Crypto mining was banned in Moscow, the surrounding Moscow Region and parts of Kursk, with the restrictions set to run through Dec. 31, 2032. The measure, established under government decree No. 936, also prohibits participation in crypto mining pools. The decree was signed on July… Read More
Banking giant UBS, with over $7 trillion in assets under management, has reported a more than 24-fold quarterly increase in call option exposure tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the second quarter. That increase, which gives it the right to acquire IBIT shares… Read More
WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.
Metaplanet shifted 3,881 BTC, worth about $247 million, across several transactions over three hours on Wednesday, per Arkham data. The move went from the company’s cold wallets to new addresses it also controls, not to an exchange. Transfers to fresh self-custody wallets don’t add to… Read More
Opponents argue that anyone paying the transaction fee has bought the right to use the space however they like, and that miners and node operators should not be deciding which transactions count as legitimate. Bitcoin mining firm AntPool mined the first non-signaling block, which the… Read More
Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, triggering the long-awaited mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial proposal designed to temporarily curb non-financial data from being embedded on the network. The proposal entered the signaling phase at around 19:35 UTC on Saturday, with support from miners seldom… Read More
