Global blockchains

Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Mining Venture Sparks Controversy with Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership

There’s new speculation going around the collaboration between the Hong Kong data centre and the Ethiopian government. This collaboration is taking a turn towards Bitcoin mining and other related activities. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Data Centre Service, a Hong Kong West data subsidiary and Ethiopian Investment Holdings. Ethiopia and West Data…

Rate hike hint of Federal Reserve sends cryptocurrencies crashing

On Wednesday night, cryptos including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, Cardano and Terra slipped steeply after the US Federal Reserve released minutes of its December meeting in which the Central Bank hinted it could begin increasing interest rates to handle challenging high inflation. On November 11, 2021, Bitcoin touched an all-time high of $68,749. It has outperformed…

CryptoWire introduces first cryptocurrency index of India, IC15

Super app CyrptoWire has introduced IC15, the first crypto index of India. On Monday, the firm said that IC15 will track the liquidity and market capitalization of the top 15 global digital currencies. It added that the IC15 is a rule-based broad market index by market capitalization that computes the performance of 15 extensively traded…

Coins, wallets & tokens

Which cryptocurrencies are more sustainable than Bitcoin?

Citing long-brewing environmental concerns Elon Musk announced that Tesla Inc. will not be accepting bitcoin for the car purchase. Btc’s power-hunger has provoked a passionate debate about the energy consumption of cryptocurrencies. While efforts are being made to reduce the carbon footprint of digital currency, some investors are getting inclined towards greener alternatives. In fact,…