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Switzerland’s largest bank is following in the tracks of HSBC by allowing wealthy clients to trade crypto exchange-traded funds in the city. A selection of three crypto-ETFs related to Bitcoin and Ethereum were available on a UBS trading platform for wealthy…
The crypto industry is facing a very difficult 2023. In the longer term, however, there is no reason why it should not rise from the dead again, as it has in the past. Skeptics have long suspected it, and now they see themselves vindicated by the fiasco…
Which has more merit, digital or traditional gold? For the Ethereum mastermind Vitalik Buterin, there is no doubt. For some investors, bitcoin is the better gold. Others swear by the yellow precious metal and doubt that the world’s oldest cryptocurrency could…
Vietnamese crypto miners say they have suffered heavy losses with their mining rigs turning useless after Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, completed its switch to a more energy-efficient framework. “Goodbye Ethereum”, “no more chances” and “sell…
Cryptominers are powering down operations, even selling equipment, as cryptocurrency prices continue to plummet. Nguyen Binh, a cryptominer in the southern Dong Nai Province, said his rigs can mine almost one Ethereum (around $2,000) a month, but hardly…
Russian-born Vitalik Buterin has quietly transferred Ethereum donations of around $5 million to the benefit of Ukraine. Ukraine has been receiving a lot of support from the crypto world since the Russian invasion, including Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the…
Backed by Greenpeace USA, a group of environmentalists wants bitcoin to switch from its current method of mining to a more energy-efficient model. An upgrade of the cryptocurrency Ethereum is planned for next summer. The big question here is whether it will…
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