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State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
The state’s investment board bought 94,562 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in the first quarter of the year.
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Found Guilty, Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
Alexey Pertsev was first jailed in the Netherlands in August 2022.
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GameStop Rally Sends Meme Coins Skywards; PEPE, FLOKI, MOG Surge
“Roaring Kitty is living proof that retail can mog (outperform) institutions at the highest level,” one meme coin developer said.
Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K
Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a "crippling gambling addiction."
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket
The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding well over $70 million.
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews
After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative.
U.S. Blocks China-Tied Crypto Miners as 'National Security Risk' Near Nuke Base
President Biden ordered a halt to the MineOne operation near Warren Air Force Base, citing Chinese ownership, foreign technology and proximity to a strategic missile base.
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Consensus 2024
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Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
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‘We're Doing it, We Believe in it’: The Sandbox’s Nicola Sebastiani on Bringing Gaming to the Metaverse
The Chief Content Officer, who is speaking at Consensus this month, says 280,000 Sandbox users are now generating creating games and experiences on the platform.
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DeFi Gigabrain Tarun Chitra on ETH Staking, Restaking and Why ‘Financial Nihilism' Is a Real Consumer Product
The Gauntlet founder talks about the state of crypto ahead of Consensus 2024.
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Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing
Fannizadeh, a Swiss lawyer and strategic advisor specializing in the crypto industry, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.
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Ryan Selkis Goes to Washington
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential peopl...
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Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle
Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dips Below $62K Ahead of U.S. Inflation Figures
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for May 14, 2024.
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Insider at Solana's Cypher Protocol Admits to Stealing $300K
Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a "crippling gambling addiction."
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Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews
After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative.
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Policy
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The Crypto Industry’s Influence on U.S. Elections is Bigger Than Ever, Industry Insiders Say
Crypto-focused PACs are shaping the outcome of certain key Congressional elections.
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'CryptoDad' Giancarlo Joins Paxos Board
J. Christopher Giancarlo, a former chief of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined the board of directors for the firm that issues the PayPal stablecoin.
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Found Guilty, Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
Alexey Pertsev was first jailed in the Netherlands in August 2022.
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Industry Stakeholders Believe a UK Election Won't Derail Crypto Plans
A U.K. election is expected to happen this year, but it likely won't change the trajectory of the country's crypto policy efforts.
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Philippines' Central Bank Gives Approval to Coins.ph to Pilot Stablecoin in Key Remittance Market
Coins.ph plans to integrate the stablecoin into remittance platforms in countries with significant remittance flows to Philippines, one of the world’s largest remittance marke...
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Indian Crypto Exchange CoinDCX’s DeFi Arm Okto to Launch Blockchain and OKTO Token
The objective of Okto is to give global users a single-click mobile experience while traversing the Web3 space.