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MMA bruiser Jon Jones gets cuddly with cute panda NFTs
Kanpai Pandas has hired UFC fighter Jon Jones to be its brand ambassador and help promote the NFT collections' new clothing line.
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Genesis, Gemini and DCG reach agreement in bankruptcy court
Genesis Global Holdco reached an agreement in principle with Digital Currency Group and other creditors on Monday.
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Former Coinbase manager seeks to dismiss watershed insider trading case
Lawyers representing a former Coinbase manager and his brother moved to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission's insider trading case against them.
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UK government and central bank tease CBDC consultation
After revealing crypto regulation guidelines last week, the UK's Treasury and central bank will publish a consultation report on the digital pound tomorrow morning.
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Bitcoin mining report: Feb. 6
Bitcoin mining stocks were mostly lower on Monday.
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Binance to temporarily suspend USD transfers on Feb. 8
The Binance team is working to resolve what it said would be a temporary halt of U.S. dollar transfers on the exchange effective Feb. 8th.
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Judge delays FTX examiner ruling in hopes of ‘consensual resolution’
A federal bankruptcy judge has pushed off a ruling on appointing an independent examiner in the FTX bankruptcy, giving the U.S. government, which supports an examiner, and FTX's new management, who oppose, more time to hash out a deal.
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DCG and Genesis branches agree on a restructuring plan: CoinDesk
Digital Currency Group and Genesis subsidiaries reached an agreement with a group of the firm's main creditors. DCG and Genesis subsidiaries reached an initial agreement involving the sale of bankrupt entities, CoinDesk reports.
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BAYC creator Yuga Labs settles trademark infringement lawsuit
Yuga Labs settled a legal dispute with the developer who created the websites hosting "copycat" collections of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.
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Scammers float fake tokens for social media app Damus: PeckShield
Crypto security firm PeckShield issued a warning on fake tokens for the Damus social media app, which it has identified as scams.
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Bitcoin, ether slip with crypto stocks all lower; Silvergate drops 8%
Crypto prices slid a the beginning of the week with equities also in the red.
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Coinshares reports fourth consecutive week of inflows
Coinshares reported a fourth consecutive week of digital asset investment product inflows, totaling $76 million last week.
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Bitcoin miner Riot expects growth delay due to December storm damages
The company said it expects there to be a delay in meeting the hashrate growth guidance for the first quarter.
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Trader Joe’s native token ‘joe’ goes omni-chain with LayerZero partnership
Trader Joe, a decentralized exchange, has partnered with LayerZero to let users move its tokens seamlessly across blockchains.
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‘Walking himself’ into prison: Bankman-Fried’s texts may harm his legal defense
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers already had their work cut out for them. Then he contacted a possible witness in his criminal case.
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Li.Fi calls on Uniswap not to deploy on BNB Chain with only one bridge
Crypto bridge aggregator Li.Fi says Uniswap should adopt a more decentralized bridge selection process for cross-chain deployments.
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StarkWare partners with Chainlink Labs to expand StarkNet capabilities
StarkWare is joining the Chainlink SCALE program, making Chainlink price feeds available on the StarkNet testnet.
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South Korea broadens rules defining which tokens are securities
New guidance released Monday means token issuers may need to follow capital markets laws in order to launch.
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Lightning Network reaches all-time high in bitcoin capacity
Lightning Network has reached an all-time high in terms of capacity or the amount of Bitcoin locked in payment channels.
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BNB Chain looking to grow, remain competitive in 2023: Messari
After a chaotic year for crypto, BNB Chain is looking to be competitive in 2023.
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FTX debtors want political donations returned by end of the month
The FTX debtors are giving politicians until Feb. 28 to return FTX-linked donations.
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A couple crypto stories to look out for this week
Crypto community governance politics may take center stage this week as earnings season rolls on.
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A16z votes against proposal to deploy latest Uniswap iteration on BNB Chain
A16z has used 15 million UNI tokens to vote against a community proposal that would see Jump Crypto-backed Wormhole used as a the bridge in deploying Uniswap V3 on BNB Chain.
