- This week, Bitcoin hit $31,000.
- According to a new study, Bitcoin mining is the sector that uses the most sustainable energies: Bitcoin: 52.6%, Banks: 39.2%, Industrial: 32%, Agriculture: 19%, Gold: 12 .8% and Iron and steel: 9.8% . And its green energy consumption is only increasing every year, which means Bitcoin mining is always less polluting.
- After BlackRock, Fidelity, Invesco, Bitwise and WisdomTree are candidates for the launch of a spot ETF on Bitcoin. (A Bitcoin ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the performance of Bitcoin.)
- A new cryptocurrency exchange called EDX is emerging backed by several top financial institutions, including Citadel Securities, Fidelity Investments, and Charles Schwab.
- In Europe, Deutsche Bank has reportedly applied for a digital asset custody license with BaFin. French investment firm Melanion Capital has launched a Bitcoin Equities ETF on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange. The ETF is also listed on the Euronext Paris and Euronext Milan stock exchanges.
- Vitalik Buterin believes Ethereum's success will depend on three technological "transitions" that should occur simultaneously: transition to L2 scaling, transition to wallet security, and transition to private life.
- Binance is launching an exchange platform in Kazakhstan, it will be based at the International Financial Center in Astana.
- Mastercard files trademark application for software for crypto and blockchain transactions and interconnection of virtual asset service providers for crypto transactions.
- Currently, there are 30,000 blockchain companies registered in China, and the country owns 84% of the world's blockchain patents.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that banning crypto “may not be effective in the long term.”
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