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Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Surges After AI Deal, Report of Over $1B Buyout Offer From CoreWeave
4.6.2024
Cloud computing provider CoreWeave made an offer to buy the bitcoin miner for $5.75 per share, according to Bloomberg
Watford FC Partners With Republic to Offer 10% Stake to Fans and Investors
4.6.2024
The English football team Watford FC has partnered with the digital asset investment firm Republic to sell 10% of the club to fans and investors. Although fans won’t receive voting rights, the stake will provide dividends to holders. Watford FC Collaborates With Republic to Sell 10% Stake...
Apu Apustaja Memecoin Launches High-Visibility Billboard Campaign in New York City
4.6.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Phoenix, USA, June 4th, 2024, Chainwire. Apu Apustaja, the memecoin exciting the entire crypto industry, is also a new sensation in the busy streets of New York City, where flashy billboards advertise the project to passersby and onlookers. The famous frog memecoin appears on...
Bitcoin Layer 2 Ark Protocol's Team Forms New Firm as Lightning Network Competitor
4.6.2024
Bitcoin dormant for 5 years or more awakens in new 'distribution'
4.6.2024
Bitcoin long-term holder "inactivity" is being slowly challenged as BTC emerges from hibernation, in some cases lasting over a decade
Etrade Investigates Keith Gill’s Gamestop Moves, Social Media Questions Political Insider Trading
4.6.2024
Reports indicate that the online brokerage platform Etrade might be considering removing Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, due to concerns about Gamestop (GME) manipulation. The Etrade news emerged after Gill posted a screenshot of his Etrade account, displaying $65.7 million in Gamestop call...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops From $70K as Bullish Signal Strengthens
4.6.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 4, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Bitcoin (BTC) slows as the community awaits the next breakout
4.6.2024
The pace has slowed in Bitcoin (BTC). It was initially expected to pump the growth once Bitcoin’s halving concluded. It has been almost 2 months, and the only result evident is a slower pace. What’s happening has been defined as a Re-Accumulation phase for Bitcoin. Investors could...
US Media Executive Charged in $67 Million Fiat-to-Crypto Money Laundering Scheme
4.6.2024
The U.S. DOJ has charged the CFO of a media company with one count of money laundering and two counts of bank fraud for participating in a scheme that laundered criminal proceeds using cryptocurrency. Authorities allege that Weidong Guan and his accomplices used bank accounts opened with stolen...
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific strikes $3.5B AI partnership
4.6.2024
Core Scientific expects that its AI collaboration with CoreWeave will generate $3.5 billion over 12 years from renting out 18% from its infrastructure
Rwanda Develops CBDC to Avoid Falling Behind, Central Bank Deputy Governor Says
4.6.2024
Rwanda is contemplating launching a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) because it does not want to be left behind and to prevent any hindrances to trade between the African country and its major trading partners. According to a deputy governor with the National Bank of Rwanda, the country should...
Bitcoin NFTs hit $4B in all-time sales volume
4.6.2024
Bitcoin holds the top 4 spot in all-time NFT sales volume, following Ethereum, Solana and Ronin
Bitcoin hash ribbons flash the first buy signal since $25K BTC price
4.6.2024
BTC price is "going a lot higher," says Capriole Investments, and hodlers may not need to wait for Summer to be over for sky-high BTC price gains
BIS Plans Instant Cross-Border Payments Using Wholesale CBDC Settlement
4.6.2024
In a move to improve traditional cross-border payments, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the launch of Project Rialto. This project aims to enhance instant cross-border payments by integrating a modular foreign exchange (FX) component with settlement in wholesale central...
Bitcoin Sees Profit-Taking Around $70K Amid ‘Stubbornly Bullish’ Sentiment
4.6.2024
On-chain data shows over 50% of Bitcoin supply remains inactive, a sign of strong long-term conviction in the asset
ERC-6900 Website Launches, Co-Authored by Ethereum Foundation, Alchemy, Circle and Quantstamp
4.6.2024
The official resource for ERC-6900, www.erc6900.io, has been launched, co-authored by the Ethereum Foundation, Alchemy, Circle, and Quantstamp. The website is a comprehensive guide to ERC-6900, a groundbreaking proposal that standardizes interfaces for composable smart accounts. The core idea...
Community Backlash Forces Matter Labs to Drop ‘ZK’ Trademark Bid
4.6.2024
The developer of the Zksync Ethereum Layer 2 network, Matter Labs, abandoned its bid to trademark the term ‘ZK’ just days after asserting its right to do so. Matter Labs’ trademark bid withdrawal follows a furious community backlash that ultimately saw co-inventors...
Bitfarms Sees 42% Revenue Drop in May Post-Bitcoin Halving
4.6.2024
Bitfarms, a Bitcoin mining firm, reported a 42% drop in crypto mining revenue in May, the first full month following the Bitcoin halving in mid-April, which reduced their Bitcoin production from 263 BTC in April to 156 BTC in May. The company attributed part of the decline in production...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Using Bitcoin for Dark Web Hitman
4.6.2024
In Salt Lake City, Krista Renae Stone, 23, pleaded guilty to using the dark web to arrange a murder-for-hire in 2023. According to court documents, Stone utilized bitcoin to pay $5,000 for the hit. Between March and September 2023, she accessed a website offering “hitman for hire”...
Hong Kong Police Advisory Group Warns of Surge in Digital Asset-Linked Crime
4.6.2024
The Hong Kong Technology Crime Police Advisory Group has warned about the rise of digital asset-linked crime, calling for the establishment of a regulatory system to identify and eliminate risks associated with this tech. According to police data, almost $550 million was involved in digital asset...