Namcios

Entrepreneur, Bitcoin student and full-time stacker.

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Bitcoin mining requires a significant amount of energy but it is also driving miners to renewable energy sources that help the Earth stay green.
Business

Research: Bitcoin Consumes Less Than Half The Energy Of The Banking Or Gold Industries

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Technical

The Top-10 Bitcoin Mining Pools Have Signaled For Taproot

When the bitcoin price rises that is known as a bull market and many things about investment in BTC make people bullish.
Markets

BlackRock Chief Investment Officer Rick Rieder Thinks Bitcoin Is Durable

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Business

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Commits To Being Carbon Neutral By 2021

Op-ed - Debunking Bitcoin Myths: "It’s Only for Criminals"
Business

Colonial Pipeline Pays 75 Bitcoin Ransom To Hackers

Bitcoin mining requires a significant amount of energy but it is also driving miners to renewable energy sources that help the Earth stay green.
Business

Argo Blockchain Buys Hydro Data Centers To Realize Green Bitcoin Mining Vision

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Technical

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High As Second Taproot Signaling Period Begins

Layer 2 protocols like the Lightning Network and the Liquid sidechain can make it easier for those who leverage bitcoin for remittances.
Technical

First-Ever Dual-Funded Mainnet Lightning Channel Opened

VanEck and SolidX have withdrawn an SEC proposal for their latest attempt at a bitcoin ETF, setting this potential institutional on-ramp back again.
Business

Bloomberg Analyst Sees A U.S. Bitcoin ETF Coming In 2021

Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is often accused of printing fiat money in Washington, D.C.
Markets

Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Pushes Miami Mayor To Buy Bitcoin

Mining machines, also called mining rigs or ASICs, are used by bitcoin miners to mine bitcoin.
Business

Ninepoint To Fully Offset Carbon Footprint Of Its Bitcoin ETF

Robert A. Cohen is going from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s primary cyber misconduct unit to a law firm representing Coinbase.
Business

SEC Chairman: Bitcoin Is Store Of Value But Needs Greater Investor Protection

Iran’s local cryptocurrency community welcomes the legitimization of mining as an industry but feels that miners aren’t being treated fairly.
Business

Iran Reportedly Bans Trading Of Bitcoin Mined Abroad

DTRH-surveillance
Business

Marathon Mines Bitcoin Block That’s Verified As Compliant With U.S. Regulations

Fiat money printing, or the U.S. dollar (USD), is the past while Bitcoin is the future.
Business

Goldman Sachs Leads $15 Million Investment Round In Bitcoin Data Provider Coin Metrics

The recent ruling that national banks can custody bitcoin raises questions
Business

NYDIG: Bitcoin Is Coming To Hundreds Of U.S. Banks This Year

Bitcoin’s hash rate hit an all-time high of 117 EH/s in early 2020. But the reasons why are more nuanced than “the halving.”
Technical

Nearly Half Of Bitcoin Hash Rate Now Signaling For Taproot Activation

Technical - Taproot Is Coming: What It Is
Technical

Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 Released With Taproot Activation Code

Federal agencies in Russia are reportedly developing proposals for confiscating cryptocurrencies by 2021. What could it mean for the country?
Business

Censored Russian News Agency Asks For Bitcoin Donations

Payments - Blockstream’s Satellite Messaging API Is Now Available on Mainnet
Business

Blockstream Releases Base Station For Bitcoin Broadcasting Satellite

Layer1 has secured new funding to develop a full-stack bitcoin mining infrastructure and bring more of the global hash power to the U.S.
Business

Bitcoin Mining Firm Genesis Makes $93 Million Purchase Of Canaan ASICs

Cryptocurrency Regulation in the U.S. Faces Uncertainty in 2020
Markets

U.S. Government Sells 9.45 BTC At Significant Market Discount

Knapsack mixing offers efficiency and privacy improvements over equal-amount bitcoin mixing.
Culture

U.S. Officials Arrest Alleged Operator Of Mixing Service Bitcoin Fog

With the recent price rise, many bitcoin traders have incurred capital gains that need to be reported on year-end tax returns. But how?
Markets

Report: Biden Seeking To Nearly Double Capital Gains Taxes For Wealthy Americans

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has opened fiat deposits for Nigerians, using the naira in the exchange’s first-ever listed fiat trading pair.
Business

NFL Player Sean Culkin Will Convert Full 2021 Salary To Bitcoin

Op Ed: In China, It’s Blockchain and Tyranny vs Bitcoin and Freedom
Markets

Bitcoin Peer-To-Peer Trading In Nigeria Rises 27% Since Central Bank’s Ban

The power authority of Zhenjiang noticed an unusual spike in electricity consumption and abnormal line loss in some factories, and reported them to the local police.
Business

CEO Of Turkish Exchange Thodex Flees Country, Leaves User Funds Irretrievable

Investing - Kraken Advances U.K. Expansion With the Acquisition of Futures Platform
Business

Investor Note Reveals RIT Capital Has Acquired Stake In Kraken

The recent ruling that national banks can custody bitcoin raises questions
Business

First Foundation Partners With NYDIG To Provide Bitcoin Access To Clients

Bitcoin Price Down
Markets

NYDIG Bought The Recent Bitcoin Dip, Indicates Other Institutions Are Doing The Same

Payments - Palestinian Fundamentalist Group Hamas Receives Funding via Bitcoin
Business

Venmo Customers Can Now Buy, Sell And Hold Bitcoin In App

Investing - Hong Kong Exchange OKEx Rolls Back Futures Transactions
Business

OKEx Integrates The Bitcoin Lightning Network

Representative Ted Budd has introduced a bill meant to reform the national tax code around cryptocurrency.
Business

Miami-Dade County Could Soon Let Residents Pay Taxes With Bitcoin