The Belarus government is exploring the prospects of tapping into the crypto mining industry to utilize its excess energy supply.  Crypto Mining on The Agenda Belarus Energy minister Vikto Karankevich confirmed this development during a meeting with other energy stakeholders in the country. When quizzed on the prospects of using […]

MicroStrategy has established itself as one of bitcoin’s biggest fans in recent months. MicroStrategy Buys a Lot More Bitcoin The company was one of the first institutional players to come out publicly and support the world’s primary digital currency by market cap through a purchase of more than $250 million […]

It’s not like we didn’t know that Square – the financial payment firm owned and operated by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame – was a bitcoin fan. Dorsey himself has been advocating for bitcoin for the past several years, even going so far as to claim in 2018 that it […]

Bitcoin has fallen steeply since setting a high around $58,000 per coin earlier this month. After now days in a row of downside, and a sweep of lows, there’s a bullish divergence brewing that could take the leading cryptocurrency by market cap soaring back higher. At the same time, the […]

Euronext has received the blessing of the European Commission for its €4.3 billion acquisition of Borsa Italiana from the London Stock Exchange, bringing the exchange group one step closer to finalising the deal. Following an in-depth investigation into the mega-merger, European authorities greenlight the buyout transaction, which was dependent on […]

Every bull market witnesses periodic pullbacks, where the weaker hands sell anticipating a top and the stronger hands accumulate for the long term. Data from Coinbase Pro shows two large Bitcoin (BTC) outflows this week, suggesting that institutions are likely continueing to buy the current dip. Comparing historical data, on-chain […]

It was the day before Soon™, which means that it was Soon™ Eve when episode 3 of Kurt Wuckert Jr.’s CoinGeek Weekly Livestream was released. In this episode, Kurt is joined by special guest Joshua Henslee, the creator of SHUA coin. Kurt and Henslee answer several audience questions and explore […]

Ethereum developers, miners, and the “community” are holding a call to begin within a few minutes in order to build consensus for EIP-1559. “This Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) suggests a new transaction pricing mechanism that includes a fixed-per-block network fee that is burned and dynamically expands/contracts block sizes to deal […]

Coinbase announced its direct listing on NASDAQ after an S-1 IPO filing with the SEC for a direct listing. The news of the public listing soared the pre-IPO shares listed on FTX, rising from $390 to over $430 in a matter of a couple of hours. The pre-market valuation of […]

The US President Joe Biden promised to deliver a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to revamp the country's economy that was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides using their traditional US dollar (USD), the government was also planning to use other alternatives including central bank digital currency (CBDC) known as […]