PayPal’s cryptocurrency partner Paxos overpaid $510,750 for a transaction on the Bitcoin network. The so-called “fat finger” mistake, implying human error, is now thought to be a bug. The smoke clears A crypto payment blunder originally attributed to PayPal was
Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company in Texas, has found a surprising source of revenue in the state’s recurring energy crises. During the August heatwave, Riot made $31.7 million from power credits, courtesy of the Electric Reliability Council of
The Middle East has always acted as a friend of the crypto industry, and one more country is making headlines this time by investing $1.1 billion in Bitcoin mining. H.E. Sheikh Mansour Bin Taleb Bin Ali Al Hinai, Chairman of
In a case highlighting the pitfalls of the booming Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market, Nathaniel Chastain, the former Head of Product for leading NFT platform OpenSea, faced stern repercussions for leveraging insider information to his advantage. According to a report from
Amid the rising global crypto fervor, China has made significant headlines by sentencing a former provincial official, Yi Xiao, to life imprisonment for corruption, which includes aiding cryptocurrency mining. This action has demonstrated China’s stringent stand on illegal financial activities
Since the end of Ethereum mining in September 2022, former crypto mining firm HIVE Digital Technologies has been transforming its considerable GPU resources into a cloud infrastructure powerhouse. As per a recent X post, the move reflects the shift from
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has laid a new rule classifying cryptocurrency staking rewards as gross income. The IRS announced its landmark decision in Revenue Ruling 2023-14 on July 31, which seeks to clarify the tax treatment of income
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