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Unang Minamina ng El Salvador ang Bitcoin Gamit ang Volcanic Energy

Halos 22% ng power market ng bansa ay geothermal.

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El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy

“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the country’s energy supply coming from geothermal sources, could El Salvador provide an answer to the hunt for a reliable, clean energy source to power bitcoin mining?

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Finance

Tumaas ang Produksyon ng Bitcoin ng Bitfarms sa Bagong Kagamitan sa Pagmimina

Ang kumpanya ay nagmina ng 1,050 bitcoins sa ikatlong quarter, tumaas ng 38% mula sa ikalawang quarter.

Technicians monitor cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Bitcoin has rallied more than 30 percent in July, shrugging off security and regulatory concerns that have plagued the virtual currency for much of this year. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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China’s Energy Crunch Cutting Manufacturing Capacity, Potentially Related to Crypto Ban

Chinese factories are struggling with an energy crisis brewing in the country. Some speculate this could provide a clue to China’s crackdowns on crypto mining operations this summer. “The Hash” team discusses the latest blow to the state of the world’s second-biggest economy and its possible role in the central government’s crypto ban.

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DeFi Benefits From China Ban, Gamevil Increases Coinone Stake

China crypto ban to benefit DeFi space. Gamevil becomes the second-largest shareholder of Korea’s Coinone. Illicit mining operation discovered at Tehran Stock Exchange. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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SEC Chair Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reiterated his support Wednesday for a narrow class of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would invest in futures contracts instead of the crypto itself. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses the outlook for the U.S. ETF landscape, suggesting the likelihood of a spot ETF getting approved compared to a bitcoin futures ETF. Plus, his views on El Salvador using volcanic energy for bitcoin mining.

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CleanSpark CEO on Impact of China’s Crypto Ban on Mining, Global Markets

Following China’s move to make crypto mining explicitly illegal within its borders, Alibaba will stop selling mining equipment on its platforms, and Bitmain will halt all machine sales to mainland Chinese miners.

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Policy

Iminumungkahi ng mga Senador ng US na Subaybayan ang Foreign Crypto Mining

Ang U.S. ay "dapat makakuha ng isang mas mahusay na hawakan" sa kung paano ginagamit ang mga cryptocurrencies sa buong mundo, sinabi ni Sen. Hassan.

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Chinese Ethereum Mining Pool BeePool to Shut Down Following Crypto Ban

"The Hash" team discusses the latest blow to the mining community, suggesting the outlook for global mining operations. China-based BeePool, the world's fourth-largest Ethereum mining pool by processing power, or hashrate, which halted registrations for new users and new subsidiary accounts for existing users, will suspend all services to miners beginning Oct. 15 at 15:59 UTC (11:59 a.m. ET). This follows SparkPool, another top Chinese Ethereum mining pool, suspending operations.

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Finance

Itigil ng Alibaba ang Pagbebenta ng Crypto Mining Machines

Sinabi ng kumpanya na sumusunod ito sa mga alituntunin ng PBoC noong Biyernes, ngunit binibigyang pansin din ang kawalan ng katatagan ng regulasyon sa pandaigdigang Crypto .

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