Has Russia really ‘legalized’ cryptocurrency mining?

On-chain activity for the Ethereum layer-2 network has picked up recently, but token prices remain at deep bear market levels. 

The company building Moonbeam is focusing on integration work and a renewed marketing push. 2456 Total views 10 Total shares PureStake, the company behind the Moonbeam and Moonriver networks, two parachain candidates for Polkadot and Kusama, respectively, announced a successful $6 million raise.The funding round was led by CoinFund and included participants such as Binance…

The firm plans to partner with companies that are already experienced in local fiat payment processing. 22 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn Mar. 1, nearly two years after Jack Dorsey's technology conglomerate Block (known as Square at the time) announced plans to build a…

Saturday, Nov. 2 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day at press time, after Bitcoin (BTC) broke the $9,300 mark again.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin price is currently up by 2.06% on the day, trading at around $9,326 at press time, according to Coin360. Looking at its weekly…

Human imagination and the strive to turn science fiction into science fact goes back to ancient times, but has only truly begun to manifest itself in the last 50 years. Though mostly unseen by average users, artificial intelligence (AI) is already deeply embedded in the basic processes people have become accustomed to.Blockchain technology has come…

The market capitalization of Tether (USDT) surpassed $12 billion as of Aug. 14, according to cryptocurrency market analytics firm Coinmetrics. Meanwhile, some believe the rapidly-rising valuation of the dominant stablecoin positively benefits Bitcoin (BTC) in the long term. But some investors also fear that it makes the cryptocurrency market vulnerable.Tether has been the most widely-utilized…

The lawyer representing the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, has accused the Greek Supreme Court of “grossly violating” his rights, major Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported Nov. 19.39-year old Russian national Vinnik, a.k.a “Mr. Bitcoin,” was indicted by U.S. authorities and detained in Greece on July 25, 2017 on…

CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham said recent court opinions around digital assets and securities are a first step to crypto regulatory clarity. 244 Total views 3 Total shares Caroline Pham, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, believes the path to United States crypto regulatory clarity has been laid out following Ripple’s partial victory.Speaking on Bloomberg…

The state of banking and finance today presents a complex labyrinth that even seasoned bankers struggle to navigate. Despite appearances, there is a method to this madness. As Nobel Prize winners like Muhammad Yunus and Joseph Stiglitz have cautioned in the past: central banking, in particular, has morphed to keep the status quo in check.…