Hopium is back on the menu for solo Bitcoin (BTC) miners. A circa $240,000 reward, or 6.25 BTC, was generated by yet another solo miner this morning. This time, the odds were less than 20%, according to Con Kolivas, a Bitcoin software engineer and administrator for ckpool, whose name takes his initials. It’s the fourth “blockfind” for the ckpool since Jan. 11. Kolivas tweeted … [Read more...] about Another solo Bitcoin miner solves valid block, making it fourth in 2022
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MicroStrategy Bought About 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M
MicroStrategy said it bought 7,002 bitcoin for about $414 million in cash during its fiscal fourth quarter.The company bought bitcoins during the quarter for an average price of about $59,000, it said in a statement.The largest crypto currency by market capitalization was around $57,326 on Monday. MicroStrategy now holds 121,044 bitcoins for an average purchase price of … [Read more...] about MicroStrategy Bought About 7K Bitcoins in Fiscal Fourth Quarter for $414M
Binance Registers Fourth Entity in Ireland: Report
Binance has registered a fourth legal entity in Ireland, according to a report by the Irish Independent.After years of decentralized operations, Binance is set to settle down on a global head office to ease compliance woes. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, founder and CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange, said on Nov. 19 that Binance had picked a location for its HQ.Binance set up … [Read more...] about Binance Registers Fourth Entity in Ireland: Report
Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for fourth time in a row
Amid the ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrency mining in China, mining new Bitcoin (BTC) continues getting easier as BTC has experienced another mining difficulty drop.On July 18, the Bitcoin network posted its fourth consecutive negative adjustment of mining difficulty, dropping 4.8%, according to data from Bitcoin explorer BTC.com.The latest mining difficulty adjustment … [Read more...] about Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for fourth time in a row
‘Beeple’ NFT sold for $69 million is the fourth most expensive artwork sold by a living artist
Is money even real anymore? The NFT sector is making it seem soBeeple’s big dayOne of the world’s most expensive art pieces was sold by auction house Christie’s yesterday—a non-fungible token (NFT) art by digital artist Mike Winkelmann, popularly known by his online persona ‘Beeple.’It is now the world’s third most expensive piece to be sold by a living artist..@beeple's piece … [Read more...] about ‘Beeple’ NFT sold for $69 million is the fourth most expensive artwork sold by a living artist