Institutional Bitcoin data provider Block Scholes anticipates a novel impact from next week’s Bitcoin halving on the network’s performance. The company believes that it may lead to an immediate drop in the network’s hash rate by roughly 25% within the first two weeks. The firm predicts this event will have a unique effect on the The post CleanSpark to add 23EH/s new BTC miners amid potential hash rate drop post-halving appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Hong Kong is poised to approve the launch of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will directly invest in Bitcoin and Ether potentially as soon as Monday. This key development, as reported by Bloomberg, involves key financial players, including an international branch of China’s Harvest Fund Management Co. and a partnership between Bosera Asset Management (International) The post Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs could launch in Hong Kong before halving – reports appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Circle, the issuer of USDC, announced a new smart contract functionality that allows holders of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to transfer their shares to Circle for USDC. As reported by Circle, this smart contract provides BUIDL investors with a near-instant, 24/7 off-ramp, leveraging the core benefits of tokenized assets: speed, transparency, The post BlackRock tokenized BUIDL fund now convertible to USDC 24/7 via Circle integration appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Decentralized finance lending platforms MarginFi, SolBlaze, and Solend have found themselves embroiled in a heated dispute, with accusations of misconduct and misinformation being leveled by all sides. The controversy stems from MarginFi’s alleged failure to replenish BLZE token emissions for its users over an 8-day period, which MarginFi attributes to blockchain congestion and prioritizing user The post Solana drama continues as leading DeFi founder quits amid $150 million outflows appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Distributed cloud GPU network project Aethir and Theta EdgeCloud, the hybrid cloud computing platform powered by Theta Edge Network, are preparing to launch the largest hybrid GPU marketplace for developers and enterprises. The collaboration aims to provide unprecedented global GPU compute capabilities, with the potential to deliver 20-30 times greater power than any comparable network The post Theta partners with Aethir to launch largest hybrid GPU marketplace for AI and DePIN appeared first on CryptoSlate.