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This week in markets: Bitcoin remains above $23,000 while crypto stocks stay in the red
Bitcoin stays steady and crypto stocks decline following a hotter than expected U.S. jobs report. Here's the week in markets.
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UK Minister Andrew Griffith wants to pass finance regulation bill by Easter
UK MP Andrew Griffith wants to pass the Financial Services and Markets bill by Easter. It contains several crypto provisions.
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Seven-member committee to represent creditors formed in Genesis Global’s bankruptcy case
A committee of unsecured creditors have been appointed for the Genesis Global bankruptcy case including Mirana, Digital Finance Group and Bitvavo.
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Ray Dalio still doesn’t like Bitcoin but thinks inflation-beating coin could work
Dalio doesn't like stablecoins either, because of the way they are linked to the fiat central banks around the world are continuing to print in excess.
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Michael Saylor says Silvergate has been ‘responsible’ amid crypto collapse
The executive's comments come as the Justice Department’s fraud unit has reportedly begun probing Silvergate’s handling of accounts for Sam Bankman-Fried’s firms.
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Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer is raising $50 million
EigenLayer, an Ethereum restaking protocol under development, is raising $50 million in a Series A funding round, sources tell The Block.
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Ebay’s NFT play KnownOrigin plots hiring push
The hiring push comes amid gloom elsewhere in the market, as crypto native businesses slash jobs and halt recruitment.
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Stronghold Digital Mining files share sale prospectus as it seeks to preserve cash
Stronghold Digital Mining filed a prospectus to sell up to 10 million Class A shares as part of its efforts to preserve cash.
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A16z-backed Arpeggi Labs is looking to raise $11 million
Web3 music startup Arpeggi Labs is seeking to raise $11 million and has secured $9.1 million from 21 investors.
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Ledger CEO’s chief of staff departs to work on NFT digital art project
Jean-Michel Pailhon, chief of staff to Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier, has left the hardware wallet developer to launch his own NFT art project.
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Crypto trading played role in Amazon Web Services slowing growth in Q4
Lower crypto trading volumes contributed to a slowdown in Amazon's AWS sales growth for the fourth quarter.
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Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital sold 1,500 BTC in January
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital reported that it sold 1,500 BTC in January.
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Core Scientific cuts deal with lender NYDIG to extinguish $38.6 million in debt
Core Scientific agreed to hand over 27,403 machines to NYDIG in order to pay down its outstanding debt of $38.6 million.
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Crypto market continues to rise, while Silvergate shares seesaw after probe report
Bitcoin jumped mid-day to $24,100, only to fall back down to $23,500 around 5:20 p.m EST.
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Justice Department probes Silvergate’s relationship with FTX: Bloomberg
FTX's bank is under the early stages of a federal criminal investigation, Bloomberg reported.Â
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Mastercard’s NFT product lead leaves role, mints resignation letter as NFT
To finance his next step, Sethi minted his resignation letter as an NFT for 0.023 ETH. So far the mint netted him $624.
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Coinbase stock up 21% following lawsuit dismissal
Shares of crypto exchange Coinbase were up 21% on Thursday. A lawsuit against the company was dismissed by a judge on Wednesday afternoon.
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January NFT data wrap: ETH volumes rise nearly 50% as BAYC leads blue-chip brand expansion
NFT trading volumes rose in January, painting a more optimistic picture as the year kicks off.
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Nomura’s Laser Digital readies institutional trading platform, eyes mainstream market making
Nomura's Laser Digital eyes market making as it looks to launch its dedicated institutional trading platform in the first quarter.
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‘Crypto Voldemort’ Charlie Munger calls for U.S. ban, again
The 99-year-old blamed the "wretched excess" in the sector on a public that doesn't fully understand the subject matter and a lack of regulation. Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway called cryptocurrency a “gambling contract” in an op-e
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Bitcoin mining infrastructure startup Giga Energy raising $10 million in Series A
Giga Energy, a bitcoin mining infrastructure startup focused on utilizing wasted natural gas as a power source, is raising $10 million in Series A funding.
