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Three power plants in Iran have been given the green light to provide their surplus energy to Bitcoin miners to ramp up their revenue and ease pressure on the national grid. The head of Iran's Thermal Power Plant Holding Company (TPPH), Mohsen Tarztalab, announced the news yesterday, revealing
Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most
Following a period of two months of consolidation, Bitcoin underwent a strong breakout at the end of July that took it from the $9,000s to a high at $12,500. But since those highs in late August, Bitcoin has undergone a correction that brought it as low as $9,
News • Bitcoin • Sep 22, 2020
Three power plants in Iran have been given the green light to provide their surplus energy to Bitcoin miners to ramp up their revenue and ease pressure on the national grid. The head of Iran's Thermal Power Plant Holding Company (TPPH), Mohsen Tarztalab, announced the news yesterday, revealing
News • Bitcoin • Sep 21, 2020
Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most
Opinion • Bitcoin • Sep 21, 2020
The difficulty of mining Bitcoin hit a new all-time high on September 20th, continuing its uptrend since the halving in May this year. PlanB, the creator of the stock-to-flow (S2F) model, commented on the numbers, suggesting Bitcoin is en route to $100,000 with mining difficulty rising "like clockwork.
News • Bitcoin • Sep 21, 2020
The Los Angeles-based domain registrar service Namecheap on September 17th announced that it will be supporting Bitcoin payments made through BTCPay, an open-source, self-hosted cryptocurrency payment processor focused on security, privacy, and censorship-resistance. Namecheap chief executive Richard Kirkendall revealed the move in a tweet: This is not the company'
News • Bitcoin • Sep 17, 2020
Hardware wallet firm Ledger has rolled out its latest update for its mobile companion Ledger Live, rendering an additional layer of privacy controls for Bitcoin transactions. The new feature, dubbed "Coin Control," allows users of Ledger Live to manually select which addresses and which portion of funds to
News • Bitcoin • Sep 16, 2020
As of the morning of September 16th, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has the approval to become "America's first crypto bank." Kraken's Chief Legal officer Marco Santori broke the news in a Twitter thread, outlining what this means for the long-time Bitcoin startup. Kraken is launching
News • Bitcoin • Sep 15, 2020
Bakkt, the Bitcoin derivatives brainchild of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), reported a new all-time high for its Bitcoin futures offering yesterday, with an equivalent of $200 million swapping hands. With 15,955 futures contracts traded in a single day, Bakkt marks a 36% advance on its previous record of 12,
News • Bitcoin • Sep 15, 2020