Bitfarms’ CEO, Emiliano Grodzki, has resigned in the wake of the bear market, following a long line of leaders in the cryptocurrency industry who have left their posts this year. Geoffrey Morphy is promoted from president and COO to CEO at the mining firm. Here is what Morphy had to
Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, has pushed through a bill that would tax the sale of digital assets. Italy’s planned budget for 2023 includes a 26% tax on cryptocurrency earnings above €2000. Cryptocurrency dealers in the nation will feel the effects of the ruling. And taxpayers who report
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing made on Thursday. Investment giant BlackRock (BLK) has pledged $17 million to insolvent bitcoin miner Core Scientific (CORZ). As part of a fresh $75 million loan from the miner’s secured convertible note holders. According to data from FactSet, BlackRock is
Compass Mining, a hardware manufacturer for Bitcoin mining, reported that it had won a roughly $1.5 million verdict in court this week against hosting provider Dynamics Mining. In June, Dynamics of Kentucky said that Compass had terminated its hosting relationship because it had failed to pay electricity and hosting obligations
On Thursday morning, the official Shark Tank Twitter account of Kevin O’Leary, nicknamed Mr. Wonderful, began advertising cryptocurrency giveaways in the form of bitcoin and ethereum. The account claimed that O’Leary has chosen to donate 5,000 bitcoin and 15,000 ether. Since he has gained so much money from cryptocurrencies in
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, has said that by 2023, the company would release software and solutions that use the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Saylor announced the company’s development into Lightning Network-based software and solutions on December 28 during a Twitter Spaces event. These include “support” solutions for enterprise marketing
After much deliberation, cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain has decided to sell its flagship mining facility Helios in order to weather the current bear market. To the tune of $65 million, the Helios facility was sold by Argo Blockchain on December 28 to Mike Novogratz’s crypto investment business Galaxy Digital.
Solona blockchain native token SOL fell by 15% on Thursday after Ethereum developer Vitalik Buterin tweeted support for the blockchain, which has been negatively affected by the collapse of FTX. According to CMC statistics, SOL has risen from its low of $8.19 on Thursday to $9.50. However, the token is
Michael Saylor, a Bitcoin maximalist, stated on Wednesday that MicroStrategy had bought 2,395 Bitcoins. As of the 27th of December, according to an SEC filing. MicroStrategy has almost 132,500 bitcoin in its possession. Which it purchased for over $4 billion at an average price of $30,397 per Bitcoin. MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin
A total of six executives were sentenced to up to eight years in jail. For their roles in the $1.5 billion (2 trillion won) V Global crypto exchange scam in South Korea. While three were not held so they could dispute specific allegations in court. V Global was in business
