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Binance has successfully mined the genesis block of Binance Chain with all 11 validators behind the Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT) protocol working; mainnet swap is planned for April 23rd, the same day wallets and a block explorer should go live; Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao made the first transaction on mainnet, although no trading pairs will be listed until the first Binance Coin batches are finished - Link
Recent BitMEX research shows Bitcoin SV miners are at a total net negative of $2.1M since the hardfork in Nov. 2018; the cost of electricity alone from the fork onwards sits at $20.9M; when using the price resistance level at $70 per coin, the sale price of newly minted coins only comes out to $18.8M, and that's without the mining overhead and maintenance costs; with the recent price crash after the Binance delisting, Miner Update claims revenues could see another 14% plummet - Link
Besides Bitcoin and Ethereum, Cardano the third generation of blockchain is getting popular. Refer to https://www.economywatch.com/uk/cryptocurrency/buy-cardano to buy Cardano from a geuine provider. The recommended broker is eToro, however you have other reliable brokers lke Plus500 and Bittrex.