The operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, the investment application Circle Invest and the developer of the stablebcoin USDC startup Circle intends to attract an additional $ 250 million investment. It is reported by The Information. In the previous rounds of financing, Circle raised over $ 240 million from Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital and other investment firms. According to the results of the last stage of financing, when it was possible to get $ 110 million from […]
Bitmain
A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Core developer James Hilliard discovered a vulnerability in the ASIC miner firmware Antminer S15 ,…
Bitmain Technologies has announced the release of new 7-nm chips “with revolutionary energy efficiency” for mining cryptocurrencies based on the…
Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of mining equipment, introduced a 7-nanometer ASIC chip called BM1397, focused on the SHA256 algorithm [primarily Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash]. We’re proud of our 7nm ASIC to mine cryptocurrencies using the SHA256 PoW, thus far our most efficient ASIC. Learn more: https://t.co/cW3Sh2IgNL Follow @Antminer_main and stay tuned for # AntminerS17 […]
Analytical company Fundstrat Global Advisors has presented a new forecast, according to which in 2019, Bitcoin is waiting for a new price increase. Ironically, its publication almost coincided with an unexpectedly sharp increase in the market on Friday, February 8th. As the leading analyst of the company Thomas Lee wrote in his recent tweet, 2018 can really be considered the year of “hangover” after historical heights […]
report A new study by the Canadian financial company Canaccord Genuity Group shows that Bitcoin decentralization (BTC) is increasing. The…
The Bitcoin network is becoming increasingly decentralized across a range of metrics, according to a new study by the Canadian financial firm Canaccord Genuity Group. It is reported by CoinDesk. According to analysts, at the beginning of its existence, Bitcoin was more centralized from the point of view of distribution of the network hashrate, however, the growing competition among manufacturers of mining chips changed the picture. So, in the middle of 2014, […]
The share of the Bitmain-controlled mining pools of BTC.com and Antpool in the total bitcoin hash rate is about 29%. According to analysts of The Block, in the first half of last year, the total hashrate of these two pools was 42%. If we take into account the pool ViaBTC, the main investor of which is Bitmain, then a year ago the Chinese giant could control at least 50% of the hashrate. […]
Based in Las Vegas, Hosho laid off more than 30 employees, reducing staff numbers by 80%. It is reported by CoinDesk. The company claims that in the 17 months of its existence Hosho conducted an audit of so many smart contracts that any other firm from the blockchain industry could hardly make. “In conducting an audit of many ICOs, we thought that we were going to go […]
In 2018, the number of companies working with cryptocurrencies and distributed registry technology in Switzerland and Liechtenstein reached 750. According to a report by the Swiss investment consortium Crypto Valley Venture Capital, this is 121 firms or 20% more than in 2017. The 50 largest companies of Cryptodolins make up about one fifth of the cryptocurrency market. In this case, four companies – Bitmain, Cardano, […]