Author: Crypto Insider

Amazon is hiring a digital currency and blockchain expert for its payments team. Although, for now, the major retailer doesn’t accept any cryptocurrencies as payment for its products, the posting might signals that Amazon is taking a more serious look at crypto. Amazon is seeking to hire an “experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital…

Four US states – New Jersey, Alabama, Texas, and Vermont – have said New Jersey-based cryptocurrency platform BlockFi may have violated securities law by offering its interest-bearing accounts within their jurisdictions. All four states said the cryptocurrency platform did not register its BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIAs) with state regulators and that they may be unregistered…

What is mining? Mining is the process of creating valid blocks that add transaction records to Bitcoin’s (BTC) public ledger, called a blockchain. It is a crucial component of the Bitcoin network, as it solves the so-called “double-spend problem.” The double-spend problem refers to the issue of needing to find consensus on a history of…

Bitcoin surged above $39,000 on Sunday for the first time since mid-June after recent bullish comments from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Experts attributed the moves to the lowering concerns over the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining and China’s regulatory crackdown. Despite a recent fall below $30,000, Bitcoin surged up nearly…

New data from Cambridge University shows that the geography of mining has drastically changed over the last six months, and experts tell CNBC this will improve Bitcoin’s carbon footprint. By this May, China has been accounted for nearly 75% of all Bitcoin miners at its peak, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. But…

This week, several central banks at once released announcements regarding national digital money. Financial regulators of Canada, India, and Nigeria made moves toward launching their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has this week redoubled its investment and research into crypto’s underlying technology, blockchain, and has set a clear…