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Robinhood axes almost 1 in 10 staff members as stock hits all-time low

“We determined that making these reductions to Robinhood’s staff is the right decision to improve efficiency,” noted Robinhood CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev. 1194 Total views 4 Total shares Popular retail trading platform Robinhood has fired 9% of its workforce amid a firesale of its stock that has seen HOOD plunge to all-time lows. In…

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Uncollateralized DeFi mortgage taken out on Austin condo via Teller

An Austin resident is a proud homeowner after securing a loan denominated in USDC stablecoin over the Polygon network by using their credit score. 697 Total views 25 Total shares A new homeowner has bought an apartment in Austin, Texas through a program that allows crypto holders to take out traditional uncollateralized mortgages based on…

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Is Speedy Trial The Best Way To Change Bitcoin?

BIP119, which adds limited covenants to Bitcoin, is the current conversation and many people question if Speedy Trial for Taproot was a good precedent.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1198: "OP_CTV and rough consensus" Sign up for the newsletter here. (Source) (Source) (Source) As I'm sure some of you are aware…

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Failure to launch: Australia’s first 3 crypto ETFs all miss launch day

Three cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) scheduled to launch on the Cboe Australia exchange today were delayed due to “checks” still being undertaken. 478 Total views 2 Total shares The launch of Australia’s first three Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETF) scheduled for today, has been delayed as a result of further “checks” needing…

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Brazil’s Senate approves ‘Bitcoin law’ to regulate cryptocurrencies

It's a historic day for cryptocurrencies in Brazil, as the Senate has finally approved the country's first bill aimed at regulating the crypto market. The bill still needs to be approved in the Chamber of Deputies and then sanctioned by President Jair Bolsonaro. 459 Total views 11 Total shares Brazil’s Senate has passed the country's…

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Decentralized Social Media Project BlueSky Says it Is Independent of Twitter

BlueSky, a project funded by Twitter to build a decentralized standard for social media, has stated that the company is not controlled by the company following Elon Musk’s purchase. BlueSky Operates Independent of Twitter In a tweet thread on April 25, BlueSky stated that although it was funded by Twitter, the social media platform does…

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Robinhood Shares Fall as Company Fires 9% of Full-Time Employees

Vlad Tenev – co-founder of the Robinhood trading app – announced on Tuesday that the company is letting go of 9% of its full-time employees. The company’s share price fell shortly afterward to just $10.00 at the time of writing – 12 cents above its all-time low as a public company. According to the co-founder’s…

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Adversarial Thinking And Ways To Attack Bitcoin

A group of Bitcoin Core developers discussed various attack vectors for Bitcoin as well as ways to plan ahead and circumvent nefarious actors.Bitcoin 2022, hosted in Miami, Florida, on April 6-9, featured a panel titled “Preventing Attacks on Bitcoin” with three Bitcoin Core developers: Luke Dashjr, Bryan Bishop and Jameson Lopp (substituting for Peter Todd).…

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Nifty News: OpenSea acquires Gem, and Chess.com makes a move into NFTs

OpenSea buys NFT market aggregator Gem In a Monday Twitter post, OpenSea announced it had acquired NFT marketplace aggregator Gem for an undisclosed price. A blog post by OpenSea chief executive officer Devin Finzer stated that the company made this move to improve the experience of its more seasoned, “pro” users. Gem lets traders buy NFTs across various collections and…

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US Prosecutors Charge Two Europeans in Connection With North Korea Crypto Conference

United States prosecutors have slammed charges against two Europeans for allegedly conspiring with recently sentenced Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade US sanctions with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Two Suspects Tied to 2019 Pyongyang Crypto Conference According to a Department of Justice (DoJ) press release on Monday (April 25, 2022), 47-year-old Spanish…