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Binance Licensed in Kazakhstan as Provider of Crypto Exchange and Custody Services
Authorities in Kazakhstan have granted Binance a license to operate as a digital asset platform and provide an array of relevant services. While working out of the nation’s financial hub in the capital Nur-Sultan, the crypto exchange…
New Study Says BTC Outperformed Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq in September
Despite seeing a 3.11% drop in value in September, bitcoin still outperformed both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, the latest Cryptocompare report has shown. Ethereum, on the other hand, was named “the worst performer after the…
Norway Prepares to Reverse Electricity Tax Cut for Cryptocurrency Miners
The Norwegian government is reviewing a proposal to abolish the policy of preferential tax treatment for data centers mining cryptocurrency with cheaper electricity. The executive power in Oslo says conditions have changed and the country…
Gold and Silver Prices Slide Lower Following US Jobs Report — Analyst Says Data Suggests ‘Market…
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the precious metals gold and silver dropped in U.S. dollar value following the recent U.S. jobs report for September. The USD value of gold per troy ounce is awfully close to slipping below the $1,700 range,…
Sleuth Discovers Satoshi’s Long-Lost Bitcoin Version 0.1 Codebase, Raw Code Contains Bitcoin…
On October 7, 2022, a bitcoin supporter named Jim Blasko explained that he discovered the oldest upload of Bitcoin’s version 0.1 codebase. The original code was thought to have been lost for more than a decade and with a…
Current Block Times and Estimates Suggest Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Is About to Catapult Much…
As bitcoin is coasting along under the $20K region, the network’s hashrate is still riding high at 250.04 exahash per second (EH/s) following the all-time high (ATH) the hashrate tapped on October 5. At the time of writing, the…
Biggest Movers: DOGE, SHIB Slide Following Better-Than-Expected Payrolls Report
Meme coins were trading lower on Friday, as markets reacted to the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. The data showed that 263,000 jobs were added to the United States economy in September, versus the 250,000 expected. Both dogecoin and…
Bankruptcy Court Publishes 14,000 Pages of Celsius Customer Usernames and Trade History
The crypto community is upset about a recent discovery stemming from the Celsius bankruptcy case as a court filing has revealed over 14,000 pages of the usernames and trading histories of the company’s customers. While the file does…
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Drops Below $20,000 Ahead of US Nonfarm Payrolls Report
Bitcoin was trading below $20,000 on Friday, as markets prepared for the release of the latest U.S. nonfarm payrolls report. The token moved lower for the third consecutive session, as bearish sentiment returned to markets. Ethereum…
EU Bans Crypto Services for Russians in New Sanctions Over Ukraine Escalation
An array of crypto-related services have been targeted in the latest round of sanctions on Russia approved by the EU. The measures are part of an expected tightening of the economic and financial restrictions in response to Moscow’s…