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Cleanspark Boosts Bitcoin Mining Capacity With Acquisition of 20,000 Bitmain Rigs
17.2.2023
Bitcoin mining operation Cleanspark has acquired 20,000 brand-new Bitmain mining rigs for $43.6 million, the company reported. Once installed, Cleanspark expects to increase its capacity by 37% by adding roughly 2.44 exahash per second (EH/s) to the firm’s fleet. Cleanspark CEO Says...
Trader Frontruns Gains Network's Listing on Crypto Exchange Binance to Profit $100K
17.2.2023
A trader bought $208,000 worth of Gains Network (GNS) tokens less than 30 minutes before the token was listed on Binance, making a profit of $106,000 according to blockchain sleuth Lookonchain
No, Hong Kong Won’t Be Allowing Retail Traders Access to Crypto on June 1
17.2.2023
A tweet suggesting the city will make crypto “fully legal” for all citizens is a misreading of the legislation
GloryFinance and Korean Technology Venture Capital Sign a $3.5m Seed Round Investment Agreement
17.2.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Early Jan 2023, in GloryFinance’s Development office, the Project’s Core team and representatives from one of the top Korean Technology Venture Capital has signed in a seed round funding investment agreement with a value confirmed to be USD 3.5M. The funding will be under the form...
Celsius Failed to Record Some 7,000 Intercompany Transfers Worth Billions Leading Up to Bankruptcy
17.2.2023
A lack of record-keeping could make it impossible to "fully reconstruct" the bankrupt crypto lender's intercompany claim, court filings show
OKX to launch OKBChain in Q1-2023
17.2.2023
Come the first quarter of 2023 and OKX will go ahead with the launch of OKBChain. The aim is to foster the growth and development of the crypto sphere while driving the adoption of cryptocurrency. It would further help the ecosystem expand in terms of decentralization. Segregation with OKXChain...
Square Enix to Use Polygon’s Network in Symbiogenesis, Its Upcoming Web3 Experience
17.2.2023
Japanese gaming company Square Enix has announced that it will be using Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain, as a base for Symbiogenesis, its upcoming Web3 experience. Naoyuki Tamate, producer of the game, cited the high transaction speeds and low transaction gas costs as the reasons for making this...
Unlike Merge, Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade Could Bring Ether Price Volatility
17.2.2023
The Merge turned out to be a non-event for the market, with ether's realized volatility dwindling in four weeks after the event. The impending Shanghai upgrade, however, might inject volatility into the market, one liquidity provider said
Bernstein: SEC Tightening of Crypto Regulations Is not an Existential Threat
17.2.2023
Some in the industry had expressed concerns that crypto was actively being removed from the banking system with an attack on stablecoins and custody rules, the report said
Report: FTX Promised High Earnings to African Students That Successfully Recruited Fellow Learners
17.2.2023
The collapsed crypto exchange FTX reportedly used the lure of high earnings to convince African university students to become its ambassadors. In addition to encouraging new FTX investors to use the platform, student ambassadors were also required to teach them about crypto and the blockchain. Some...
Calm Before the Storm: Is UK’s Financial Watchdog Gearing Up for Enforcement Action?
17.2.2023
The Financial Conduct Authority has largely been silent while its U.S. counterparts have been busy cracking down on crypto – but it has a list of 51 unregistered firms to act on
Report Reveals Limited Accounting Records, Commingled Funds at FTX Digital Markets in the Bahamas
17.2.2023
PWC, one of the ‘Big Four’ auditors and among the largest professional services networks globally, recently published a report on FTX Digital Markets, the bankrupt crypto exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary. The report indicates that the entity’s accounting records have been limited, and...
Japan Will Launch Pilot for Issuing Digital Yen In April
17.2.2023
Japan will launch a pilot programme in April to test the use of its version of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) known as the digital yen, its central bank said on Friday. The move comes after more than two years of proof-of-concept experiments by the BoJ around the digital yen
How Solvency Check Error Led to USP Depegging on Avalanche Based Platypus Finance
17.2.2023
Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin fell to 48 cents from $1 earlier on Friday following the attack
BlockFi Looks to Dismiss Bankruptcy Case for SBF’s Robinhood Shell Company
17.2.2023
Emergent Fidelity case is "futile,” says the bankrupt crypto lender which is seeking access to its 55 million Robinhood shares
Central Bank of Brazil President States Digital Real Pilot Is Imminent
17.2.2023
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, has clarified the status of the development of the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real. Campos Neto stated that the pilot test will start now and that banks will have to digitize more of their balances...
Binance and Huobi Freeze $1.4 Million in Crypto Linked to North Korea
17.2.2023
Crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi have frozen cryptocurrencies worth approximately $1.4 million linked to North Korea, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The firm noted that the stolen funds, which were dormant until recently, originated from the June 2022 hack of Harmony’s...
Crypto Theft Rose in 2022 as Scams, Ransomware Bounty Fell: Chainalysis
17.2.2023
2022 became a year of crypto thefts, but illicit transactions still account only for a meager share of all crypto activity, Chainalysis says
Keanu Reeves Says Dismissing Crypto Will Only Make It Better
17.2.2023
Famous actor Keanu Reeves says dismissing crypto or criticizing its volatility will only “make it better in terms of how it’s safeguarded.” The Matrix star added that the principle and ideas behind an independent currency are “amazing.” Keanu Reeves Praises Crypto...
Sony Teams Up With Astar Network for Web3 Incubation Program
17.2.2023
Sony Network Communications hopes the program will explore "how blockchain technology can solve various problems in their industry."