In brief A solo Bitcoin miner notched a Bitcoin block reward of 3.13 BTC, valued around $282,000, on Thursday. The miner used Solo CKPool, a service designed to help solo miners win Bitcoin blocks. Solo mining continues to become more difficult, as Bitcoin's hash rate or network computational power, increases year-over-year. A solo Bitcoin miner...

In brief A solo Bitcoin miner notched a Bitcoin block reward of 3.13 BTC, valued around $282,000, on Thursday. The miner used Solo CKPool, a service designed to help solo miners win Bitcoin blocks. Solo mining continues to become more difficult, as Bitcoin's hash rate or network computational power, increases year-over-year. A solo Bitcoin miner...

Claims that Wall Street trading firm Jane Street triggers a daily 10 a.m. Bitcoin “dump” resurfaced on December 12, after BTC saw a sharp intraday drop.  Social media speculation once again pointed to institutional traders and ETF market makers. A closer look at the data, however, tells a more nuanced story. SponsoredSponsored The theory suggests...