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The high-value sale on OpenSea continues a trend of celebrity estates minting postmortem memorabilia on the blockchain.

EthereumMax and the EMAX token won investors over with big promises and flashy names. But has it delivered?

YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year.

“We failed at doing the very thing that we do best, which is to involve the community in the creative process,” says an Azurbala co-founder.

The protocol will use tokens to incentivize users to submit accurate information.

Matthew Price, head of intelligence and investigations of the Americas, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss what role the largest cryptocurrency exchange is playing as it spearheads a global training program for law enforcement officials.

The miner currently has 140 megawatts of total computing power in its two facilities.

Transit Swap, a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has received 70% of stolen funds back from a hacker that exploited a smart contract vulnerability.

Una mayor regulación cripto podría llevar a los usuarios a utilizar plataformas descentralizadas, dijo el banco.

The investment discovery platform includes a risk assessment feature to help combat a growing wave of DeFi exploits

New CEO Jared Grey said he plans to work out the kinks associated with Sushiswap’s internal structure that may have prompted departures in the past.

Grayscale Securities, a new broker-deal division, will handle selling shares of the company’s crypto trust products, taking over a function previously provided by fellow Digital Currency Group subsidiary Genesis Global Trading.

Increased crypto regulation could drive users to decentralized platforms, the bank said.

Kardashian also agreed not to promote any cryptocurrencies for three years.

Bitcoin investment company NYDIG has promoted executives Tejas Shah and Nate Conrad to be its new CEO and president, respectively.

The firm had said it plans to bring its commercial paper holdings to zero by the end of the year.

The exchange says the issue was identified and a solution implemented.

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Alongside the fresh capital, the company will be introducing its loyalty token, JCOIN.

Indian Exchange WazirX has laid off 50 to 70 people out of a workforce of around 150, according to people familiar with the matter.

As NFT winter deepens, Flip says its new fantasy league will still provide traders the “sweet adrenaline” of flipping JPEGs.

Adam Zarazinski, CEO of Inca Digital, joined “First Mover” to discuss the software company’s partnership with DARPA and the need to keep crypto innovation in the U.S.

The fund will focus on liquid crypto investments and targets raising about $100 million, a person familiar with the matter said.

“When a token goes from 20 cents to $100 and you don’t take profit, that’s lunacy,” the CEO of Galaxy Digital said.

The multi-billion dollar digital asset management platform aims to decentralize its growth and governance through SAFE and SafeDAO.

The South Korean project said it would offset user gas fees and contract fees charged to gaming companies built on its platform.

The Singapore Grand Prix takes place on Oct. 2.

The native token of Celsius regained momentum just hours after being rocked by the surprise departure of CEO Alex Mashinsky.

Christie’s 3.0 has teamed up with Chainalysis, Manifold, and Spatial to sell NFTs on Ethereum.

FTX has been steadily building up its presence in southern Florida, including purchasing the naming rights to the NBA’s Miami Heat arena in 2021 for $135 million.

El Centro de Finanzas Alternativas utiliza información pública disponible para ejecutar un modelo teórico que estima la huella medioambiental de la minería de bitcoin.

The $9 million seed round was co-led by Tribe Capital and Tabiya, and follows an earlier $6 million in pre-seed funding.

Liberty City Ventures, which incubated the startup, led the funding round

Space and Time decentralized data platform, set to launch later this year, will integrate with Microsoft Azure

Harrison will be moving into an advisory at FTX over the next few months.

Compass Point gave Core a buy rating and $4 price target.

Jihan Wu, crypto billionaire and founder of bitcoin miner maker Bitmain, is setting up a $250 million fund to purchase distressed assets from mining firms, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Chief Financial Officer Chris Ferraro has been appointed as chief restructuring officer and interim CEO with immediate effect.

La empresa está en búsqueda de asesoramiento legal para ayudarlos a entender las regulaciones en criptomonedas, NFTs y DeFi a medida que expande su estrategia Web3.

Strike, the Lightning Network-based Bitcoin payment provider, has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Ten31, according to a press release.

The partnership signals the growing institutional adoption of crypto.

Cryptocurrency lender Nexo has acquired a minority stake in Summit National Bank, a financial institution regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Robinhood has been steadily moving away from its original “walled garden” approach to crypto over the past year.

The cross-chain lending protocol has raised almost $40 million since June 2021.

The partnership gives Betterment’s 730,000 customers access to customized crypto investment plans based on their risk profiles and interests.

European fintech unicorn Revolut has finally won registration from the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to offer crypto services in the U.K. following a lengthy wait.

Binance’s current bid is slightly higher than FTX’s, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt to several counterparties, according to data provided by Nansen.

“This is a first step in building our goal of a web3 future where people have access to the NFTs they want on the chains they prefer,” OpenSea said in a tweet.

Jamil Nazarali, CEO of EDX Markets, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss what the exchange could mean for institutional investors as it looks to use intermediaries to administer digital asset trading.

