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Greenidge Joins Foundry USA, Deal Gives Bitcoin’s Fifth-Largest Pool 800 Petahash
14.7.2021
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., the mining firm based in Upstate New York, has announced the company has partnered with the Digital Currency Group mining and staking subsidiary Foundry Digital LLC. Furthermore, Greenidge revealed that it has purchased 2,300 Microbt-manufactured Whatsminer M30S...
ClayStack raises $5.2M for liquid staking protocol
13.7.2021
“We believe ClayStack has developed an efficient solution that addresses the shortcomings of present-day liquid staking protocols,” said CoinFund Founder and CEO Jake Brukhman. CoinFund was among several blockchain venture firms to participate in the raise
Crypto staking rewards and their unfair taxation in the US
11.7.2021
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service appears to be blinded by its own enthusiasm on crypto taxation, instead creating an excessive financial burden
Sygnum Bank Launches ETH 2.0 Staking – Business Unit Head Says ‘Staking Is a Core Element for Portfolios’
7.7.2021
The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum revealed on Tuesday that the firm now allows Ethereum 2.0 staking. The FINMA-approved company’s customers can access the Ethereum-based staking services via Sygnum’s banking platform. Sygnum’s Banking Platform Offers Ethereum 2.0 Staking Last...
Sygnum becomes first bank in the world to offer Eth2 staking
7.7.2021
Sygnum emphasized the robust DeFi ecosystem being built on Ethereum
Grayscale Buys Cardano, JPMorgan on Ethereum Staking + More News
2.7.2021
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Major US-based crypto investment company Grayscale Investments said it has sold some existing...
JPMorgan report: Eth2 could kick-start $40B staking industry by 2025
2.7.2021
CEO Jamie Dimon may not support crypto, but two JPMorgan analysts say proof-of-stake coin yields are attractive investments in this zero-rate environment
Centre to Expand USDC to Ten More Blockchains; Launches on Tron
1.7.2021
Centre, the consortium behind the issuance of USD Coin (USDC), announced it will launch the popular asset on 10 more blockchains. This would expand the reach of USDC to other environments and could make it more popular as a commercial and staking currency. While Centre made the announcement only...
Chorus One Announces Staking Partnership with Zero Knowledge Validator
1.7.2021
Chorus One, a leading staking service provider, collaborates with ZKV (Zero Knowledge Validator). This leading Blockchain enterprise primarily focuses on promoting privacy and zero-knowledge technology acceptance across different blockchain ecosystems. Under this partnership, Chorus One promises...
StakeHound Sues Fireblocks Over ETH 38K Staking Wound
23.6.2021
DeFi company and major Ethereum (ETH) staking pool StakeHound has accused Fireblocks, a heavily-backed crypto custodian, of losing ETH 38,178 (USD 76m), which Fireblocks denies.
StakeHound confirmed that after “attempts to resolve this issue with Fireblocks have unfortunately not been successful”...
A16z taps Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator
22.6.2021
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems MMS is now a public validator on Celo via its Open Telekom Cloud infrastructure
TIME Tokens and TimeWarp Staking Launch on Binance Smart Chain
14.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The new initiative extends the Ethereum-based TimeWarp staking programme, which currently offers a yield of 224% APY. TimeWarp, a new DeFi farming opportunity backed by multiple real-world revenue streams, has just launched on Binance Smart Chain after a successful earlier launch...
Ethereum Wallet MEW Enables Eth 2.0 Staking Through Your Phone
10.6.2021
MEW is one of several crypto wallet services actively helping onboard new users to the Ethereum blockchain, which has now amassed a market capitalization of over $272 billion. Kosala Hemachandra, the co-founder and CEO of My Ether Wallet (MEW), talks about MEW’s two-step solution to staking...
Goldman Sachs backs $28M funding round for Blockdaemon
9.6.2021
Goldman Sachs has backed a Series A $28 million funding round for Blockdaemon, and invested $5 million in the blockchain infrastructure firm
ODDZ LP Staking Program to Launch on DeFi Wizard
7.6.2021
Oddz, the trustless on-chain trading platform, recently announced joining DeFi Wizard. The platform will be launching its Staking Program ODDZ LP on DeFi Wizard. It will allow users to lock their ODDZ-BNB CAKE LP coins to earn esteemed APY (annual percentage yield) in their wallets. DeFi Wizard...
Earn up to 50% APY by Staking $GLQ on GraphLinq App
6.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The newest utility token to offer staking to its users/holders is GraphLinq Protocol’s $GLQ. As of this article, $GLQ has 4,500+ holders according to etherscan, excluding GLQ holders on CEX like Kucoin, MXC, Gate. This is a great step for the future of the project as it will...
More Than 5 Million in Ethereum Worth $13 Billion Rests in the Eth2 Staking Contract
1.6.2021
Statistics now show the Eth2 deposit contract has more than 5.2 million staked ether worth over $13 billion locked into the smart contract. The contract launched on November 4, 2020, and three weeks later, the contract met the required threshold to initiate the Beacon Chain. It’s not cheap...
Legacy banks should learn about staking and DeFi or risk extinction
30.5.2021
When lawmaker meets crypto and turns to art: Alberto Echegaray talks about the future of DeFi and the reality of Bitcoin and art
Crypto couple tells court the IRS has no right to tax newly mined coins
27.5.2021
Coins earned by staking have been “created” and are not taxable until sold according to one couple in the U.S
Utopia P2P’s Crypton: Privacy and Staking Rewards in One Cryptocurrency
26.5.2021
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
One and a half years after launch, Crypton (CRP), the privacy-focused digital currency of the Utopia Peer-to-Peer Ecosystem, is quietly shaping up to become one of the most explosive coins of the year. Crypton...