Bitcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

In mid-August, Bitmain revealed its intention to launch a new Antminer featuring an efficiency rating of 1X joules per terahash (J/TH). Three days after this disclosure, Canaan also announced plans to unveil a novel product but with little details. Canaan has since offered more information, indicating that their upcoming release will belong to the Avalon 14 series, alongside equaling the efficiency level of 1X J/TH. Upcoming Next-Gen Bitcoin Mining Rigs Will Boast 1X J/TH Efficiency At present, the leading application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners produced today possess an efficiency rating of 20 joules or higher per terahash. Yet this status quo may shift within the month as two rival bitcoin mining rig manufacturers intend to introduce a new generation of mining products. For example, the 2023 World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) occurring in Hong Kong from September 22 to 23 will showcase Bitmain’s innovative mining product. This apparatus or series of devices...

Global investment bank JPMorgan expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve multiple spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at once, instead of giving one company the advantage of being the first. The bank’s analyst explained that if the securities regulator wants to defend its denial of Grayscale’s bitcoin ETF conversion proposal, it would have to retroactively withdraw its previous approval of bitcoin futures ETFs. “Such a retroactive withdrawal would be very disruptive and embarrassing for the SEC,” he cautioned. JPMorgan Expects to See Several Spot Bitcoin ETFs Approved JPMorgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou explained in a note last week that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be forced to approve several spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) after a court ruled in favor of Grayscale Investments regarding the crypto asset manager’s proposal to convert its bitcoin trust into a spot bitcoin ETF. “The court ruling on the Graysc...

Economist Peter Schiff has warned that the U.S. cannot afford to decouple from China. “Our entire standard of living rests on the support of China,” he stressed, adding that “If we lose that support, it’s going to collapse.” He also predicted the collapse of the U.S. dollar as the USD loses its world’s reserve currency status. Peter Schiff on US-China Decoupling, Dollar Collapse Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff discussed various economic topics, including the relationship between the U.S. and China, in an interview with NTD News last week. Commenting on the recent statement by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stating that “Decoupling is neither in our economic or national security goals,” Schiff stressed: We can’t afford to decouple because you have to recognize that China is both our biggest supplier and our biggest banker. The Chinese loan us the money to buy the stuff that they produce that we can’t, and our entire standard of living rests on the support of China. “If we ...

Asset management firm Bernstein has predicted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve its first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) between mid-October and mid-March next year. The firm’s analyst believes that “the crypto ETF opportunity won’t just stop at bitcoin but will extend into multiple crypto assets.” Bernstein’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Prediction Gautam Chhugani, managing director and senior analyst of Global Digital Assets at asset management firm Bernstein, has predicted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve its first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by mid-March next year. He explained in a note on Monday that the court ruling in favor of crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments last week regarding the firm’s proposed bitcoin ETF conversion is a “game changer.” Calling the ruling “a landmark win against the SEC,” he emphasized: “The ruling went beyond the GBTC conversion, but laid unambiguous principles for reg...

This week, the crypto community is abuzz with discussions about Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and the potential for its alteration. On September 4, in a social media exchange, software developer and Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd expressed his belief that in “10-20 years the idea of a hard fork to add a small tail emission may not be so controversial any more.” Todd’s remarks ignited a flurry of reactions from crypto aficionados who took issue with his statement. Rethinking Bitcoin’s 21 Million: A Controversial Crypto Conversation Many firmly hold that Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap is unchangeable, yet recent chatter suggests otherwise. A discussion ignited on the social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) when Cake Group’s CEO, Dr. Julian Hosp, penned an X post declaring , “Bitcoin is neither scarce nor rare … it is limited.” The discourse then shifted to remarks Peter Todd made during a chat with Peter McCormack on the What Bitcoin Did podcast. Back in 2019, To...

China is pushing for universal national adoption of the digital yuan, with People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) officials stating the currency should be available for all retail payment scenarios. The recent introduction of a standard for QR-based payment codes is part of this move, which also seeks to make wholesale payments interoperable with the digital yuan. China Aims for Digital Yuan Ubiquity in Payments China is seeking to make the digital yuan, its central bank digital currency (CBDC), more usable by allowing citizens to pay with it everywhere. Last week, Chinese local media reported the implementation of a QR code-based interoperable payment standard that would be compatible with popular payment methods such as Alipay and Wechat, but also with the digital yuan wallet. The system intends to increase the low usage and popularity of the digital yuan by giving Chinese citizens more ways of spending it, letting them know the CBDC can be used in most retail stores. Mu Changchun, h...

The government in Seoul intends to submit new legislation tailored to facilitate the tracking and freezing of crypto used to fund the weapons programs of North Korea. A bill has been drafted after extended consultations between ministries with the aim to make South Korean sanctions more effective and improve the country’s cybersecurity. South Korean Government Takes Aim at DPRK’s Stolen Digital Assets A bill that will allow the Republic of Korea to better track and freeze assets obtained through crypto theft by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is expected to be submitted by the government in Seoul, the Korea Joongang Daily reported. The legislation was initially announced by the South’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) in November but President Yoon Suk Yeol sent it back for revision, demanding “practical measures to bolster national security,” the publication noted, quoting sources familiar with the matter. The draft law has been revised during months-long cons...