Posted 1 minute ago In ~ Marathon Digital Holdings (MDH) is building out its cryptocurrency mining resources as it prepares to withstand planned changes to Bitcoin blockchain programming that could reduce its profits. In an announcement Thursday, the company announced it would purchase a 200-megawatt data center in Texas for $87.3 million. This will also significantly change the way Marathon conducts mining.“Upon completion of this acquisition and the anticipated site expansion in 2024, Marathon will increase the number of megawatts in its mining portfolio to 1.1 gigawatts, 54% of which will reside on sites directly owned and operated by the…
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One of them appears to have been written after FTX filed for bankruptcy and includes a list of options for how Bankman-Fried could resolve the bankruptcy situation. Options include criticizing lawyers, appearing on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s show and “coming out as a Republican,” and interviewing Michael Lewis (who published a book about him a year later). This ranged from sharing letters with employees to tweeting them. A thread about his depression medication.
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Senators Jack Reed and Laphonza Butler called on the SEC to stop approving new cryptocurrency ETFs, highlighting the risks for individual investors. US Senators Jack Reed and Laphonza Butler have taken a firm stance against the expansion of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Senators expressed serious concerns about the “enormous risks” these financial products pose to individual investors, citing their vulnerability to fraud and market manipulation. The move comes as regulators look into the cryptocurrency market more broadly. In a joint statement, Senators Reed and Butler pointed to the nascent nature of the cryptocurrency trading market, which they believe is not…
In a document submitted to members of Congress, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) listed central bank digital currency (CBDC) as one of its “core mandates.” Tom Emmer, a Republican from Minnesota, is the House majority leader. Called Federal Reserve officials handed staff a document titled “The Federal Reserve’s Primary Mission – Payment Systems” early in the congressional meeting. “If you don’t think the Federal Reserve is pursuing a CBDC, think again. They see it as one of their primary mandates.” Source: Tom Emmer/X Emmer, a cryptocurrency proponent and CBDC skeptic, has previously said that digitized fiat currencies are simply a…
Ethereum Rollup, a layer 2 scaling architecture, has begun to benefit from the recently applied Dencun upgrade. Updates with EIP-4844, also known as Proto-Danksharding, have enabled transaction fees to be reduced by 99% in some cases, with Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, and Starknet becoming cheaper across the board. Ethereum Dencun upgrade reduces rollup costs (…)
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Posted 1 minute ago In ~ Updated: March 15, 2024, 3:22 PM EDT U.S. prosecutors have asked a court to imprison former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for up to 50 years, according to a memo filed Friday.Bankman-Fried, who is scheduled to be sentenced March 28, faces 40 to 50 years in prison, according to a memo signed by Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. “All the advantages of a comfortable upbringing, an MIT education, an honorable start in finance, and a valuable idea for a startup company allowed Bankman-Fried to pursue the rewarding, productive, and…
The chances of approval for a pending application for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) this May have become difficult as two US senators have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reject another cryptocurrency ETF proposal. In a March 11 letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, Senators Jack Reed and Laphonza Butler recommended that financial regulators increase their scrutiny of Bitcoin ETFs. Lawmakers urge SEC to stop approving other cryptocurrency ETFs Lawmakers have raised concerns about approving additional cryptocurrency ETFs beyond Bitcoin, citing potential risks to retail investors. They argued that other cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum, lack sufficient…
SuperRare, a prominent non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has entered the Bitcoin Ordinals ecosystem through a collaboration with Bitcoin-based art platform Gamma.The move marks SuperRare’s shift to a more multi-chain approach in its operations, as the NFT market previously focused solely on transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.Zack Yanger, senior vice president of SuperRare Labs, said they decided to explore Bitcoin NFTs after receiving significant interest from the artist community. This interest led them to experiment with Ordinals to support artists on their platform, citing liquidity as a key benefit for artists.“Bitcoin is the largest blockchain with the most potential liquidity, and…