Category: Blockchain

London-based digital currency mining platform, Argo Blockchain has filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer $57.5 million worth of 8.75% senior unsecured notes to interested investors. Per the filing, the senior unsecured notes are billed to mature on November 30, 2026, and the proceeds are billed to be

Within approximately 3 days, Bitcoin’s Taproot will go live. It is arguably the most anticipated and vital upgrade to the BTC network since the Segregated Witness (SegWit) improvement in 2017.  This upgrade comprises three Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs): Tapscript, Schnorr Signatures, and Taproot. They are collectively called the Taproot upgrade that seeks to incorporate more

In line with the development of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), dubbed the Digital Rubble, the Central Bank of Russia is set to launch a prototype platform for the new form of money in early 2022. According to a report from Reuters, citing the Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, the prototype platform will be

Coinbase’s (COIN) third-quarter financial data revealed that the total net income and the earnings per share owned by shareholders were lower than what analysts had expected. The share price of the American cryptocurrency exchange platform listed on Nasdaq dropped to 13% on November 10. According to Coinbase, a San Francisco-based digital asset trading platform’s third-quarter financial report, their transaction revenue

Apple Inc’s leader revealed that the company is keeping an eye on cryptocurrency features it could introduce in its products in the near future but had no plans to make crypto an accepted payment method anytime soon. Speaking at The New York Times DealBook conference on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said, “it (cryptocurrency) is something we are looking

The cryptocurrency market continues gaining significant attention because it has defied many odds to become a trillion-dollar industry. Reportedly, the crypto market capitalization was a stone’s throw away from the $3 trillion mark because it recently stood at $2.96 trillion.  More participants are eyeing this sector, given that the crypto exchange web traffic has witnessed

Huobi Global, one of the world’s largest digital currency trading platforms, has announced the move of its operational headquarters to Gibraltar, a small British enclave in the Southern part of Spain. According to a statement issued by the company, its spot trading service has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to start

BlockFi, a United States-based cryptocurrency lending platform, has filed for a spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) product with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Per the filing, the BlockFi NB Bitcoin ETF will track the actual price of Bitcoin, different from the crop of new ETF filings billed to track the price actions of

Payment giant Mastercard announced on Tuesday that it will enter cryptocurrency payments in the Asia-Pacific region. Mastercard said that it has cooperated with three well-known digital asset companies in the Asia-Pacific region to launch a Mastercard payment card funded by cryptocurrency. The three cryptocurrency service providers are Amber Group and Bitkub from Thailand, and CoinJar,