Blockchain Firm to Raise $24 Billion for Electric Bus Upgrades in China

Circle, the U.S.-based stablecoin issuer, is taking another swing at going public, according to a confidential document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This will be the major crypto firm’s second attempt at a public listing, after its initial plan to merge with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, fell through in

It gives me no pleasure to report that less than six months into this Congressional term, the 2024 election season has become fully underway. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) officially declared his candidacy last week, though he appears to have been laying the groundwork (campaigning) for quite some time. Crypto hasn’t been an issue in…

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Matthew Graham’s Sino Global Capital has filed a $67.3 million claim against FTX Trading Ltd. on behalf of Sino’s Liquid Value fund, which it rolled out in conjunction with Sam Bankman-Fried in 2021.Note: Maclaurin Investments was a company affiliated with Alameda VenturesThe fund aimed to raise $200 million and primarily targeted high net worth individuals.…

AI tokens rallied even as macroeconomic and political developments weighed on the broader crypto market. On Monday, Apple announced "Apple Intelligence," foraying into the artificial intelligence sector. Native cryptocurrencies of blockchain endeavors supposedly involved with artificial intelligence (AI) outshone the broader market after iPhone maker Apple (AAPL) showcased its efforts to bring the technology to

As part of our special NFT series, we asked the artist Rhett Mankind to make an image of Casey Rodarmor, Ordinals protocol creator. Click here to view and bid on the NFT created by Rhett Mankind. The auction will begin on Monday, 12/4 at 12p.m. ET and ends 24 hours after the first bid is

We’ve bounced back having found support last week (see previous Vibe Check), with the CoinDesk 20 Index outperforming bitcoin (BTC) narrowly and ether (ETH) significantly.CoinDesk 20 Index outperforming BTC and ETH. (CoinDesk Indices)So what’s providing the source for the dramatic bounce in the market? In addition to Bitcoin’s rebound, Solana's (SOL) 25% gain and Avalanche's (AVAX)

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said Friday that the platform’s future native blockchain should be built using the codebase that underpins Solana (SOL), a network designed to provide high-speed performance.In a governance forum post, he said the codebase’s “technical quality,” its “resilience by having gone through the FTX blowup” and already functioning examples make Solana “the

Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.U.S. Bitcoin Corp (USBTC) has signed multi-year agreements to host 150,000 bitcoin mining machines with major firms including Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), the firm told CoinDesk.The deals showcase the apparent rebound in the mining industry, which is trying to rise after a rough 2022. Last year's…