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Bitcoin miner TeraWulf raises $32 million in equity offerings
TeraWulf reached a deal to restructure its debt, subject to the equity capital raise.
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Crypto market jumps following Fed rate decision
Crypto price soared after the market opened on Thursday, as traders responded to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision yesterday with a bullish sentiment.
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CleanSpark doubles bitcoin production in January to 697
The bitcoin miner reached a hash rate of 6.6 EH/s and doubled its bitcoin production in January.
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MetaMask rolls out updates to privacy settings for new and existing users
MetaMask released a new function that allows users to change their RPC providers among a host of other privacy and security improvements.
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Delegate Cash hits $400 million milestone as lesser-known project finds real adoption
Delegate Cash enables safer on-chain NFT and token interactions, and people are starting to use it.
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ZK developer Nil Foundation says new technology makes it easier to build on Ethereum
The new technology could expand the use cases for blockchain gaming, machine learning and other sectors.
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Scam prevention firm Web3 Builders expands API to marketplaces, wallets, exchanges
Interest in these scam-spotting plug-ins increased after the million-dollar hack of Moonbirds and Proof Collective founder Kevin Rose.
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Investors scammed by token sale on Arbitrum despite warning of potential rug pull
An Ohm-fork on the Arbitrum chain was able to pull off a $320,000 token sale heist despite public warnings that it could be a rug pull.
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Luxor mines largest Bitcoin block ever, contains Taproot Wizard NFT
Crypto developer Udi Wertheimer and Bitcoin mining company Luxor appear to have teamed up in some kind of wizard-themed NFT collection.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s favorite lobby group is on life support
The trade association is now rallying its founders in a bid to come back to political prominence.
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Coinbase NFT says it’s ‘pausing drops for now’
Coinbase NFT said it is pausing drops after an artist tweeted that a collection would no longer debut on the marketplace.
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Judge approves Core Scientific’s $70 million loan from B. Riley
A bankruptcy judge has approved Core Scientific's plan to replace a previous loan with new financing from B. Riley.
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New SEC filing amends Magic Eden’s Euclid Labs $27 million raise to $16.9 million
Euclid Labs, parent to Magic Eden, noted it had received $27 million in offerings, but the new filing amends that amount to $16.9 million.
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Hollywood agency UTA signs The Hundreds, Adam Bomb Squad co-creator Bobby Kim
Top Hollywood and web3 talent representative United Talent Agency has signed Bobby Kim, co-creator of the popular NFT collection Adam Bomb Squad. UTA, a
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DeFi protocol Archimedes raises $4.9 million in seed funding
Archimedes, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol focused on leverage, raised $4.9 million in a seed funding round.
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Meta overcomes legal hurdle in proposed purchase of VR startup Within: Bloomberg
Meta draws closer to completing its purchase of Within, the creator of the popular VR-workout app Supernatural.
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Market trades flat ahead of Fed’s interest rate decision
Crypto prices remained mostly flat after the market opened on Wednesday, as traders await the Fed’s interest rate decision and comments from the press conference this afternoon.
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Here’s how game theory can help traders understand crypto
In this episode of The Scoop, Jordi Alexander unpacks how individual cryptocurrencies derive their value, and explains how game theory can be used to demystify crypto market behavior.
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First NFT ETF set to wind down after failing to take hold
The fund's CEO and CIO Sylvia Jablonski told Bloomberg News it was shutting down because it had failed to attract assets.
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Celsius creditors contemplate next steps following examiner report
The Celsius Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors held a Twitter “town hall” on Tuesday to discuss next steps after a damning examiner report, as well as air out frustrations about a leak of bids for the company's assets.
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Social token platform Rally shuts down sidechain containing creator NFTs
This sidechain contained creator NFTs, causing some to claim that Rally "rugged" the people using the firm's services.
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CME’s crypto derivatives reach new highs as traders seek safe port in storm
Derivatives trading giant CME Group has clocked a record high in volume and open interest for bitcoin options in the wake of the FTX meltdown.
