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Mercados

Bitcoin Retreats From All-Time High, Ether Follows

The shakeout appeared to coincide with a turn lower in U.S. stock markets.

Bitcoin and ethereum hourly chart (Trading View)

Finanças

Bitfarms Buys 24MW Crypto Mining Facility in Washington State for $26M

The bitcoin miner plans to run approximately 6,200 Bitmain S19j Pro miners in the new hydro-powered facility, with potential capacity of 620 PH/s mining power.

A technician monitors cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.

Política

Why Shouldn’t the Navajo Mine Bitcoin?

Bitcoin promises a sovereignty the Navajo and other First Nations have always been promised but have never received.

Navajo bitcoin miners (Compass Mining, modified by CoinDesk with permission)

Finanças

Pension Funds Wade Gingerly Into Crypto Investments

The Houston firefighter’s pension fund recently invested $25 million in bitcoin and ether. Whether others will follow that path is unclear.

Pension Fund (Getty Images)

Política

DOJ to Hire Director for Its Crypto Enforcement Unit

The director will lead a team of prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting cryptocurrency cases as part of a national effort to prevent the use of crypto for illegal purposes.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., headquarters (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock)

Finanças

Trump Banking Regulator Determined Banks Should Be Allowed to Trade Crypto: Report

But the OCC staff’s ruling was never made public.

Donald Trump

Finanças

US Treasury Department Says Cryptocurrencies Could Undermine Sanctions

The agency issued the warning after a six-month review of U.S. sanction programs and recommended the agency itself improve communication with financial institutions and others that touch on the crypto sector.

U.S. Treasury Department seal (Bill Perry/Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Finanças

DeFi Pushes North America to Become World’s Second-Biggest Crypto Market

China started losing its position in global crypto markets before this year’s crackdown.

Podium at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece (Florian Schmet/Unsplash)

Mercados

Bitcoin Mining After the China Ban: US Dominance Is Set to Continue

China has “missed the ball” as geopolitical certainty and access to cheap power and infrastructure will enable the U.S. to take more bitcoin mining market share.

(m.elyoussoufi/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Política

DOJ to Launch National Crypto Enforcement Team: Report

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco unveiled the initiative during a virtual speech at the Aspen Cyber Summit on Wednesday.

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., headquarters (Orhan Cam/Shutterstock)

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