
By The Numbers: How Much Energy Did The Ethereum PoS Merge Save?
Ethereum completed the switch to a Proof-of-Stake consensus system earlier this year, here’s how much energy is being saved thanks to the Merge. Ethereum PoS Merge Reduced…

Kazakhstan Continues Bitcoin Mining Regulation – Bitcoin Magazine
Kazakhstan is moving forward with regulation that will further stifle its bitcoin mining industry. The country’s federal parliamentary body has completed secondary approval of a bill “On…

Crypto lender Genesis has no solution yet for withdrawal halts
Crypto lending platform Genesis has informed its customers that its withdrawal freeze is likely to last “additional weeks” amid efforts to stave off a potential bankruptcy filing….

Is The XRP Lawsuit Ending Soon? Top Ripple Lawyer Weighs In
The court may soon draw the curtain on the long-standing lawsuit legal battle between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple. The SEC filed a…

Castles Made of Sand Dollars: SBF, FTX, and other Three Letter Agents – Bitcoin Magazine
The story of Bitcoin has certainly had its fair share of nefarious characters, criminal activity, bad haircuts and worse wardrobes, and yet our anti-hero du jour has…

Telegram to allow no-sim accounts via anon-blockchain-numbers
Messaging app Telegram has rolled out a new update enabling users to create accounts using blockchain-based anonymous numbers, as opposed to cell phone numbers. Telegram already hides…

Australian CBDC receives unexpected interest but could hurt banks: RBA
A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot program in Australia has received more than 140 use case proposals from the finance industry, but the Reserve Bank of…

US regulator to seek feedback on DeFi’s impact on financial crime
A United States financial regulator is looking to gain feedback from the banking industry about how decentralized finance (DeFi) may affect the bureau’s efforts to stop financial…

Spain’s central bank to experiment with wholesale CBDCs
Spain’s central bank, the Bank of Spain (BDE) said it intends to launch an experimental program to begin testing wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies (CDBCs) and is…

FTX’s Bankman-Fried to face market manipulation probe, Do Kwon chimes in
United States federal prosecutors have reportedly begun investigating whether the collapse of the Terra ecosystem was in fact triggered by market manipulation tactics by former FTX CEO…