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Bitcoin mining report: Jan. 31
Bitcoin mining stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday.
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MicroStrategy expected to report profit despite down quarter for crypto: Preview
Net income is estimated at $10.7 million, which would be the first time MicroStrategy has posted a profit since the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Nearing $14 billion: Meta’s 2022 metaverse losses piling up
Analysts predict Meta's losses from investing heavily in metaverse division Reality Labs will near $14 billion when the company reports earnings for 2022 tomorrow.
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dYdX users traded $466 billion in crypto derivatives during 2022
dYdX, the largest crypto derivatives trading exchange, recorded $466.3 billion in cumulative transaction volume in 2022.
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Bitcoin Suisse to offer Ethereum Liquid staking for Swiss Market and joins Liquid Collective
Liquid staking protocols have been one of the top performing sectors in crypto this year as Ethereum approaches the Shanghai hard fork.
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Viola Ventures and Fabric Ventures back Addressable’s $7.5 million raise
Addressable raises $7.5 million to make marketing to anonymous crypto users easier. Investors include Viola Ventures, North Island Ventures and Fabric Ventures.
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Kin Foundation debuts Solana-based on-ramp tool for app developers
The Kin Foundation has announced the launch of a Solana-based on-ramp for app developers that requires minimal coding called Kinetic.
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Off-chain data provider Pyth expands into the Ethereum ecosystem by launching on Arbitrum
This move by the Pyth Network could help increase its usage in decentralized applications and other ecosystems in the future.
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Uniswap on BNB Chain: Wormhole wins bridge selection vote
Uniswap’s proposed deployment on BNB Chain took a slight detour as the DAO had to vote to select a single crypto bridge provider.
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Europe’s big bet on crypto regulation
EU lawmakers hope that a new comprehensive framework to regulate digital assets will give the bloc a first-mover advantage.Â
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Oh Baby Games comes out of stealth, announcing $6 million funding round
Oh Baby Games has come out of stealth and has raised a $6 million seed round.
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NFT marketplace Sudoswap’s airdrop is now live
Users who were early liquidity providers, 0xmon NFT holders, or xmon token holders are eligible for the airdrop.
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Haun Ventures backs ZK-startup Sovereign Labs in $7.4 million raise
Sovereign Labs raises $7.4 million to make it easier for developers to create new ZK-rollups through an SDK.
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Layer 1 blockchain Canto sees surge in trading activity
The Cosmos-based blockchain Canto's total value locked has doubled this month.
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Premier League soccer teams up with virtual sports gaming firm Sorare
The English Premier League has announced a four-year partnership with the French startup for fans to collect soccer NFTs.
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Crypto security startup Hypernative raises $9 million seed round
Crypto companies including Alchemy, Blockdaemon and Nexo backed crypto security firm Hypernative in a $9 million seed round.
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Pfizer Ventures backs decentralized science startup in $4.1 million round
The venture arm of Pfizer backed VitaDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that funds research on longevity.
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Weekly wrap-up: Big funding rounds, layoffs and FTX developments
A quick recap of top stories and developments in the crypto world last week, including funding rounds, job cuts and FTX updates.
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Azuki says Twitter account compromised after posts promote virtual land scam
The scam exploits elements of Azuki's new virtual city called Hilumia, which was released on Jan. 12 for the project's anniversary.
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Virtu continues to see crypto as a ‘long-term growth opportunity’
"We remain bullish on crypto as a growth area in the future," said CEO Doug Cifu.
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Silvergate slides pre-market after suspending preferred dividend
The company said it is trying to preserve capital as it attempts to maintain "a highly liquid balance sheet with a strong capital position as it navigates recent volatility in the digital asset industry."
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Test drive: Porsche NFTs include 14-day return policy, regardless of floor price
Like much of crypto, consumer rights for NFT buyers and sellers is still a gray area.
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Bitcoin mining report: Jan. 26
Bitcoin mining stocks were mostly higher on Thursday.
