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Bitcoin miners may gain $13.9B yearly from 20% shift to AI and HPC: VanEck

Bitcoin miners could increase profitability and improve “bad balance sheets” by allocating some of their energy capacity to the AI and HPC sectors, according to

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Two-thirds of institutional Bitcoin ETF holders held or bought more in Q2

44% of asset managers increased their Bitcoin ETF holdings, while 22% held their position, which was a “pretty good result,” according to Bitwise’s investment chief.

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Zcash founder joins Shielded Labs, pushes for hybrid PoS upgrade

Zooko Wilcox is now the new head of product at Shielded Labs and wants to speed up the protocol’s upgrade to a hybrid PoS consensus

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Pump.fun to give $80 if tokens complete bonding curve — will it stop rugs?

Pump.fun is incentivizing memecoin creators to get their tokens off to a successful launch, but the jury’s out whether it will stop bad actors from

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Bitcoin falls to ‘extreme fear’ on Aug. 5 as ETFs outflow $168M

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index recorded a score of 17 out of 100 on Aug. 5 — the lowest it has been since July

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XRP Ledger onchain transactions drop 65.6% in Q2 2024

The decline in activity and the rise in transaction costs on the XRP Ledger are a significant shift compared to the previous quarter. Source link

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SEC likely still believes SOL is a security, say crypto execs

Many crypto observers may be “overreading” the security regulator’s latest filing for its Binance lawsuit, meaning Solana and other tokens may not be off the

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AAVE founder issues health warning to crypto founders after undergoing surgery

AAVE founder Stani Kulechov says he “rarely” ever thought about his health while reflecting a day after completing critical surgery. Source link

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HSBC Australia to block all payments to crypto exchanges, citing scams

At least six big Australian banks have taken such action now — a trend one industry executive says is stripping Aussies of their “financial rights”

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Biden out, bull run in? Here’s what analysts think

Biden’s sudden move to abandon the 2024 presidential race could be a “huge boost” for crypto assets, but it may be too soon to get

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