Saturday was the biggest day ever for Ordinals, the technology used to inscribe digital assets on Bitcoin, creating assets similar to Ethereum-based NFTs. According to a popular Dune dashboard, on Saturday there were around 223,000 inscriptions made via Ordinals. Over 200,000 inscriptions were made in a single day. A milestone
Bitfarms, a firm that mines for Bitcoin has announced to investors that it has reached a new milestone as a result of its expanded operations in Argentina. A hashrate of 5 exahash per second (5 quintillion hashes per second) was reached on Thursday. Thus, setting a new record for the
The prototype design of a high-performance Bitcoin mining ASIC at 5 nanometers has been completed by Jack Dorsey’s business, Block. On April 28, 2023, the corporation updated its website with the news. The American company acknowledged the technological and financial difficulties of manufacturing bitcoin mining ASICs. As a result, there
Bitcoin technology firm Lightning Labs, a key contributor to Bitcoin’s lightning-fast and scalable Lightning Network, has updated the user-friendliness of its node management tool, Litd. It may be difficult for users who aren’t tech-savvy or who don’t want to spend hours studying each aspect of the protocol to transmit a
With the cryptocurrency sector coming under the scrutiny of tax authorities throughout the world, the fintech company Revolut has added an automatic tax reporting tool for its customers. The fintech firm has collaborated with Koinly, a cryptocurrency tax solution, to give its customers the ability to produce cryptocurrency tax reports
With the latest protocol tweak, mining has become more difficult, and the Bitcoin (BTC) network is exhibiting encouraging indications of strength. Glassnode, a cryptocurrency on-chain monitoring tool, reports that the most recent difficulty adjustment has set a new All-Time High (ATH) of 209 zettahashes (10^21) for the projected number of
A month ago, Huang Tien-mu, chairman of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission, made it official that the commission would be responsible for crypto regulation in the region. There are two financial watchdogs in Taiwan. The Central Bank of the Republic of China and the FSC. Foreign exchange laws and monetary policy
Greenidge, a Bitcoin miner based out of New York, has stated that it is emerging from recent difficulties and expanding operations via a collaboration with Core Scientific. The company announced the agreement with Core Scientific on Thursday. With 6,914 mining machines belonging to Greenidge being hosted by the company. The
Kevin O’Leary, the Canadian businessman known as Mr. Wonderful, stated that no new money is coming into Bitcoin and crypto from institutions until there’s regulation. In an interview with YouTuber Kevin, O’Leary stated that Bitcoin is locked in purgatory and has been trading between $17,000 and $30,000 for a long
Hong Kong seems to be realizing its goal of becoming a center for the cryptocurrency industry. Guidelines for regulating cryptocurrency exchanges are expected to be released by the Securities Futures Commission (SFC) of the jurisdiction in May 2023. The finance regulator initiated a similar platform for public input last year.
