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Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain Criticized Over Long Outage — Block Signing Issue Related to Upgrade
6.10.2021
On Tuesday, cryptocurrency supporters on social media and forums discussed Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain product as block signing had been down for over 20 hours. While Blockstream had noted the sidechain was undergoing a hard fork upgrade planned for October 5, a number of crypto...
'Evolved Apes' NFT creator allegedly absconds with $2.7 million
6.10.2021
Some members of the NFT project are attempting to continue the development of the game while efforts are underway to apprehend the alleged culprit
Cosmos sees 1 million transfers in a month across the ecosystem
6.10.2021
The Inter Blockchain Communication protocol that powers Cosmos has been growing steadily over the past 6 months
Bitwage Raises $1.5 Million in Latest Funding Round
5.10.2021
Bitwage, the pioneer cryptocurrency-based payroll and invoicing company, has raised $1.5 million in its latest funding round. The funding round had participation from Draper Associates and Max Keiser’s Heisenberg Capital, using Bnktothefuture, a platform designed for making online...
Compound Facing More Problems: More Than $140 Million in Tokens up for Grabs
4.10.2021
Compound, one of the main cryptocurrency lending protocols on Ethereum, is facing serious problems again. According to banteg, a Yearn developer, someone called a function that moved more funds to be available for users to claim. Now, users can claim up to $140 million of the protocol’s...
Canadian Bitcoin Mine Operator Facing $7 Million Fine for Setting Up Power Plants Without Permission
4.10.2021
Link Global, a bitcoin mine operator in Canada, is facing a fine of up to $7 million for installing power plants to run its miners without government permission. The company installed several power plants without following legal procedures and alleges that, if the penalty is enforced, it will...
Morgan Stanley acquires more GBTC, Alibaba to halt crypto mining gear sales, and a possible scenario for $6 million BTC: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 26-Oct. 2
2.10.2021
Defi Platform Compound Bug Allows Users to Claim $88 Million in Tokens
2.10.2021
Compound, one of the trademark defi protocols on the Ethereum blockchain, is experiencing a bug that allows users to reclaim unusually high amounts of its native token. The issue was caused by the implementation of a proposal that modified the contract that awards tokens to users. Compound Labs...
Italian Luxury Fashion House Dolce & Gabbana Sells NFT Collection for $5.7 Million
2.10.2021
On September 30, the Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana sold an NFT collection for $5.7 million or 1,885 ether. The designers’ Collezione Genesi collection was sold via the platform UNXD, a Polygon network-powered marketplace. Dolce and Gabbana’s Collezione Genesi Rakes...
Egyptian Banks Set to Launch Multi-Million Dollar Fintech Fund
1.10.2021
Egyptian banks are reportedly on course to launch a $69.6 million fund which is earmarked to support the country’s fintech companies. According to a report, this fund is expected primarily to target the digital banking and financial services sector. Fintech Apps Targeted Fintech apps that...
Ripple Launches $250 Million Creator Fund Bringing NFTs to Ledger
30.9.2021
Ripple has announced a $250 million Creator Fund to let developers experiment with novel uses for NFTs on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Ripple, in its statement, said that as part of the APEX 2021, XRP Ledger’s Developer Summit, the fund would allow creators to connect with the communities they work...
Salvadoran President Shares Video of Volcano-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility
29.9.2021
On Tuesday, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele shared a video of a bitcoin mine operating adjacent to a volcano. Bukele discussed the volcano-powered bitcoin mining on June 9 when he talked about the “95MW of 100% clean, 0 emissions geothermal energy from our volcanos.”...
Kraken Charged by CFTC Over Margined Crypto Transactions, $1.25 Million Penalty Imposed
29.9.2021
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Payward Ventures, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, “for illegally offering margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets, including bitcoin, and failing to register.” CFTC Charges Kraken, Imposes...
Cardano to Invest $100 Million to Fund Decentralized Finance Projects
29.9.2021
Emurgo, the financial arm of leading cryptocurrency project Cardano, has announced it will invest $100 million in the development of decentralized finance-based products for the ecosystem. The company will spin two subsidiaries for this task, with one being fully dedicated to incentivizing...
Pan-African Exchange Yellow Card Raises $15 Million in Latest Funding Round
29.9.2021
Yellow Card, an Africa-focused crypto exchange platform, recently announced a capital raise of $15 million from its Series A funding round. The capital raise, which is Yellow Card’s largest, was led by Valar Ventures, Third Prime, and Castle Island Ventures. Square, Coinbase Ventures,...
Verifone Enables Retailers to Accept Cryptocurrencies, Says Merchants’ Appetite for Crypto Payments ‘Has Exploded’
28.9.2021
Verifone, a global payment system provider with 35 million devices in 150 countries, is rolling out crypto payment support in the U.S. in partnership with Bitpay. Verifone’s platform processes more than $440 billion annually. The company says, “the appetite for crypto payments...
Blockchain Startup Triall Introduces a Tokenized Ecosystem to Speed Up and Improve Medical Research
28.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Triall launches its main utility token TRL on Uniswap following a successful token pre-sale that raised more than 2 million USD. AMSTERDAM, Sept 28, 2021 – Blockchain startup Triall launched its main utility token TRL in an initial DEX offering (IDO) on Uniswap at 13:00...
Ethereum Miner Returns USD 22M in Mistaken Fees, Keeps ETH 50
28.9.2021
385 in one transaction, as well as ETH 241 in two other transactions, making it ETH 7,626 in total. Per the current price of ETH, this is USD 22m.As
US Government Seizes Trezor Wallet With $6.3 Million in Bitcoin From Gift Card Fraud Case
27.9.2021
On September 22, 2021, a U.S. district judge from San Antonio, Texas, granted a summary judgment on the civil forfeiture of 147 bitcoin worth $6.3 million held on a Trezor hardware wallet. According to the court filing, the crypto assets stemmed from a Target gift card fraud incident that started...
The Most Expensive Transaction on Ethereum Cost USD 23.5 Million
27.9.2021
123ad4921dfb9cd5e59dbb78ce78f277759587115">data on Etherscan.The transfer was made at 11:10 UTC on Monday, and appears to have been sent from a wallet controlled by Bitfinex to a wallet bel