Canada


Finance

Canadian Crypto Exchanges Coinsquare, WonderFi in Advanced Talks to Merge: Bloomberg

The combination would create the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

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Finance

Hive Earned Equivalent of 184 BTC From Curtailing Its Power Use in December

The miner has also installed the first Buzzminers, computers it designed using Intel's new bitcoin mining chip.

Crypto mining stocks have lost roughly half of their value in the past month. (Sandali Handagama for CoinDesk)

Policy

British Columbia Imposes 18-Month Moratorium on New Crypto Mining Operations

This is the third Canadian province to limit the industry's growth as it looks to preserve capacity for communities.

Vancouver, British Columbia (Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash, edited by CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitcoin Addresses Tied to Defunct Canadian Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Wake Up

More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend. Quadriga’s bankruptcy trustee said three years ago it did not control those wallets at the time.

Gerald Cotten, founder and former CEO of QuadrigaCX. (Original image by Trevor Jones)

Policy

Canadian Securities Regulators to Strengthen Crypto Oversight After FTX Collapse

The country's securities regulatory body will consider enforcement action if crypto companies do not comply.

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Finance

Canada’s Largest Pension Fund No Longer Mulling Crypto Investment: Reuters

CPP Investment has nearly $400 billion in assets under management.

A do not wall crosswalk. (Kai Pilger/Unsplash)

Policy

Canada's Manitoba Province Enacts 18-Month Moratorium on New Crypto Mining

The local heavily indebted public utility has received up to 4.6 GW of requests from miners looking to connect to the grid.

A panoramic view of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. (Bob Linsdell/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

Major Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Says Client Data Breached

The exchange claimed the breached personal data wasn't likely seen "by the bad actor” and customers' assets are “secure in cold storage and are not at risk.”

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Finance

Pension Giant Ontario Teachers' Plans to Write Off All $95M Invested in Crypto Exchange FTX

The investment in the now-bankrupt crypto exchange represented less than 0.05% of the fund's total net assets.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Cathedra Slashes Payroll Costs by Two-Thirds With Job, Salary Cuts

The Canadian company has also been liquidating bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)