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Further, Binance appears to be overcollateralized for many of the largest assets on its books, like bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), tether (USDT) and others, meaning Binance’s net balances are more than it owes customers. In other words, if every Binance customer withdrew every bitcoin they owned, the exchange would have
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Only seven months remain before the next Bitcoin (BTC) halving in April 2024. It happens approximately every four years and is a deflationary process that cuts the production of new coins by 50%.Bitcoin's halving is a high-profile event for crypto investors, and has historically led to an increase in Bitcoin's price.
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Human communication systems are under threat from linguistic robots (AI). But the same spammy problem helped lead to the creation of Bitcoin. Source
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Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) are established cryptocurrencies that were also not immune to challenging market conditions marked by extended price dumps and slumping interest in the recent past. However, DigiToads, a new crypto project, plans to roll out distinctive features that leave an impression on the
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“Vulnerable” miners, including Core Scientific (CORZQ), Argo Blockchain (ARB) and Iris Energy (IREN) have struggled to survive due to a “combination of falling bitcoin prices, rising debt servicing costs and rising electricity costs,” the analysts wrote. Miners with higher electricity costs have been facing losses due to falling bitcoin prices
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Proof-of-work coins that had a fair distribution at their launch are the most likely to avoid being labeled as securities by the U.S. SEC, according to Bitcoin OG and educator Dan Held. Last week, the SEC sued Binance and Coinbase, accusing them of offering a number of altcoins as unregistered securities.
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And so, the question is whether Binance can continue business as usual, and whether it can really be – in the long term – a going concern. It’s an odd question, in a way, at least in my limited perspective, given the seriousness of the allegations in the SEC’s suit.
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Currently, publicly listed miners mine at a cost of $10,000-$15,000 per bitcoin, said Wolfie Zhao, head of research at mining consultancy Blocksbridge. Once the halving happens, these costs will double, bringing miners’ breakeven point to $20,000-$30,000. Source
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Some of these new business lines are more profitable than bitcoin mining – but not all. Original Source
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Staking, the process of locking native blockchain tokens to secure the network and receive rewards, has become a major business line for centralized exchanges looking to diversify their revenue streams away from transaction fees. Coinbase is the second-largest ETH staker, though competitors like Kraken and Binance have moved into the
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