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The Iranian authorities have banned the mining of digital assets until the end of the summer of 2021. According to the statement of the President of the country Hassan Rouhani, authorized cryptocurrency mining consumes about 300 MW, while unauthorized mining consumes 2,000 MW. "Starting today,...

New York-based investment management company ARK Invest, which is focused on innovations, put $22 million into Bitcoin. The investment is shown in the company's daily purchase report that publishes trades carried out through ETFs. On May 23, the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF bought 516.001...

Crypto exchange ByBit has warned Chinese traders about the suspension of service from June 15. At the same time, the trading platform's statement notes that transactions will not be available to users using IP addresses under the jurisdiction of the PRC. From mid-June, investors from the Middle...

Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), which is behind the development of the blockchain of the same name, through its venture division invested $ 15M in the Mexican cryptocurrency exchange Airtm. According to the press release, Airtm is going to use the funds raised to develop its technology...

Colorado may become the first state to allow residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies. Governor Jared Polis will discuss this possibility with the State Treasury Secretary. “Colorado is and will remain the center of blockchain innovation in infrastructure, digital identity, and personal data...

Indonesia has joined the countries wishing to launch a national digital currency (CBDC). According to Reuters, with the help of the token, the country's Central Bank expects to speed up the processing of internal and external transactions. In addition, the emergence of an innovative tool will...

GameStop, an American retailer that sells games, consoles, and other electronics is on the way to present its NFT platform. The company is carrying out design and development processes. There is already a lending page on the website. GameStop announced building a team and therefore hiring...

Billionaire Mark Cuban invested in the Ethereum L2 scaling solution and framework building protocol Polygon. The sum of the investment wasn't announced. Polygon was added to Cuban's website as part of his capital. 🔥 @mcuban is one of the most prolific and insightful investors with investments in...

According to HSBC CEO Noel Quinn, his bank is not yet ready to work with cryptocurrencies. Shortly, the financial giant does not plan to launch a service for operations with digital assets or open a specialized division. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile instruments, the...

As many experts expected, investors in the TON crypto project initiated a lawsuit against Pavel Durov’s team. Oleg Zhelezko, representing the investment fund Da Vinci Capital, told RBC that the claim will be considered by a London court. The fund manager emphasized that the plaintiffs consider...

Back in the fall of last year, the Bank of Korea announced the start of testing the national digital currency (CBDC). According to the Central Bank, testing of the token tied to the won should begin as early as 2021. According to Reuters, tests of the digital won should begin in August. They will...

In several provinces of China, in early May, miners began to be disconnected from the power supply. In parallel, the country's authorities announced tough measures to suppress crypto mining. According to Reuters, BTC.TOP and HashCow have already been suspended in China. Later it became known that...

The youngest crypto billionaire, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin issued a paper with the title "The Limits to Blockchain Scalability". There he wrote about Elon Musk's announcement that Dogecoin can speed up its block time 10X, boost block size 10X and reduce fee 100X. Vitalik...

On May 24, Elon Musk tweeted about Doge, suggesting people interested in the coin's development share ideas on GitHub and Reddit forums. If you’d like to help develop Doge, please submit ideas on GitHub & https://t.co/liAPQMFaQB @dogecoin_devs— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2021 ...

American billionaire entrepreneur, the founder of the largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio disclosed he holds some Bitcoins during Coindesk's 2021 Consensus Conference. The billionaire talked about types of inflations stating he prefers Bitcoin over a bond in such case. He finds...

In honor of the annual holiday Bitcoin Pizza Day, the management of the Dutch franchise Domino's Pizza offered employees to receive a salary in the first crypto. Immensus Holding operates 16 Domino's pizzerias in the Netherlands with over 1000 employees. They will be able to decide how much of...

Santiment data shows that the whales have taken advantage of the drop in ether to buy cryptocurrency at comfortable prices. The number of wallets. containing more than $ 100,000 of ETH rose to its highest level since January 2018. Whales have intensified amid falling altcoin prices from $ 4,358 to...

The US government agency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will reconsider the crypto policy put forward by the previous management last year. Michael Hsu, who was assigned the role of Acting Comptroller of the Currency on May 10, made the request. He said that OCC has always been...