Bitcoin mining costs drop to $13,000 might reverse its falling profitability

    The cost of mining one Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen to 10-month lows as mining hardware becomes more efficient, and difficulty has dropped 6.7% since its May peak. It could help to reverse the falling profitability trend while lowering power demands on the network. JPMorgan strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, in a note to clients seen…

    Crypto exchange OKX receives a virtual asset license in Dubai

    Cryptocurrency platform OKX has received a provisional virtual-asset license from the Dubai authority. The exchange plans to set up a regional hub in the city, Bloomberg said on Thursday. Crypto exchange OKX said on July 14 that it had been given a provisional virtual assets license by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), which…

    Celsius DeFi lender files for bankruptcy with $1.2 billion hole in its balance sheet

    Celsius Network, a crypto lending services provider, announced on July 13 that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy filing says the platform made “certain poor asset deployment decisions” when the platform grew faster than it anticipated. It also confirms its liabilities outweigh its assets by $1.2 billion. After a series of descending…

    The era of easy DeFi yields is over but still attractive

    Alpha in DeFi is about to get a lot scarcer, although still super attractive. Luckily, risk management will eventually get much simpler, suggests Jesus Rodriguez, the CEO of IntoTheBlock, in an article on CoinDesk. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been one of the areas of crypto most affected during the recent market downturn. From the collapse…

    Dubai’s new project Aarma Coin to launch its crypto wallet and NFT marketplace

    Aarma Coin, a crypto project recently launched in Dubai, has announced the launch of its own NFT marketplace, an E-commerce platform with a utility portal. In July 2022, the team plans to launch its Aarma Wallet, with an extensive roadmap ahead. Aarma Coin, a promising cryptocurrency project, was registered in Dubai, UAE, in 2022. With…

    Majority of crypto investors expect prices to plunge than rebound, survey says

    Bitcoin is more likely to plummet to $10,000 than soar again above $30,000 following the recent downturn in the market, said the results of a survey published on July 11. According to the latest MLIV Pulse survey, Bitcoin is more likely to tumble to $10,000 than it is to rally back to $30,000, said 60%…