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Riot Platforms sells BTC for the first time in 15 months: what lies behind the miners' strategy shift

... equipment. For example, it expanded its energy capacities, financing them through issuing convertible bonds and credit lines (although some loan agreements were restructured after the liquidity crisis among creditors in 2022). Currently, Marathon has not reported any new loans against its BTC, but it clearly indicates that it prefers debt and equity financing over selling crypto-assets. This tactic allows it to remain one of the largest "hodlers" among miners, although it makes results more ...

Investments in Real Estate via Tokens

Unlike real estate crowdfunding platforms, investors are economically equal to property owners. Brickwise aims to make the trading of digitized real estate shares (tokens) possible with just a few clicks and, according to reports, has commenced a soft launch of its blockchain-based platform at the end of September. In anticipation of its official market debut next week, the company announced the completion of a seed funding round amounting to 3.1 million euros. Besides ...

USD Coin (USDC) Price Forecast for May 2025

... economic environment can impact the demand and stability of these assets. Below, we examine the main factors: 1. Trust and Reserve Backing. A key factor in the price stability of USD Coin is the trust that each coin is backed by reserves. Circle publicly reports on USDC’s reserves, holding a significant portion in secure assets (such as US Treasury bonds). The transparency and reliability of these reserves mean that even during market turmoil, holders can expect to exchange 1 USDC for 1 US dollar. When ...

The Harshest Package: What the New EU Sanctions Mean for Russia

... package includes a “dynamic reduction” of the cap on Russian oil prices from the current $60 to $47.6 per barrel and introduces “an automatic dynamic mechanism for adjusting the price ceilings on oil and ensuring their effectiveness.” Reuters reports, confirmed by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that this value will be adjusted every six months, such that the accepted price for Russian oil is 15% lower than the global benchmark. The EU is also imposing sanctions on an additional ...

The Russian government will extend the permit for gasoline exports for one month.

... year. There is also discussion of a potential full ban on the supply of diesel fuel purchased on the exchange to non-producers from July 1 to December 31, 2024. The government will extend the permit for gasoline exports until the end of July. This was reported by two sources familiar with the consultations in the government to Vedomosti. A government-related source claims that an official announcement may be made as soon as Friday, June 28. The six-month ban on gasoline exports from Russia came ...