Bitmain is facing reluctance on the part of stock exchange operators as it seeks to launch its IPO, per CoinDesk.

When the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a U.S. federal agency that regulates futures and options markets, issued a formal request for input on Ethereum, the Ethereum community took it upon itself to create a response.

Razer, which manufactures laptops, desktops and peripheral devices tailored to computer gamers, has announced an app that lets these gamers earn rewards for mining cryptocurrency on their PCs.

Distributed Summary:

• A University of Cambridge study has found that active crypto users grew to 35 million this year
• Only 38 percent of all crypto accounts are “active,” as defined by the study
• +37 percent of crypto companies now support multiple coins; +164 percent people employed in crypto

State Farm announced on December 10 that it is experimenting with a blockchain-based solution for managing the subrogation process in the insurance industry, making the company the latest major enterprise to explore blockchain technology.