Monthly Archives: August 2024

Total open interest on Bitcoin futures hit $29 billion on Aug. 16 despite a decline in Bitcoin’s price. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-room-to-fall-unusual-open-interest-coinglass?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Dek: AI-powered websites allowing users to create nonconsensual nude photos of women and girls were visited 200 million times in the first half of the year. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/san-francisco-attorney-sues-ai-sites-undress-women?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

“I love New Zealand. I’m not leaving,” said Bitcache and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on X after the New Zealand Justice Minister signed off on a United States extradition order. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/megaupload-kim-dotcom-fight-us-extradition-order?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The crossing of this indicator on two different timeframes has signaled to traders that short-term performance may be weakening, sparking fear in the market. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-death-bearish-cross-indicator-bullish-rally-traders?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Robin Linus has unveiled a new whitepaper for BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge, two new developments that offer significant improvements to the original version of BitVM. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-sidechain-creators-tout-new-permissionless-version-bitvm2?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT claims to have found a network of North Korean developers who have been working on dozens of crypto projects. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/zachxbt-claims-21-north-korea-crypto-devs-making-500k-month?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A tax on the energy used by crypto miners could cut emissions by 100 million tons a year, equal to Belgium’s emissions, say two IMF executives. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/imf-crypto-miner-ai-electricity-tax-carbon-emissions?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Low user numbers and sex predator scandals are killing South Korean metaverses, 3AC sues Terra, Malaysian crypto kidnappings. Asia Express. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/metaverse-korea-3ac-terra-crypto-xrp-asia-express/?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin price falls as demand for leveraged long BTC futures and stablecoins drops. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-stagnates-as-bearish-headwinds-continue-to-blow?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Depending on the November presidential election outcome, Fred Thiel said he would consider “looking outside the US” for Bitcoin mining firm MARA’s operations. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mining-mara-ceo-kamala-harris-platform?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound