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Cardano to Train Petrobras Staff on Blockchain, Participants to Earn NFT Rewards
20.12.2023
Source: Freepik The Cardano Foundation has partnered with Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, to offer blockchain education through workshops for its 40,000+ workforce. Just in: The Cardano Foundation partners with Petrobras, Brazil's largest corporation, to provide blockchain...
Web3 Gaming Company Immutable Debuts Passport With Google and Apple Integration
20.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Immutable, a Web3 game publisher, has introduced its “Immutable Passport,” a new wallet infrastructure enabling users to generate and restore their wallets using a Google or Apple account or through an email address. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Immutable highlighted that...
Bobby Kotick’s Goodbye Letter Calls Xbox ‘The World’s Most Admired Company’
20.12.2023
We knew that Activision Blizzard’s longtime CEO, Bobby Kotick, would be stepping down at the end of this year following Microsoft’s historic acquisition of his company—but we didn’t know that he’d officially leave on the last workday of 2023, technically two days before the end of the year. This...
99% of Law Enforcement Needs More Crypto-related Training, New Report Reveals
20.12.2023
A new survey conducted by blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs has revealed that 99% of law enforcement needs more training on crypto. “Extremely” complex cases The survey collected responses from 300 law enforcement professionals around the globe, 93% of which were from US law enforcement...
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Acquires 2 High-Capacity Mining Facilities for $178.6M
20.12.2023
On Tuesday, Marathon Digital Holdings, a leading bitcoin mining company listed on public markets, revealed its acquisition of two fully operational bitcoin mining facilities, representing a combined capacity of 390 megawatts (MW). For these facilities, Marathon invested a total of $178.6 million...
Zooko Wilcox Ends Eight-Year Association With Company Behind Privacy Coin Zcash
20.12.2023
Zooko Wilcox, the CEO of Electric Coin Co., revealed on Dec. 18 that he is ending his eight-year association with the entity which is behind the privacy coin zcash. Despite leaving his role as the company’s top executive, Wilcox said he remains committed to anything focused on human freedom....
Crypto Derivative Platform Hegic’s Profitable DeFi Strategy Could Spark Probe From SEC – Here’s Why
19.12.2023
Source: Adobe Hegic, a crypto derivatives trading platform, may have just exposed itself to an insider trading probe from the U.S. government following a profitable but sketchy trade with an affiliate company. The platform recently scored $17 million when its pseudonymous founder, Molly Wintermute...
BloXroute To Reject All OFAC-listed Transactions, Sparks Censorship Debate
19.12.2023
Source: Pixabay BloXroute, a blockchain infrastructure company offering DeFi tools, has announced that its relays will begin declining transactions that include addresses listed under U.S. sanctions. “Effective immediately, all bloXroute relays will reject block bids if they contain OFAC...
Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Legacy Is Squandered Potential
19.12.2023
Entire generations of Pokémon history often feel defined by a single game. As wide-ranging as this franchise is—games, anime, trading cards, lifestyle merchandise—Game Freak’s video games provide the single creative wellspring from which everything else springs forth. As such, games like Scarlet...
Indian Government is Actively Collaborating With Crypto Industry: Liminal Custody’s Country Head
19.12.2023
Manhar Garegrat, Country Head Liminal Custory As we conclude 2023, the Indian and global crypto industry went through quite a few milestones in terms of regulatory developments. In an exclusive interview with CryptoNews, Manhar Garegrat, the Country Head for India and Global Partnerships of Liminal...
Gianluigi Buffon Invests in OQtima, Signaling a Shift in Sports-Finance Collaborations
19.12.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Renowned Italian football goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has recently confirmed his strategic investment in OQtima, an innovative online trading company, marking a significant departure from traditional sponsorship deals. Buffon’s active involvement in OQtima signifies a profound...
Cipher Scales BTC Mining Operation with 37,000 Bitmain Antminers Worth $100M
19.12.2023
Source: Adobe/Photocreo Bednarek NASDAQ-listed Bitcoin mining firm Cipher Mining Inc. has announced the purchase of 37,396 units of the latest Bitmain Antminer T21 series. Making the announcement in a press release, the company disclosed that this acquisition amounted to approximately $99.5...
Cipher Mining Enhances Bitcoin ASIC Fleet With 7.1 EH/s Bitmain Deal
18.12.2023
On Monday, Cipher Mining revealed its acquisition of 7.1 exahash per second (EH/s) in new mining equipment from Bitmain. The company invested in Bitmain’s T21 series miners, totaling a purchase price of $99.5 million. Cipher Mining’s Strategic $99.5 Million Investment in Next-Gen Bitmain...
Metaverse Firm Improbable Offloads Gaming Subsidiary to Keywords for $96.8 Million
18.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Metaverse startup Improbable has sold its gaming subsidiary, MPG, to Irish video game company Keywords Studios for $96.8 million. The SoftBank-backed metaverse company said in its annual statement published today that it had completed the sale of its games services subsidiary...
Arweave Founder Accuses Irys of Planning to Fork the Platform, AR Token Plunges
18.12.2023
Arweave founder Sam Williams has taken to X to allege storage solution company Irys has plans to fork his decentralized information storage firm. “Motivated by greed” In a post from Sunday night, Williamson claims Irys is seeking to fork Arweave in an attempt to “drop the dataset...
Tether’s USDT Stablecoin Depegs from US Dollar on Exchanges After Company Froze $435M
18.12.2023
Tether’s cooperation with law enforcement has led to the USDT depeg crisis. Image by akif, Adobe Stock. Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, depegged from its intended $1 price amid growing scrutiny over the company’s December 15 announcement of a wallet-freezing...
Tether Confirms Extensive Collaboration With DOJ, FBI and Secret Service
18.12.2023
Tether, the stablecoin company, has confirmed it has collaborated extensively with a series of U.S government agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Secret Service. These team-ups are focused on making the stablecoin ecosystem safer...
Complaints From Crypto Users Can Be ‘a Goldmine for Improvement’ Says Tom Blok
17.12.2023
The number of user complaints received by crypto and blockchain entities has been on a decline since August, the latest Complains.Biz data has shown. The data shows that in just 28 days, Complains.Biz’s sentiment meter detected a 29% decline in the number of complaints. According to company...
Are Hackers Two Steps Ahead of Security in a Cat-and-Mouse Game? Experts Answer
17.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / aLListar/peopleimages.com Talking with Cryptonews, Raz Niv, co-founder and CTO at the Web3 security company Blockaid, and Kate Kurbanova, co-founder of risk management firm Apostro, discussed the evolution and high adaptability of crypto thieves, the “ingenious” methods...
Tether CEO Details Partnership with FBI and Secret Service in Letter to Legislators
17.12.2023
Source: Unsplash Tether, the company responsible for the USDT stablecoin, has made public letters it sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, underscoring its dedication to security and close cooperation with...