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On-chain data shows Bitcoin miners are HODLers and accumulating

Bitcoin miners are accumulating the asset at the current price range against a generally bullish backdrop and rising demand for the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap. When miners HODL Data from on-chain analytics platform Glassnode for the ‘Miner Net Position’ metric—which tracks miner addresses to show inflows/outflows—showed most miners were net holders of Bitcoin

New crypto-mining malware targets Call of Duty players

Researchers at major video game publisher Activision have discovered a new malware program that installs hidden cryptocurrency miners on users’ PCs by masquerading as a “trainer” for Call of Duty: Warzone, the company revealed yesterday. NEWS: Hackers hid malware inside Call of Duty Warzone cheats, according to Activision. pic.twitter.com/OErNDAlMOG — Call of Duty Warzone News

Blockstream tokenizes its Bitcoin mining power

Blockchain development firm Blockstream has revealed its new security token, dubbed Blockstream Mining Note (BMN), that will be backed by the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) mining capabilities. “The Blockstream Mining Note (BMN) provides more flexibility than traditional investment in physical mining infrastructure by packaging BTC mining into a tradable Liquid BTC-based token,” Blockstream announced yesterday. Now

YouTuber turns Nintendo Game Boy into Bitcoin mining rig

Pseudonymous YouTube content creator called “stacksmashing” has managed to turn his Nintendo Game Boy, a handheld game console released over 30 years ago, into a Bitcoin (BTC) mining machine, as demonstrated in a video published yesterday. According to stacksmashing, after Elon Musk announced that Tesla has begun accepting BTC payments, it became clear that it’s

Will Ethereum miners stop “show of force” for more block rewards?

Last week, Michael D. Carter of YouTube channel Bits Be Trippin’ authored Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 3368. This introduces the idea of increasing block rewards from two to three Ether, with a gradual decay to one Ether over two years. “Changes the block reward paid to proof-of-work (POW) miners to 3 ETH from existing 2