In order to settle a $38.6 million debt to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), the once-prominent bitcoin miner Core Scientific signed an agreement to transfer 27,403 of its mining equipment to the latter. A few days before the holidays in 2022, the firm filed for bankruptcy. Over 27,000
The protracted bear market in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies led to a dramatic decrease in the value of WisdomTree’s digital asset holdings in the fourth quarter of 2022. As of December 31, 2022, the total value of the cryptocurrency funds managed by WisdomTree was $136 million. Down from $163 million
According to a report released by the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) and Binance on February 3, the NBK has begun testing a digital tenge pilot project. Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States were the focus of this research as it examined worldwide approaches to digital asset legislation,
For 2 days, Damus, a Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized, Twitter rival, was available in China’s Apple App Store. Damus reported on Thursday that the app has been taken down in China. By the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) for violating national speech rules. Moreover, Apple cooperated promptly after being asked to.
Twitter users who regularly provide content might now start to feel rewarded for their efforts. The new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, revealed on Friday that content producers would soon begin getting a cut of the income earned by advertising that appears in their reply threads. No more details beyond
The market has reached a point of no return. A new report on non-farm payrolls in the United States is now available. The number of individuals working in the U.S.’s industrial, construction, and retail sectors. The government statistics show that in January, a staggering 517k new employment were created. The
MicroStrategy, a business analytics firm, said Thursday that it had lost money for the eighth straight quarter, but that it would maintain its policy of keeping Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Bitcoin’s value dropped to $23,439 after the quarterly earnings report was released. On Thursday, MicroStrategy’s stock rose about 10%,
Bitcoin soared by over 40% in the first month of 2023, off to a fantastic start for the year. This was also the second-largest increase for the month of January in the last decade. For operational purposes, Bitcoin mining firm Marathon digital has been selling its BTC holdings as the
As private sector demand has decreased in tandem with the sell-off in cryptocurrencies for much of the last year. Chainalysis is laying off around 44 of its 900 workers, or 4.8% of its staff. According to Maddie Kennedy, the company’s senior director of communications, the layoffs will mostly affect members
Pick n Pay, a supermarket chain in South Africa, has accepted Bitcoin at 39 locations before rolling out the service company-wide. The rollout of Bitcoin acceptance took place over the course of the last three months of pilot testing. Customers at any of the retail locations in South Africa will
