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Wolfie Zhao

Wolfie joined The Block’s news team in 2020 and switched to the research side in 2021 to focus on crypto mining analysis. Prior to The Block, he had been a journalist at CoinDesk for three years. Wolfie has a background in financial journalism.

Chengdu is said to give away ~$8 million digital yuan in latest CBDC test

January 25, 2021, 3:24AM EST

China

Hut8 borrows ~$12M from DCG’s Foundry to order new bitcoin miners

January 22, 2021, 7:31AM EST

Bitcoin

Shenzhen's latest $3m digital yuan test sees nearly 140k transactions

January 18, 2021, 4:47PM EST

China

Offline mapping app Maps.me raises $50m led by Alameda Research to enter DeFi

January 17, 2021, 9:46PM EST

Capital Markets

DCG's Foundry will colocate 14,000 bitcoin mining machines in U.S. with focus on institutional buyers

January 13, 2021, 11:10AM EST

Bitcoin

Crypto exchange OSL operator completes stock top-up to raise $90 million

January 13, 2021, 6:47AM EST

Capital Markets

Poolin rolls out 'hash rate token' to bridge bitcoin mining and DeFi

January 12, 2021, 12:35PM EST

Bitcoin

Chinese state-owned bank tests digital yuan ATMs in Shenzhen

January 11, 2021, 2:38AM EST

China

Bitcoin mining difficulty adjusts to a new record high above 20 trillion

January 9, 2021, 10:27AM EST

Bitcoin

Bitcoin's sky-high price has sparked a profitability renaissance for older mining hardware

January 6, 2021, 4:49PM EST

Bitcoin