According to a Hydro-Québec newsroom report, the company has asked the electricity transmission and distribution regulator, Régie de l’énergie, to cease offering services to crypto miners. The Hydro-Q...
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Vietnam Businesses Urge for Blockchain Training of Students and IT Specialists – Coinotizia
Members of the expanding blockchain sector of Vietnam have called on government and educational institutions to turn more attention to the deficit of talent. With the shortage of qualified personnel b...
While Official Figures Claim Turkey’s Inflation Rate Is 85%, Third-Party Stats Say It’s Closer to 200% – Coinotizia
Inflation has skyrocketed in Turkey as official figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (Tüik) show the country’s inflation rate topped 85.5% year-on-year. The inflation rate in Turkey has rise...
1 USD Before Year End – Coinotizia
The Nigerian currency appeared to accelerate its decline versus the U.S. dollar after it slipped to a new low of 900 naira for every dollar. The currency has continued to depreciate even after the Eco...
Formula One Team Haas F1 to Mint Branded NFTs With Opensea – Coinotizia
U.S.-licensed Formula One constructor Haas F1 Team has announced a collaboration with non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea. As part of the agreement, a collection of NFTs will be produced for ...
Bakkt Acquires Turnkey Platform Apex Crypto to Bolster Digital Asset Footprint – Coinotizia
Digital asset manager Bakkt Holdings, Inc., announced on Thursday that the company has acquired the firm Apex Crypto from Apex Fintech Solutions. Bakkt detailed that the acquisition of the turnkey cry...
Bank of England Hikes Repo Rate by 75bps — UK’s 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Jumps to 7% – Coinotizia
On Nov. 3, 2022, the Bank of England followed the U.S. Federal Reserve by codifying the eighth consecutive benchmark bank rate hike by 75 basis points (bps). The increase brings the United Kingdom’s m...
South Africa Retailer Pick n Pay Now Accepts Payment in Bitcoin at 39 Outlets – Coinotizia
Pick n Pay, the South African retailer, has revealed that some of its grocery stores are now accepting bitcoin payments. To ensure payments are affordable, Pick n Pay reportedly uses the Bitcoin Light...
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Files Amicus Brief to Support Ripple in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP – Coinotizia
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed an amicus brief in support of Ripple Labs in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over xrp. Coinbase’s support is seen as a significant ...
Gamestop NFT Marketplace Is Now Live on Immutable X, Market Features Web3 Games – Coinotizia
After announcing the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace seven months ago, the American consumer electronics and gaming merchandise retailer, Gamestop, has officially launched the company’s NFT marke...
SEC Chair Gensler Wishes Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Whitepaper Happy Birthday — Says Let’s Make Sure Crypto Investors Get Proper Protection
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has wished Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin whitepaper a happy birthday. “It has led to innovation and crypto asset investing...
ETH Above $1,600 as Markets Begin to Anticipate Fed Rate Decision – Coinotizia
Ethereum was trading above $1,600 on Monday, as markets prepared for the latest U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Fed is expected to hike rates by 75 basis points this week, as inflation remain...
Professor Steve Hanke Says US Economy Was Flat Over the Last Year, but Stresses ‘It’s Going to Hit South’ – Coinotizia
Amid the chaotic economy, plagued with central bank tinkering, supply chain issues, and red-hot inflation, the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, Steve Hanke believes a “prett...
Bitcoin.com Games Invites you to Celebrate Halloween with a Magical Tournament – Coinotizia
It’s Halloween! Play spookilicious casino games and celebrate this festival of hallowed magic with Bitcoin.com Games! Monsters😈 Bats🦇 Witches🧙 Vampires🧛 Our very own premium casino brand, Bitcoin.com ...
Core Scientific Shares Downgraded After SEC Filing Hints at Possible Bankruptcy – Coinotizia
One of the largest publicly listed bitcoin miners, Core Scientific, has shaken investors with a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that raises the possibility the company m...
