Luxury auction house Sotheby’s will start accepting crypto payments for its rare, 101-carat diamond auction sale. It’s going to auction a 101 carat diamond to just about anyone, as long …
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DCG to buy $50M in Grayscale’s ETC Trust shares as discount persists
Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of crypto asset manager Grayscale, announced Monday a plan to buy up to $50 million in shares of Grayscale’s Ethereum Classic (ETC) Trust. …
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Chinese crypto miners head west as Beijing’s crackdown gains pace
As Beijing’s attitude to crypto mining hardens, and as Chinese provincial and other administrators crack down on the industry, Chinese miners are decamping to countries in which they are less unwelcome. Some …
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Swiss bank Dukascopy to launch Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin CFD trading
Recognized Swiss bank Dukascopy has announced on Tuesday the addition of Bitcoin, Ether, and Litecoin CFDs contracts becoming the latest contract for difference (CFDs) broker to offer cryptocurrency trading. The brokerage …
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Colin Wu: ‘China crackdown on crypto might have surprising reason’
Chinese crypto journalist Colin Wu attributes the ongoing witch-hunt against cryptocurrencies in China to the environmental pivot of its policy. In his latest Twitter post, Mr. Wu shared the opinion …
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A16z to tap Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator
The United States-based venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has picked T-Systems MMS validator group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, to delegate its native Celo (CELO) assets. According to a notice on Deutsche …
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Polygon developers propose a modified implementation of EIP-1559 on MATIC
The development team at Polygon (MATIC) has opened discussions for the implementation of EIP-1559 on its network as soon as the proposal is implemented on Ethereum with the London Network Upgrade. EIP-1559 on Ethereum …
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The world’s 5th-largest mining pool leaves China for Kazakhstan
BTC.com — a major crypto mining pool that is operated by BIT Mining and owned by the NYSE-listed Chinese lottery service provider 500.com — has announced the successful relocation of its first batch of …
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Crypto miner: ‘China’s crackdown means Bitcoin is working’
China’s crackdown on Bitcoin (BTC) mining and cryptocurrency trading recently became a primary driver for the red candlesticks on crypto market charts. But one Bitcoin mining engineer believes China’s ban on …
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Peter Schiff to unveil best time to buy Bitcoin. It’s about MicroStrategy
Vocal Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff has tweeted when it is the best time to act, “if you really want to buy Bitcoin”. This recommendation is to do with MicroStrategy that …
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