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Marathon Patent Group Buys $150 Million Worth of Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
26.1.2021
Marathon Patent Group announced Monday that it bought 4,813 bitcoins in a deal worth $150 million. The firm joins the growing list of publicly listed companies holding bitcoin in their treasuries. Merrick Okamoto, chairman and chief executive officer of Marathon, said the Nasdaq firm is buying...
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Advises $731M Powerball Jackpot Winner to Put 5% in Bitcoin
25.1.2021
Mad Money host Jim Cramer has provided some investment advice aimed at the latest Powerball jackpot winner of $731.1 million. He recommends putting 5% of the jackpot in bitcoin alongside several other investments, such as gold and real estate. Jim Cramer Says Put 5% of Powerball Jackpot in Bitcoin...
Japanese Police Arrest 30 People for Allegedly Having Exchanged Stolen Cryptos From the 2018 Coincheck Hack
23.1.2021
Japanese police charged 30 people for their alleged involvement in illegal transactions linked to the well-known $530 million Coincheck hack in 2018. Tokyo authorities traced all individuals’ transactions to different places across the nation. Illicit Transactions Are Estimated to Have...
Buying the Dip: Multibillion-Dollar Microstrategy Invests $10 Million More in Bitcoin
22.1.2021
Nasdaq-listed multibillion-dollar company Microstrategy has purchased more bitcoins. With the latest buy of the cryptocurrency worth $10 million, the company now holds 70,784 bitcoins in its treasury. Microstrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Rise to 70,784 The Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy (NASDAQ:...
Rick and Morty Creator Sells NFT Art Collection for Over $1 Million in Ether
22.1.2021
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the Adult Swim cartoon series Rick and Morty has joined the growing trend of celebrity artists creating non-fungible token (NFT) artwork. After the animator released the collection called “The Best I Could Do” on the NFT auction house Nifty Gateway,...
Robbers Take $450K From a Tether Trader During an In-Person Transaction in Hong Kong — Second Incident in 2021
21.1.2021
Hong Kong police are investigating the second incident in the year involving an offline cryptocurrency transaction. A female trader is reportedly the latest victim of robbers who stole her HKD 3.5 million ($451,000) worth in tether (USDT) tokens. One of the Robbers Gained Female’s Trust...
UK Investment Firm Aims to Block Ripple From Leveraging Liquid Assets, Jed McCaleb Dumps 28.6 Million XRP
21.1.2021
Court documents show that the company, Tetragon Financial Group, has filed a lawsuit against Ripple after the firm was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The court filing indicates that Tetragon and Ripple allegedly made an agreement, and the SEC case deeming XRP as...
Valve, Capcom & Bethesda Fined $9.5 Million For "Geo-Blocking" PC Games
21.1.2021
The EU have fined Valve and five publishers a total of €7.8 million (USD$9.5 million) over their practice of “geo-blocking” PC game sales on Steam, which basically means forcing users in a country (say, Germany) to only pay the German price for a game, instead of letting them buy a cheaper version...
Yearn.finance team proposes $225 million YFI token mint
20.1.2021
Community members and contributors are moving forward with a plan to build a treasury and better incentivize developers
Hip-Hop Star Soulja Boy Examines Crypto, Considers Creating His Own NFT Collectibles
20.1.2021
On January 19, the American hip-hop star and rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known as “Soulja Boy,” asked his 5.2 million Twitter followers to tell him the best way to purchase crypto. Following the initial tweet, Soulja Boy continued to discuss cryptocurrencies for the rest of...
Crypto startup Amber Group raises $530 million AUM as institutions, retail arrive
19.1.2021
The crypto-finance company reported a 275% annual increase in assets under management in 2020
Uniswap's founder wants your advice on how to spend $500 million
19.1.2021
With Uniswap's treasury now worth more than $500 million, creator Hayden Adams has asked the crypto community for suggestions on how to spend it
Grayscale’s Michael Sonnenshein Says Institutional Investors ‘Looking for Broad Exposure’ as Company Raises $700 Million in One Day
18.1.2021
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein says institutional investors are also exhibiting a growing interest in diversifying their investments by choosing other crypto assets besides bitcoin. Sonnenshein, who was recently appointed to the CEO position, made the comments just before the revelation that...
AC Milan employs blockchain to reach 450 million fans amid COVID lockdowns
18.1.2021
European football giants AC Milan are the latest major sporting institution to employ blockchain-based fan tokens in a bid to reach 450 million fans amid lockdown
India Seizes Bitcoins Worth $1.2 Million From Hacker of Government Website and Crypto Exchanges
17.1.2021
Indian police have seized $1.2 million in bitcoin from a hacker who allegedly hacked a government website, online game portals, and cryptocurrency exchanges. He was previously arrested for stealing $1.5 million from an Indian state government. Indian Police Seize Bitcoins From Hacker The Bengaluru...
French Programmer Sent Bitcoin Donations to Far-Right Activists Who Participated in the US Capitol Riots
16.1.2021
A crypto forensic analysis reveals that a French donor sent over $500,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) to far-right activists in the United States. The half-million dollars went to the groups that took part in the pro-Trump riots in the U.S. Capitol. Alt-Right Personalities and Websites Are Included...
Africa to bring 100 million users to DeFi in three years from now, says founder of Cardano
15.1.2021
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson predicts that the DeFi revolution will take place in the developing world
Man Accidentally Threw Away Hard Drive With 7,500 Bitcoins, Offers City $72 Million to Search Landfill
15.1.2021
A man has accidentally thrown away a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins. He is now offering his city 25% of the value of the bitcoins stored in the hard drive for permission to search the city’s landfill site. His bitcoins are now worth almost $300 million at the current price. In Search...
How did Rust make $1 million in Steam revenue in a day - twice?
14.1.2021
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.] Wouldn’t it be nice to make $1 million gross on your Steam game.....
CME's Bitcoin futures facilitated over 11 million BTC in volume last year
13.1.2021
Last year was a volatile one for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies