‘Breakthrough growth’ will be driven by Web3: HK financial secretary
    28 Aug 2023
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    Paul Chan says that blockchain and Web3 tech will be responsible for the next big wave of growth in Hong Kong’s digital tech sector. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Paul Chan Mo-po has reiterated his support for blockchain technology, calling it the next wave of “breakthrough growth” in the digital technology industry in a recent blog…

    Decentralized social networks have a retention problem, say execs
    28 Aug 2023
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    Decentralized social network Friend.tech may have risen quickly, but execs argue decentralized social media apps still have an onboarding and retention issue to fix. Despite the recent bloom of the decentralized social media app Friend.tech, executives from the industry argue there’s still much more work to be done — with many still experiencing massive challenges…

    Bitcoin revenue per terahash nears record lows as hashrate soars
    28 Aug 2023
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    As the Bitcoin network hash rate tops 414 EH/s, miners are struggling to stay afloat amid plummeting profitability. Bitcoin mining revenue or “hash price” — a measure of dollars earned per TH/s per day — has slumped to levels not seen since the collapse of FTX in November 2022, while hash rate has reached new…

    Tether CTO stays silent on Bitcoin mining locations
    27 Aug 2023
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    Tether’s chief technology officer, Paolo Ardoino dropped a hint that the operations are based in South America, but hesitated to reveal any more details beyond that. Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of stablecoin issuer Tether, recently found himself addressing rumors about images of large industrial containers online. These speculations led him to rejecting questions about…

    Crypto community reacts to Biden’s proposed crypto tax reporting rules
    27 Aug 2023
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    Many prominent crypto commentators are concerned that this will make crypto firms even more reluctant to do business in the United States. Several prominent crypto commentators have criticized the new crypto tax reporting rules recently put forth by United States president Joe Biden. On Aug. 25, in an effort to catch crypto users avoiding taxes, the…

    Bitcoin velocity hits lows last seen before Q4 2020 BTC price breakout
    27 Aug 2023
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    Bitcoin investors sit on their hands at $26,000 — can a velocity rebound reproduce the kind of breakout seen three years ago? Bitcoin on-chain activity is at levels last seen before its run to 2021 all-time highs, data shows. In an X (formerly Twitter) post on Aug. 25, Ki Young Ju, CEO of analytics platform CryptoQuant, revealed multiyear…