule Protocol (TRP) released its 2.0 version of the TRP crypto application programming interface (API) in order to “simplify the end-user crypto exchange experience.” TRP is backed by big banks like Fidelity Investments, Standard Chartered, and…