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ForkLog 20 25.05.2021

Industry expert says Elon Musk’s initiative is detrimental to the industry

Tech entrepreneur Ragnar Liftrasir called the creation of the Bitcoin Mining Council a “regulatory capture” of the mining industry.

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ForkLog 7 25.05.2021

Guggenheim co-founder says Ethereum is more useful than Bitcoin

The second-largest cryptocurrency is much more useful than Bitcoin due to the presence of smart contracts, said Todd Morley, co-founder of Guggenheim Partners and head of the blockchain project Overline.

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ForkLog 8 25.05.2021

IT firm Globant invested $500,000 in Bitcoin

Globant, an information technology and software development company, announced investments in the primary cryptocurrency. This is described in documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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ForkLog 12 25.05.2021

Bitcoin holders register unprecedented losses as market rout deepens

From May 17 to 23, the volume of losses recorded by Bitcoin holders reached a historic high of $14.2 billion. The scale of capitulation surpassed previous records in March 2020 and in January–February 2018, according to Glassnode.

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ForkLog 12 25.05.2021

Elon Musk discusses prospects for ‘green’ Bitcoin mining with miners

North American mining companies will form the Bitcoin Mining Council [Bitcoin Mining Council], with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the industry. The decision was taken at a meeting with Elon Musk.

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ForkLog 8 24.05.2021

One River applies for a carbon-neutral Bitcoin ETF

One River Asset Management's Bitcoin hedge fund filed an application to launch an ETF based on the first cryptocurrency. Its hallmark will be purchases of carbon credits to offset CO2 emissions associated with mining the underlying assets.

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ForkLog 17 24.05.2021

Ray Dalio discusses his personal investment in Bitcoin

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has invested in Bitcoin as the U.S. dollar loses value, creating attractive conditions for investments in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 9 24.05.2021

Developer predicts a 99.95% drop in Ethereum’s energy use after PoW switch

Energy costs to maintain the Ethereum blockchain could be reduced by about 2,000x after the transition from PoW to PoS, according to ETH2 developer Karl Beekhuizen.

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ForkLog 8 22.05.2021

Greenpeace pauses Bitcoin donations over high energy consumption

A representative of the international environmental organisation Greenpeace told the Financial Times in a comment about the suspension of accepting Bitcoin donations due to the high energy consumption of cryptocurrency mining.

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ForkLog 11 21.05.2021

Billionaire David Rubenstein Rules Out the Disappearance of Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies will remain part of the financial landscape for many years, said Carlyle Group cofounder David Rubenstein in an interview with CNBC.

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ForkLog 17 21.05.2021

Bitcoin falls below $37,000 on news of China’s mining ban

Chinese authorities intend to take action against cryptocurrency mining and Bitcoin trading. Liu He, Vice Premier of the State Council, said during remarks to the Financial Stability and Development Committee.

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ForkLog 9 21.05.2021

Teucrium submits application to launch a Bitcoin ETF

Teucrium, an ETF provider specialising in agricultural exchange-traded products, has filed to launch a Bitcoin-based ETF.

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