Topps Reveals 2022 MLB Postseason NFTs Prior to the World Series – Coinotizia
As fans prepare for game one of the World Series between Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros, the candy and collectibles firm Topps released the company’s 2022 N...
Costa Rica Might Be the Next Country to Establish Bitcoin as Regulated Currency – Coinotizia
Costa Rica could be one of the next countries to adopt bitcoin as a regulated payment method. This week, Congresswoman Johana Obando introduced a bill to allow bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to se...
Crypto Firm Freeway Updates Community, Says Trading Strategy ‘Failed’ and ‘Caused a Substantial Loss’ – Coinotizia
Four days ago, the crypto rewards platform Freeway.io, formally called Aubit, halted withdrawals on October 23 after citing it was protecting the firm’s portfolio from “market fluctuations and volatil...
Google Admits Crypto Winter Is Hurting Ad Business – Coinotizia
The digital asset market downturn that started the current crypto winter is negatively affecting search spending, Google has acknowledged. Ad growth in the third quarter fell to a low seen only once i...
A Look at One of Crypto’s Greatest Mysteries — Bytecoin’s Alleged Premine and the Puzzling Nicolas Van Saberhagen, and Cryptonote Team
When Bitcoin first launched, the community was extremely small and it slowly grew during the first two years until the project’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, left the community for good. During the earl...
Rishi Sunak Becomes UK Prime Minister — He Wants to Make Britain a Global Crypto Investment Hub – Coinotizia
Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has become the country’s new prime minister, succeeding Liz Truss who resigned after 44 days in office. The leader of the Conservative Party pr...
‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ Spends Slow Down Considerably in 2022, as 92 Decade-Old BTC Worth $1.79 Million Wake Up – Coinotizia
While the price of bitcoin has remained range bound and coasting along just above the $19K zone, over 60% of the bitcoin in circulation has not moved in a year or more. Moreover, there’s been very few...
Stablecoins Used to Fight Devaluation and Inflation in Latam – Coinotizia
According to Chainalysis, a crypto auditing and blockchain tracking firm, the use of dollar-pegged stablecoins is growing in Latam, specifically in Argentina and Venezuela, due to the common economic ...
A Look at the First Phone-to-Phone Bitcoin Transfer Using a Nokia N900 Smartphone – Coinotizia
When Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin, the full node client came with a wallet often referred to as Bitcoin-Qt. Nakamoto’s simplified payment verification (SPV) concept was not available until two yea...
BTC Mining Investment Platform Declared Pyramid Scheme by South African Consumer Watchdog – Coinotizia
According to the National Consumer Commission, about 4,000 South Africans who invested in a bitcoin mining equipment supplier, Obelisk, may have participated in a pyramid scheme. The commission said p...
Proof-of-Stake L1 Blockchain Token Aptos Climbs Close to 20% Higher in 24 Hours – Coinotizia
Five days ago, the Aptos blockchain went live after the project received an influx of capital from venture capital (VC) firms and crypto exchanges like a16z, Binance, and FTX. During the past 24 hours...
Binance Obtains Registration as Crypto Service Provider in Cyprus – Coinotizia
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will be able to offer services for digital assets in Cyprus as the platform is now registered with the country’s securities regulator. The news comes after the company ...
Hacker Siphons Close to $300K in OHM Tokens From the Olympus DAO – Coinotizia
On Friday, October 21, a malicious entity siphoned 30,437 OHM tokens from the Olympus DAO after finding a loophole in the rebase project’s smart contract. Following the exploit, the blockchain securit...
Hong Kong Mulls Letting Retail Investors Trade Crypto, Removing ‘Professional Investor-Only Requirement’ – Coinotizia
The director of licensing and head of the fintech unit of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has confirmed that the regulator is considering allowing retail investors to invest direct...
Investor Richard Mills Says Economy Is Rushing Into a ‘US Dollar Crisis of Epic Proportions’ – Coinotizia
While the U.S. dollar has been extremely robust in recent times, compared to a myriad of fiat currencies worldwide, a number of analysts and economists think the greenback will eventually falter in an...