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Core Scientific, led by CEO Mike Levitt, has sold a large portion of their Bitcoin holdings to cover payments toward ASIC machines, make additional capital investments, and pay down some of their debt. The company says it plans to continue selling their self-mined bitcoins for these purposes. Key metrics: * 7,

Ernest Urtasun, a member of the E.U. Parliament, took to Twitter on Wednesday to provide a glimpse of upcoming regulations looking to “put an end to the wild west of unregulated crypto.” The legislation introduces a large number of requirements for both registered entities as well as “unhosted wallets”

The Wall Street Journal released a report on Monday (June 27th, 2022) stating that hedge funds are ramping up efforts to short Tether (USDT), the stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. Subsequently, Tether Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Paolo Ardoino, voiced his thoughts on Twitter in a 12-part thread. He

The University of Cincinnati in Ohio is working on creating two separate courses for students interested in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and emerging financial technologies. The university revealed that these courses are being funded by Dan Kautz and Woody Uible, two long-time proponents of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Additionally, the funds will also

Spanish airline Vueling has partnered with Bitpay, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin payment service providers, to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment by early 2023. This move will make it the first low-cost airline in Europe to accept Bitcoin as payment.  In a press release announcing the

In April of this year, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the company of Tether raised 36 Bitcoin (roughly $1.5 million) to support families who were affected by gang violence occurring in El Salvador.  A tweet from Christian Guevara on June 9th, 2022 showed Max Keiser, Stacy Herbert, and

San Diego-based fintech startup, Edge, has launched the first confidential Bitcoin spending card. Announced on Wednesday, June 8th, 2022, this card does not require know-your-customer (KYC) data for registration.  “There is no name or address associated with your Edge Mastercard, making for completely private transactions when your card is used,

This past Tuesday, finance giant PayPal announced the release of a long-demanded feature. PayPal users may now transfer Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency funds off the platform and into external wallets.  According to a newsroom announcement from PayPal on June 7th, 2022, the platform now supports “the native transfer of cryptocurrencies