Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

Colin writes about Bitcoin. Formerly, he worked at CoinDesk as a tech reporter and Luxor Technology Corp. as head of research. Now, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Blockspace Media, and he also freelances for CoinDesk, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine. He holds bitcoin.

Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

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Decentralized DNS Project Handshake Patches Inflation Bug

Given its severity, the team had to coordinate with miners to fix the flaw with an emergency soft fork.

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Publicly Traded Fintech Firm Agrees to Acquire Chinese Mining Farm for $9M

Future FinTech's buy is in line with the legacy finance and tech sector taking increasing interest in bitcoin of late.

The Sichuan region of China is rich in cheap hydro power.

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‘Blockchain Recovery’ Scam Is Posing as a Legit Firm, UK FCA Warns

The “clone” firm has been emailing and cold-calling investors and using the real company’s Firm Reference Number with a fake name, the regulator said.

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FinCEN Names Former Chainalysis Advisor Acting Director as Blanco Resigns

Governments are becoming increasingly interested in crypto transaction surveillance, as FinCEN's hire suggests.

Michael Mosier will leave FinCEN for a new opportunity.

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High as Delayed ASIC Shipments Come Online

The adjustment, spurred forth by fleets of newly booted ASICs, could be a harbinger of even larger difficulty increases in the coming year.

Bitcoin just got harder to mine.

Tech

Liquality Adds New 1-Click Pay Feature, Looks Toward Bitcoin DeFi

The wallet's new feature comes soon after it integrated RSK in an effort to bring more decentralized finance options to bitcoin users.

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Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Payment App in El Salvador; Full EU Support Is Next

Salvadorans can now use Strike to receive remittances from their families abroad without the added hassle of currency conversion. The EU is next.

(l-r) Michael Peterson of Bitcoin Beach, Jack Mallers of Strike and Miles Suter of CashApp in El Salvador

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Hut 8 Will Use Luxor's Software to Manage New Ethereum Miners

Ethereum is migrating to proof-of-stake, but miners still see profit in proof-of-work.

Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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US Bitcoin Mining Venture Blockcap Closes $38M Round for ASIC Expansion

Yet another American mining company is expanding aggressively.

A cryptocurrency mining farm in Nadvoitsy, Russia.

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Tesla Just Helped Patch a Bug in This Open-Source Bitcoin Payment Processor

The carmaker's assistance to BTCPay Server is another sign of its serious commitment to bitcoin, beyond holding it in its treasury and accepting it as payment.

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