Cipher Mining Boosts Bitcoin Data Center Portfolio With 300 MW Texas Site Purchase

This week, Cipher Mining Inc. revealed that it has acquired a sprawling 250-acre property in West Texas, which includes a 300-megawatt (MW) data center. The company also highlighted that this location is... Read more »

Bitcoin’s realized volatility in August reaches highest level in over a year

Onchain Highlights DEFINITION: Realized volatility is the standard deviation of returns from the mean return of a market. High values in realized volatility indicate a phase of high risk in that market. It... Read more »

Report: Paraguayan Bitcoin Mining Industry Provides Fewer Than 400 Jobs

A report presented to the Paraguayan Congress highlights the low level of employment associated with the country’s bitcoin mining activity. According to data from the Social Care Institute, the entire bitcoin mining... Read more »

Bloomberg integrates Polymarket data to Terminal

Bloomberg Terminal on display at Bloomberg L.P. Photo by Travis Wise. Key Takeaways Bloomberg Terminal now includes Polymarket’s real-time election odds. Polymarket’s trading volume approached $450 million in August. Share this article... Read more »

Cardano Chang hard fork to redefine decentralized governance from Sept. 1

Intersect, a Cardano membership organization, announced that the highly anticipated Chang hard fork will occur on Sept. 1, according to an Aug. 29 statement shared with CryptoSlate. Intersect highlighted that the Chang... Read more »

Iris Energy Acquires 39,000 Bitmain S21 XP Antminers, Eyes 30 EH/s in 2024

Bitcoin miner and high-performance computing (HPC) firm Iris Energy Limited has secured 10 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitmain’s S21 XP Antminers, positioning the bitcoin mining company to reach 30 EH/s by... Read more »

New Zealand Seeks to Adopt OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework

The New Zealand government has introduced a bill to implement the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). This framework aims to increase transparency in the crypto asset market. Effective April 1, 2026,... Read more »

NFL Players Association sues DraftKings for $65M over Reignmakers NFT dispute

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has filed a lawsuit against DraftKings Inc., seeking approximately $65 million in damages after the sports betting company abruptly shut down its NFT-based fantasy sports... Read more »

TRON’s market cap gains could push Toncoin out of top 10

Key Takeaways Toncoin’s market cap has decreased by $4 billion in three days. TRON’s market cap previously surpassed Cardano following a price increase. Share this article Toncoin (TON) is at risk of... Read more »

SEC Issues Wells Notice to Opensea, Alleging NFTs on the Marketplace Are Securities

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a Wells notice to Opensea, signaling potential enforcement action against the NFT marketplace. Opensea’s CEO criticized the SEC’s move, claiming it could negatively... Read more »