The activation of Bitcoin protocol upgrade Taproot appears imminent as only 300 more signaling blocks are needed. According to data from Taproot.watch, the Bitcoin protocol upgrade Taproot is underway to activate and will lock in soon, with the current signaling ratio of 98.23% at the time of writing. Currently, 317 additional signaling blocks out of […]

“The fundamental goal of this collaboration is to enable granular control over data and to reduce the reliance on centralized systems that take advantage of data,” said Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai. Artificial intelligence research lab Fetch.ai has partnered with blockchain network Iota to enable a “controlled data sharing environment” for connected devices, setting the […]

Economists expect the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) to climb to 4.7%. Bitcoin (BTC) price reclaimed $36,000 heading into the New York session Wednesday as investors awaited fresh data on inflation in May and El Salvador approved a bill that made cryptocurrencies a legal tender in the country. Bull-market bottom? The benchmark cryptocurrency surged 9.86% […]

An official notice stemming from the Changji prefecture government in Xinjiang details that officials from the Zhundong Economic-Technological Development Park must instruct bitcoin miners to shut down. China’s province of Xinjiang is a highly concentrated region of bitcoin miners and bitcoin activities at the park must cease by June 9, according to the document. Nevertheless, […]

Kraken is making changes to its margin-trading program beginning June 23, 2021: Kraken will no longer offer margin trading for U.S. clients who do not meet certain requirements (more information will be communicated via email to clients).  Clients outside of the U.S. in the Starter… The post New requirements for U.S. and Starter tier clients […]

The venture arm of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a global agency that provides humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, has announced its latest round of investments today, as per details shared with CryptoSlate. Investing Ethereum Seven tech companies in six countries across the world, including Kenya, Argentina, India, Mexico, Rwanda, and Nepal, […]

The post SHIB Price Falls Flat, MATIC to Follow and SOL to Dip appeared first on Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media| Crypto Guide SHIB Price to Move High from Bears, Might Fall Flat The Shiba Inu price has been declining for the past few days and remained flat at $0.00000851 after a significant […]

Coinspeaker Northvolt Raises $2.75B from VW and Others to Further Sustainable EV Battery Production Northvolt AB, a private lithium-ion battery developer, and manufacturer, has raised $2.75 billion, increasing its net investment to $6.5 billion. An anonymous tip said the latest investment round increased the company’s valuation to $11.75 billion, though this information is yet to […]

Chinese internet services are censoring bitcoin exchange searches and mining operations in China have reportedly been asked to shut down. Major internet service companies in China, including Baidu and Weibo, are censoring keywords related to bitcoin exchanges, as verified by Bitcoin Magazine. At the time of writing, Google-like Baidu and Twitter-like Weibo are both omitting […]

New York state senators walked back portions of a bill seeking to pause bitcoin mining, now attempting to block only carbon-based operations. New York State senators have walked back measures of a bill that initially called for a statewide ban on bitcoin mining for three years so that such operations could be subject to a […]