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This Week XRP Whales Moved Millions of Tokens to Exchanges and Unknown Wallets
10.12.2022
During the past 30 days, the crypto asset xrp has gained more than 17% in value against the U.S. dollar. Meanwhile, the crypto community has been noticing significant xrp whale movements during the past week as one whale moved 143,000,000 xrp worth more than $55 million on Dec. 9, and another whale...
Report: Chipper Cash Valuation Dropped to $1.25 Billion After it Secured Additional Funding From FTX
10.12.2022
After Chipper Cash ended 2021 as one of Africa’s most valued fintechs, the FTX-backed startup’s valuation dropped from $2 billion to $1.25 billion after it reportedly received a $35 million simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) grant from the now-collapsed crypto exchange FTX....
Report Shows Crypto News Publication The Block Was Secretly Funded by Bankman-Fried’s Alameda
9.12.2022
On Dec. 9, 2022, Axios reporter Sara Fischer reported on the CEO of the crypto media The Block after it was discovered that the chief executive was secretly funded by Alameda Research, the now-defunct trading firm co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. According to the report, sources say The Block...
Metagood raises $5 million toward positive social impact
9.12.2022
Metagood announces that it has raised $5 million from inventors, including Animoca Brands, Mark Yusko, and Freddie Andrewes. The objective is to expand the social impact that the for-profit NFT startup has created. Funds raised in the pre-seed round are deployed in three major areas: community...
Nomad Bridge Prepares Relaunch Plan After $190 Million Exploit – Partial Refunds for Users?
9.12.2022
Cross-chain messaging protocol Nomad which was exploited for $190 million back in August is preparing to relaunch and provide partial refunds to affected users.
According to a December 7 blog post from the Nomad protocol team, the project has upgraded the Nomad protocol to fix the vulnerability...
Kenya-Based Bitcoin Mining Company Raises $2 Million in Seed Investment Led by Jack Dorsey-Owned Firm
9.12.2022
Gridless, a bitcoin mining company operating from Kenya, recently raised $2 million in seed investment from Block, a digital payments company owned by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and Stillmark. The bitcoin mining firm is reportedly planning to use the capital raised to fund its expansion into...
Kevin O’Leary Reveals FTX Paid Him $15 Million to Become a Spokesperson for the Exchange
9.12.2022
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has revealed that the collapsed crypto exchange FTX paid him about $15 million to become its spokesperson. “I put about $9.7 million into crypto. I think that’s what I lost. I don’t know. It’s all at zero,”...
FTX’s Odd Relationship With Vertical Farming Firms — A Look at Exchange Boss Ryan Salame’s and Bahamian PM Philip Davis’ Trip to 80 Acres
8.12.2022
After discovering that ten holding firms associated with FTX Digital and Alameda Research invested roughly $5.4 billion into nearly 500 firms and projects, people have been curious about a few specific investments. One specific investment made by FTX Ventures Ltd. was for $25 million into...
Judge Orders Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius to Return $50 Million to Customers – Here’s What Happened
8.12.2022
A US judge in the Celsius Networks bankruptcy case ordered the lender to return crypto worth $50 million to users of custody accounts (only), Bloomberg reported.
Judge Martin Glenn delivered the order verbally in a hearing on Wednesday. Per the report, this cryptocurrency “never touched...
Bitcoin․com Completes VERSE $50M Token Sale, Launches Token on Verse DEX
8.12.2022
Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, announced completion of the pre-sale of its rewards and utility token VERSE, where 16% of the total supply was purchased for $50 million....
Report: FTX Execs Offered Taylor Swift $100M to Endorse the Exchange, Source Says Singer Never Considered the Deal
7.12.2022
According to a report, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was allegedly courted by FTX to promote the exchange. Sources say the deal was worth more than $100 million and it was reportedly pushed by the FTX executive Claire Watanabe. Award-Winning Singer Taylor Swift Was Allegedly Courted...
Chainlink Staking Opens With Initial $51 Million Inflow
7.12.2022
The company launched staking on its platform on Tuesday
GensoKishi Official Release | LAND Sales Coming in December
7.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. On November 30th, the MMORPG game “GensoKishi Online-Meta World” was officially released. It is the web 3 version of the iconic Japanese 3DMMO “Elemental Knights Online,” which won the “Game of the Year Gold Award 2012” in Taiwan and accumulated...
Dogecoin Price Prediction as $800 Million Trading Volume Comes In – $1 by 2023?
6.12.2022
DOGE, the native cryptocurrency of the Dogecoin blockchain, continues to consolidate near the $0.10 per token mark, despite a rise in trading volumes since the start of the week. According to CoinGecko, Dogecoin trading volumes were around $800 million in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, according...
This Week’s NFT Sales Slid 5% Lower Than Last Week, Ethereum NFT Sales Accounted for 76.8% of the Volume
5.12.2022
On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, market data shows that non-fungible token (NFT) sales dropped 5.23% lower than last week’s sales despite a 15.16% increase in NFT buyers. Out of the $112.70 million in NFT sales volume over the last week, Ethereum-based NFTs accounted for $86.59 million or 76.8% of the $112...
25 Year-Old Hacker Jailed For Stealing $20 Million in Crypto - Find Out How He Did It
5.12.2022
A 25 year-old Florida man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing more than $20m worth of crypto as part of a SIM swapping scheme....
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Russia’s Largest Digital Asset Deal Denominated in Chinese Yuan
5.12.2022
A Russian company has announced the country’s first authorized transaction with digital financial assets (DFAs) involving a foreign currency, China’s yuan. The deal, reportedly the largest made to date under the current Russian DFA law, covers the issuance of tokens secured by commercial debt....
Addresses That Sat Idle for Years Transferred 1,221 Bitcoins Worth $20M Over the Last 4 Days
4.12.2022
During the last seven days, bitcoin’s price has remained above the $16K region following the aftermath of FTX’s collapse. Since then, a number of ‘sleeping bitcoins’ that sat idle for five to nine years have been moving during the last four days. Bitcoins that were worth...
Gemini Exchange Seeks to Retrieve $900 Million from Crypto Lender Genesis
4.12.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is trying to recover the $900 million it had paid in loan to crypto broker Genesis and its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG).
According to a Financial Times report, the Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange is seeking to retrieve the funds after Genesis...
Report: Genesis Owes Gemini Customers $900 Million, Exchange Is Attempting to Recoup Assets
3.12.2022
According to a recent report from the Financial Times (FT), Genesis Global Capital allegedly owes $900 million to Gemini customers. The exchange operated by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss is attempting to recover the funds from Genesis, according to FT’s sources. Report Claims Genesis Owes...