
Climate Change and Crypto: Ethiopia's 75% Power Cut Tests Bitcoin Mining's Green Pitch
Ethiopia cut power to Bitcoin mining firms to roughly 23% of contracted supply, exposing the risks of relying on weather-dependent hydropower.
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Ethiopia cut power to Bitcoin mining firms to roughly 23% of contracted supply, exposing the risks of relying on weather-dependent hydropower.

Publicly listed BTC miners produced bitcoin at an average ex-tax cash cost of roughly $75,500 in in the second quarter.

The XRP ecosystem on Binance is witnessing a major rebound as momentum begins to build on the exchange again amid rising market activity.

Bitcoin fell 2.39% to around $76,314 after dropping as low as $76,076, erasing its post-golden-cross advance and approaching key Fibonacci support. The Senate's Clarity Act cloture vote requires 60 votes, and failure could delay comprehensive crypto market-structure legislation until after the midterm elections.

Bitcoin price is caught between ETF inflows, institutional selling and a massive $54 million whale short ahead of the Clarity Act vote. The latest data doesn't exactly scream confidence, with traders watching $75,000 and $83,000 as the levels that could decide the next move.

An MEV bot known as “Yoink” front-ran an attacker attempting to exploit a custom Safe module, capturing the stolen rsETH before Kelp temporarily froze the receiving address.

The Aquis-listed Bitcoin treasury firm Stack BTC, which lists Nigel Farage among its shareholders, has entered a £12 million arrangement to buy Direct Bullion, a company known for its gold business.
Bitcoin slid to $76,000 and the entire top 20 turned red as CLARITY Act odds collapsed before today's Senate vote. Here is what is really driving it.

Ripple has signed a multi-year partnership with Louisville Athletics that will place the XRP logo on Denny Crum Court during men's and women's basketball home games from the 2026–27 season.

A 255,434-block study puts one scanning feed near 8 MB a day while completeness remains unproven.

Ripple-promoted XRP could be gearing up for another move higher as Ripple CEO Bradley Garlinghouse presses U.S. lawmakers to back the CLARITY Act.

Bitcoin just gave back its entire post-golden-cross rally in one red candle, with a make-or-break Senate vote landing this afternoon and the Fed staring down a rate hike.

XRP's rally faces a key test as price holds above $1.30 while traders reduce leverage and whale supply builds near resistance.

BlackRock and JPMorgan deepen their Ethereum bets, but BNB Chain has overtaken Ethereum in tokenized stocks.
Cardano price has extended its weekly decline as recent ecosystem developments fail to bring buyers back to ADA.