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SEC bats down ARK’s and 21Shares’ second bitcoin ETF proposal
ARK Investment Management and 21Shares were denied for a second time by the SEC on a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund.
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Blockchain-based storybook platform StoryCo raises $6 million
StoryCo raises $6 million to launch a collaborative blockchain-based storytelling platform backed by Patron and Collab+Currency.
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Proof’s VP of engineering says its NFTs are safe following founder’s $1 million hack
Arran Schlosberg says a phishing attack tricked Rose into signing a malicious signature that let the hacker transfer his valuable NFTs.
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Bitcoin miner Hut 8 takes dispute with power supplier to court
Hut 8 said that it filed a statement of claim against its power supplier in the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, Canada.
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FTX creditor list includes star athletes, crypto firms, state governments
FTX owes money to Apple, Meta, Binance, Twitter, Netflix and many others.
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Conflux token soars following NFT partnership with Chinese version of Instagram
Conflux Network token jumped 38% following the announcement on Thursday.
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Aave set to launch third version of its crypto lending protocol on Ethereum
Aave v3 is now live on the Ethereum network following a successful vote by the DAO to launch the DeFi lending protocol.
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Sushiswap to launch a perp dex on Sei Network, ‘Head Chef’ Says
Sushiswap passed a proposal to revamp its tokenomics this week and the new exchange could have an impact on its native token sushi.
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Bitcoin’s back in the green, Aptos reaches all-time high as major markets end little changed
Bitcoin jumped above $23,200, after dropping to a low of $22,400 earlier in the day. Aptos reached an all time high, rising 46%.
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Elizabeth Warren rallies crypto critics to defend the SEC’s record post-FTX
Warren and several panelists defended the SEC's legacy on crypto, while also pushing for a new instant payments system to launch in the U.S.
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Robinhood’s Twitter hacked, users tricked into buying fraudulent crypto project
Scammers hacked into Robinhood's Twitter account to promote the launch of a fraudulent token called $RBH. The total amount purchased was less than $1,000.
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DYdX pushes back $156 million of token unlocks for investors to December from February
The decentralized exchange has delayed the token unlocks for investors to the end of this year instead of February.
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Doodles 2 arrives with new personalization options and expansion to Flow blockchain
Doodles 2 is arriving at the end of the month and will launch on the Flow blockchain, a move that the NFT shop hopes will unlock endless customization.
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Layer 1 blockchain Injective launches $150 million ecosystem fund: TechCrunch
Eric Chen's Injective has raised a new fund backed by Pantera and Jump Crypto among others.
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Nifty Gateway co-founders stepping down, departing Gemini amid troubles
Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster, twin brothers and co-founders of Gemini-owned NFT platform Nifty Gateway, are leaving Gemini amid troubles at the company.
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More turbulent times ahead for bitcoin miners, Galaxy Digital says
Fixed rate contracts may become a thing of the past, the firm said in its 2022 mining report.
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MakerDAO community backs plan to deposit $100 million into Yearn Finance
MakerDAO community has supported a decision to deposit $100 million of USDC stablecoin into a Yearn Finance vault.
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Court authorizes Flare token airdrop to eligible Celsius accounts
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn has authorized Flare network airdrops to eligible Celsius account holders.
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Camila Russo on Ethereum’s biggest origin stories
In this episode of The Scoop, journalist Camila Russo recounts how her personal experience using crypto in South America showed her the advantages of decentralized systems and shares some striking revelations from time spent researching the origins of Ethe
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Crypto infrastructure firm Blockstream raises $125 million to expand mining services
The company will use the money to expand its institutional bitcoin mining colocation services.
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Ether, Polkadot slide with equities as Silvergate surrenders Monday’s gains
Shares in Grayscale's GBTC continue to trade at a discount above 40% to the value of the bitcoin in the fund.
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Bitcoin mining report: Jan. 24
Bitcoin mining stocks were mostly lower on Tuesday.
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Vitalik Buterin closes seven-month short trade on RAI token, netting $92,000
RAI co-founder Ameen Soleimani used the trade to support his argument that there’s a mistake in the way RAI was designed.
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