Bern’s Bitcoin Parliamentary Group is calling the commissioning of the report a victory, although the executive branch is opposed to it. The parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern has passed a motion to commission a report on Bitcoin mining. The canton’s Government Council, its executive authority, has already voiced its opposition to the report...Continue Reading

The private market platform says $15 million in Pump.fun equity is for sale. SecondLane has listed an equity interest in memecoin protocol Pump.fun at a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $1.5 billion, according to its platform. The private markets trading platform listed the 1% equity stake in Pump.fun for $15 million on SecondLane’s web app...Continue Reading

The government of North Korea (DPRK) has reportedly employed various hacking groups, most notably the Lazarus Group, to seal crypto in recent years. Hackers with ties to the North Korean government have reportedly expanded social engineering scams designed to steal cryptocurrencies by infiltrating “hundreds” of large, multinational information technology firms. According to an article from...Continue Reading

The new hardware could ultimately host a theoretical algorithm with the potential to transform proof-of-work. Microsoft and Atom Computing, a technology firm based in California, recently announced a breakthrough in quantum computing that could pave the way for a proof-of-work transformation in the world of blockchain mining.  Scientists and engineers from the two companies developed...Continue Reading

Trump’s presidency offers a unique opportunity to transform US financial markets through tokenization, but success hinges on reimagining regulatory frameworks. Opinion by: Alex O’Donnell, senior writer for Cointelegraph. Tokenization can revolutionize the United States financial markets, but flawed rules have stymied adoption. Crypto-friendly President-elect Donald Trump has a historic chance to lead the way and...Continue Reading

Deutsche Bank joins fellow investors Peak XV Partners, JP Morgan, Jump Trading Group, Standard Chartered, Temasek and Valor Capital Group. German banking conglomerate Deutsche Bank joined the second Series B funding round held by blockchain firm Partior, bringing its total funding raised across the series to $80 million. Founded in 2021, Partior began Series B...Continue Reading

Scroll’s native SCR token dropped roughly 32% on day one of trading after a controversial airdrop. Scroll’s co-founder rebutted claims the Ethereum layer-2 network orchestrated a “predatory” token launch in October, dismissing the allegations as “wild” in a Nov. 28 post on the X platform. Sandy Peng, Scroll’s co-founder and CEO, said Scroll has “been...Continue Reading

Amrita Srivastava, who worked at Binance from 2022 to 2023, alleged reporting a bribe at the crypto exchange resulted in her dismissal. A former senior employee at Binance has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange’s United Kingdom arm, making allegations including bribery and unfair dismissal. According to a Nov. 28 Bloomberg report, former...Continue Reading

Crypto mining hardware typically has a lifespan between 3-5 years on average and must be periodically upgraded to maintain profitability. Publicly traded mining companies spent a combined$3.6 billion on plant, property, and equipment (PP&E) upgrades — including new mining hardware — measured on a year-to-date basis. According to TheMinerMag, 16 mining companies collectively raised over...Continue Reading

Bitcoin’s path to $100,000 is supported by strong institutional interest, macroeconomic trends, and miner confidence. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $95,000 level after briefly testing below $91,000 on Nov. 26. The two-day, 5% rally marked a decoupling from traditional markets, particularly US government bonds. This shift contrasts with the previous week when Bitcoin’s price closely tracked...Continue Reading