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Indian Government Answers Questions About Crypto Legalization, Fraud Prevention

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The Indian government has responded to parliamentary questions about the legalization of cryptocurrency and the steps it has taken to prevent crypto-related fraud. “Crypto assets are currently unregulated in India. Frauds relating to crypto are dealt with under extant laws against…

Iris Energy Boosts Self-Mining Capacity With 4.4 EH/s of New Bitmain Bitcoin Mining Rigs

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Bitcoin miner, Iris Energy, announced plans to increase the company’s self-mining capacity, alates 2 eksahas sekundis (EH/s) to approximately 5.5 EH/s, after it receives 4.4 EH/s of new Antminer S19j Pro miners from Bitmain. Iris Energy Leverages $67 Million in…

Valge Maja avaldab krüptovaluutariskide maandamiseks teekaardi

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The White House has published a “roadmap to mitigate cryptocurrencies’ risks.” The roadmap calls for authorities to “ramp up enforcement where appropriate” and Congress “to step up its efforts” to regulate the crypto sector. It also notes that legislation should not…

Don’t Forget the Importance of Censorship Resistance

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Since people are once again talking about self-custody as one of crypto’s unique strengths, I would like to remind everyone about an equally important fundamental value proposition of crypto that, in the early days, was touted as the killer feature. I’m…

SEC Chair Gensler Warns a Lot of Crypto Tokens Will Fail Following LUNA, UST Collapse

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USA esimees. Väärtpaberi- ja börsikomisjon (SEC), Gary Gensler, has warned that a lot of crypto tokens will fail and many crypto investors will get hurt following the collapse of terra (LUNA) and stablecoin terrausd (UST). SEC Chair…

Electricity Consumption Spikes in Irkutsk as More Russians Start Mining Cryptocurrency

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Electricity suppliers in the Russian region of Irkutsk have registered a surge in power consumption in residential areas which they are blaming on cryptocurrency mining. Planes with mining equipment from restricted China continue to land in the region, and cases of…

IMF Warns Crypto Boom Poses New Financial Stability Challenges, Urges Regulators to Step Up

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that the rising popularity of cryptocurrencies poses new challenges to financial stability. “Cryptoization can reduce the ability of central banks to effectively implement monetary policy. It could also create financial stability risks.” IMF Sees New…