Robinhood has been slowly adding to its crypto options for retail investors.

Investors included some notable names from the crypto industry, such as figures from Coinbase, Anchorage and Dapper Labs.

Using Project Liberty’s protocol will make MeWe the largest decentralized social media platform.

Huobi partnered with AstroPay, a company that offers online payment solutions, to offer the service.

El exchange dijo que está abierto a trabajar con empresas de criptomonedas.

The DeFi platform is launching its first fully-collateralized industry-specific lending pool as bitcoin miners are struggling to raise capital.

La empresa de software adquirió las monedas adicionales a un precio promedio de US$19.851.

Sardine’s customers include FTX and Blockchain.com

BNB Chain has come together with leading security audit firms to start AvengerDAO, a cybersecurity focussed DAO, to protect users.

The fund from DTCP launched in March and is still raising money. It is expected to close in 2023.

IMG has been appointed as the exclusive global licensing representative to launch consumer products and experiences for the community-focused PFP project.

Nasdaq Inc, the second-largest stock exchange in America, will release a cryptocurrency custody service as it aims to cash in on institutional crypto investors, according to a Bloomberg report.

The firm has purchased the 301 bitcoin for an average price of $19,851 per coin.

Venn, the trading platform built by Two Sigma, announced last month it was working with Coinbase Institutional.

Cryptocurrency market maker and liquidity provider Wintermute has lost $160 million in a hack relating to its DeFi business, according to a tweet from the company’s founder and CEO.

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Más de la mitad podría provenir de la participación que la compañía tiene sobre los ingresos por intereses de las reservas de USDC.

The firm invests about 15% of its capital to crypto and Web3 projects

The Helium network has two tokens, HNT and MOBILE. Binance counted them as one, HNT, resulting in a windfall for customers who deposited the less valuable MOBILE.

A Binance spokesman said “xenophobia” is underlying talk of a possible review by a key U.S. government panel that examines foreign takeovers.

A fund manager will try to sell tokens and give cash proceeds to shareholders.

The controversial tool, which easily connects dApps to the Ethereum blockchain, will begin an open-source initiative to decentralize its products.

The added revenues would mainly come from the exchange’s revenue share on interest income from USDC reserves.

Railway Wallet is the first zero-knowledge DeFi mobile wallet to operate directly on chain.

London-based fintech open banking startup TrueLayer has announced that it will lay of 10% of its workforce due to “challenging market conditions.”

Ratings company Fitch downgraded El Salvador’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR), saying it is likely to default on a bond repayment due January.

Celsius currently owns 11 forms of stablecoins totaling approximately $23 million, according to disclosures.

New SEC filings showed additional sales for the investment firm’s Tron and Avalanche trusts

Voyager’s collapse shocked crypto markets earlier this year. It’s close to finding a buyer for its assets.

Now-redundant, Ethereum miners are flocking to other proof-of-work (PoW) tokens after the network switched to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.

Ethereum ahora emite menos dióxido de carbono que cientos de hogares en los Estados Unidos, según un informe.

Ethereum now spews out less carbon dioxide than a few hundred U.S. households, according to a report.

Blankos Block Party became the first blockchain-based game to become available on the Fortnite developer’s marketplace

The decision by Yuga Labs, which bought the projects earlier this year, helps answer the question of what NFTs are good for.

The company said the combination of falling bitcoin prices and high global energy prices presented a “challenging earnings environment.”

Recursive proofs could bundle tens of millions of NFTs off-chain to help streamline Ethereum.

The company, which has 3.6 million customers, hopes to reach 200,000 active crypto users in 2022.

BitGo said Galaxy Digital owes it a $100 million break-up fee.

Eqonex Limited has closed its crypto exchange in order to focus on its custody and asset management business.

Chandler Guo, a prominent Ethereum miner, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” to discuss his support for the blockchain’s upcoming proof-of-work fork.

Dragonfly has also rebranded itself, according to Bloomberg.

The $1.2 billion acquisition was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year.

European digital bank Revolut has been granted authorization by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) allowing it to offer crypto services across the European Economic Area (EEA).

Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has been granted creditor protection until December by Singapore’s high court, according to a Bloomberg report.

Ethereum is moving from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake soon. In this guide, we first defend PoW (in the context of Bitcoin); second, defend PoS (in the context of Ethereum); and third, outline (some of) the trade-offs.

Options trading volume has risen on crypto exchanges, and even miners are using options strategies to muddle through the current, uncertain environment.

Skynet Labs was formed to promote decentralized internet platform Skynet.

The main takeaway was that spirits are high despite the crypto winter, and that there is a lot to look forward to in the blockchain space.

The new vehicle from the hedge fund billionaire would trade spot cryptocurrencies and crypto derivatives.

The firm’s North Dakota site was knocked offline in July due to an equipment failure in the substation feeding it power.

What did NYSE badges and FTX hats have in common? A shared interest in the institutional adoption of crypto, extending far beyond the Wall Street bar.