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ForkLog 56 14.09.2021

Bitcoin Core 22.0 Released with Taproot Support

A new version of the popular Bitcoin Core client (v 22.0) has been released. It includes support for the upcoming major Taproot upgrade.

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ForkLog 17 13.09.2021

Study finds Bitcoin miners’ electricity use surpasses 2020 levels

The Bitcoin network uses 67 TW of electricity, higher than the peak reached in 2020. Bloomberg cites the Cambridge University Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index.

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ForkLog 17 13.09.2021

MicroStrategy buys an additional 5,050 BTC

MicroStrategy, a provider of analytics software, has purchased an additional 5,050 BTC for about $242.9 million. This was reported by the company’s chief, Michael Saylor.

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ForkLog 18 13.09.2021

El Salvador to exempt foreign Bitcoin investors from taxes

The government of El Salvador will exempt foreign investors from capital gains tax and the income tax on Bitcoin transactions. This was stated by the president's legal affairs adviser Javier Argueta in a comment to AFP.

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ForkLog 19 11.09.2021

Billionaire Leon Cooperman Urged Caution in Bitcoin Investments

American billionaire Leon Cooperman, in an CNBC interview, admitted that he does not understand how the first cryptocurrency works. He also urged caution regarding investments in Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 28 10.09.2021

Poll: one in four Americans would back Bitcoin legalization

27% of Americans expressed a positive view of the hypothetical scenario of recognizing Bitcoin as a payment method. The results came from the research organization YouGov.

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ForkLog 22 10.09.2021

Argo Blockchain secures $25 million loan from Galaxy Digital

Mining company Argo Blockchain agreed a loan from Galaxy Digital, Mike Novogratz's crypto bank, totaling £18 million (~$25 million). The funds will be used to expand the facility's capacity in Texas, United States.

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ForkLog 22 10.09.2021

Mexico’s central bank chief says bitcoin is a barter instrument

Bitcoin is more like a barter instrument, whose use carries high risk, than “evolved” money. This was stated by Mexico's central bank governor Alejandro Díaz de León, according to Reuters.

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ForkLog 42 10.09.2021

Expert explains what drives Ethereum supporters’ criticism of Solana

Many Ethereum supporters, in criticizing Solana, find themselves in the position of the Bitcoin community in its disputes with opponents of digital assets. This was stated by Ari Paul, founder of BlockTower Capital.

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ForkLog 7 10.09.2021

Opinion: Payment firms could lose up to $1 billion from El Salvador’s Bitcoin recognition.

Payment companies and systems could lose up to $1 billion per year due to the integration of the Bitcoin wallet Chivo into El Salvador’s financial system, according to Mario Gomez Losada, former product director of the Liquid cryptocurrency exchange and founder of PowerTrade.

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ForkLog 19 10.09.2021

SEC again extends review of VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF filing

The Securities and Exchange Commission will decide VanEck's Bitcoin ETF filing on November 14 — 60 days earlier than the previously stated deadline.

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ForkLog 14 09.09.2021

Guatemala and Honduras central banks to study issuing CBDCs

Reuters reports that central banks of Guatemala and Honduras are examining the potential introduction of national digital currencies (CBDCs).

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