Number of Busted Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in Iran Nears 7,000

Post Views: 289 Authorities in Iran have shut down close to 7,000 unauthorized facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past two years, local media revealed. According to a report, most of the illegal bitcoin farms were concentrated in five provinces of the Islamic Republic, including Tehran. Iranian officials have unplugged and disbanded a total of…

Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High

Post Views: 322 Amid the Terra blockchain meltdown, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been well above the 200 exahash per second range, at 212 EH/s at the time of writing. Bitcoin’s hashpower has remained high after reaching an all-time high on May 02, at block height 734,577. Moreover, while bitcoin miners continue to search for blocks, the…

Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears

Post Views: 322 According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the stablecoin economy was valued at close to $200 billion just last week. Of course, the climactic terrausd (UST) failure wiped out billions from the stablecoin economy, and Binance’s stablecoin BUSD has recently…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reaffirms Dogecoin ‘Has Potential as a Currency’ as Twitter Deal Is Put on Hold

Post Views: 327 Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that dogecoin has potential as a currency. However, his Twitter buyout deal has been put on hold “pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users.” Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts…

Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg

Post Views: 330 On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days ago on May 5. One specific defi protocol called Lido, a liquid staking platform and the second largest defi application in terms…

Bank of Spain Governor Highlights Need for Fast Regulation in Defi and Crypto

Post Views: 313 Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain and chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, explained that the cryptocurrency space and decentralized finance (defi) need to be regulated swiftly to avoid risks of financial instability. Hernandez de Cos also mentioned how this swift approach should bring the crypto…

SEC Chair Gensler: Crypto Exchanges Are Trading Against Their Customers Often

Post Views: 431 The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says cryptocurrency exchanges are “trading against their customers often because they’re market-marking against their customers.” He has raised concerns over crypto trading platforms “commingling” services. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said in an interview with Bloomberg News Tuesday that some cryptocurrency…

Warren Buffett-Backed Nubank Launches Crypto Trading — Holds Bitcoin on Balance Sheet

Post Views: 318 Warren Buffett-backed Nubank, one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, has launched cryptocurrency trading. Starting with bitcoin and ether, the bank explained that its 54 million customers can “buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency all from the same app, with no need to open new accounts or transfer money.” Nubank, one of…

Electrifying Live Casino Game XXXtreme Lightning Roulette in Exclusive Early Access

Post Views: 356 Play the brand new XXXtreme version of one of the most popular live casino games at Bitcoin.com Games; Lightning Roulette by Evolution! Bitcoin.com Games has been home to a host of many such live casino games that can be played with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash. A prime example of…

Biggest Movers: AXS Jumps Over 20%, as MATIC Falls to 13-Month Low

Post Views: 360 Despite the majority of tokens trading in red on Thursday, AXS was up by over 20% in today’s session. While LUNA dropped below $0.01 earlier today, MATIC was another notable crypto to fall, dropping to its lowest point since last April. AXS was one of the biggest gainers in crypto markets on…