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OKX's planned European hub of Malta (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

OKX previously said in May 2023 that France would be its preferred European hub. "Compliance in Malta is way more lenient," said a person with direct knowledge of OKX's EU reg...

By Ian Allison

Jul 11, 2024 at 6:41 p.m. UTC

Jul 11, 2024

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Solana

Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company

Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.

By Sam Kessler

Jul 9, 2024 at 4:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 9, 2024

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Rome co-founders Anil Kumar and Sattvik Kansal (Rome)

Technology

Ethereum

Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana

Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad c...

By Bradley Keoun

Jul 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Jul 9, 2024

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Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)

Finance

Venture capital

Digital Asset Trader Auros to Invest Over $50M in Crypto Startups Through Its Newly Established VC Arm

Auros Ventures aims to make concentrated bets on crypto startups to help them scale with Auros being "power user," Auros co-founder and CIO Ben Roth said in an exclusive inter...

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 8, 2024

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Finance

Bitcoin mining

Private Equity Giants Are Circling Bitcoin Miners on AI Allure

Private equity firms are seeing value in partnering with bitcoin miners to help with AI computing after Core Scientific signed a 200MW deal with CoreWeave in June, the company...

By Will Canny Aoyon Ashraf

Jul 5, 2024 at 3:38 p.m. UTC

Jul 5, 2024

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Meme

Solana Meme Coin MEW's Cat Character to Feature on Trending Telegram Mini Game

The MEW character will be featured on TON, the network where Pixelverse’s Telegram mini-games operate, in a first for a Solana meme coin.

By Shaurya Malwa

Jul 3, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 3, 2024

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John Patrick Mullin, CEO of Mantra (Left) and Talal Moafaq Al Gaddah, CEO of MAG Lifestyle Development (Right) (Mantra)

Finance

Mantra dao

Mantra to Tokenize $500M Real Estate Assets for UAE Builder MAG Group

In March, the Middle-East-focused Mantra raised $11 million for its real-world tokenization efforts.

By Parikshit Mishra

Jul 3, 2024 at 7:25 a.m. UTC

Jul 3, 2024

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Technology

Kraken

Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear

Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an...

By Will Canny

Jul 2, 2024 at 3:27 p.m. UTC

Jul 2, 2024

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