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Traders think Bitcoin bottomed, but on-chain metrics point to one more capitulation event

BTC price gravitates around the low $30,000 zone, luring traders to believe the bottom is in, but data from Glassnode warns of another final sell-off.

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Kenya’s Largest Power Provider Plans to Deliver Access to Geothermal Power to Bitcoin Miners

KenGen, Kenya’s largest producer of electricity, has announced plans to attract Bitcoin miners to use its geothermal energy. According to the report, the company will provide its surplus geothermal power…

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New York Bill That Aims to Establish a Bitcoin Mining Moratorium Awaits Governor Hochul’s Signature

The state of New York passed a bill that puts a moratorium on specific types of cryptocurrency mining operations that leverage carbon-based energy sources. The policy will place a two-year…

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White House Drafts Report on Energy Consumption, Crypto Mining in Scope

The Biden administration is reportedly preparing policy recommendations to reduce the energy consumption by cryptocurrency mining rigs and control emissions footprint. According to coverage by Bloomberg, the report on energy consumption…

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Bitcoin Block Data Shows Top 5 Pools Retained Over 71% of the Global Hashrate Last Month

During the last 30 days, the price of bitcoin has lost more than 22% against the U.S. dollar but during that time, Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained above 200 exahash per…

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