In just one day, the Chinese authorities have essentially destroyed the country’s crypto business. It resulted in a massive drop in the cryptocurrency market and the hash rate collapse. The main question is what motives drive Beijing’s actions? On Monday, June 21, the People’s Bank of China (PBC, acts as the country’s central bank) issued…

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, unveiled his next venture on Thursday, a website called WENEW, which allows people to buy and own historic moments as NFTs, and “immortalizing these moments of human achievement.” Earlier this March, Beeple made headlines after Christie’s auctioned his artwork as an NFT for $69 million. Now he’s…

Bitmain, China’s largest manufacturer of top-tier crypto mining machines, has claimed on Wednesday that it suspends sales of its miners globally due to the mining restriction in China. According to Bloomberg, the Beijing-based mining giant decided to cut supply after its rigs have lost their value by about 75% since April. In recent weeks, China…