Coinbase adds former Bill Clinton aide, Supreme Court lawyer to board
Two of the new Coinbase directors have previously served under US presidents, while the other has extensive experience in the management consulting industry.
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Bitcoin Breaks $8,000 as Selected Alts See Slight Recovery
July 24: Bitcoin (BTC) broke through the $8,000 price point this morning, as the top cryptocurrency continues to outperform most other crypto assets, according to data from Coin360. In the days following the strong upswing that kicked off across the crypto market on July 16 and accelerated further on July 17, Bitcoin has sustained positive…

What Facebook’s rebranding tells us about Big Tech’s ‘Game of Platforms’
In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century.Sometimes a project’s name tells you all you need to know about it, no matter how niche. Take Kryptomon, for…

MicroStrategy Q1 net loss hits $53.1M but Bitcoin buying spree continues
MicroStrategy has yet to adopt the new accounting standard that would have taken the billions of dollars in paper gains from Bitcoin’s 65% price rally into account.

Microsoft and Nvidia stocks reach all-time highs amid OpenAI CEO shuffle
Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly agreed to a position with Microsoft while Nvidia reaps the benefits of big tech’s scramble to build a better chatbot. 367 Total views 2 Total shares Microsoft (MSFT) stocks hit an all-time high of $378.81 on Nov. 20 on the back of a tumultuous weekend for the AI

Crypto Exchange Bithumb Reportedly Hacked of Almost $19 Mln in EOS, XRP
This article has been updated to provide further details on the hack.Today, March 30, crypto exchange Bithumb posted on Twitter that their cryptocurrency withdrawals and deposits have temporarily been paused.In an explanation linked to the tweet, the exchange writes that at 10:15 (time zone unknown) on the 29th, they detected what they describe as abnormal…

Gemini sues Genesis over GBTC shares used as Earn collateral, now worth $1.6B
Genesis wants to use the shares’ initial value in claims and is not releasing additional collateral transferred by DCG, the suit claims. 76 Total views 1 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini filed an adversary proceeding against bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global Holdco in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court on Oct. 27. At issue

Bitcoin and Ether now account for 44% of the value locked in DeFi
Despite $4B worth of BTC and ETH being locked in DeFi over the past five months, the two top coins still account for less than half of the sector’s TVL 1647 Total views 22 Total shares The recent explosive growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) has seen the sector lock nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin…

Mobile Decentralized Exchange Says It Prevents Hacking, Cuts Fees and Offers Fixed Rates
A crypto company is launching “one of the first inter-blockchain, mobile decentralized exchanges” on April 23 — and says its platform is going to solve major problems currently seen in its centralized counterparts.According to the SovereignWallet Network, M.DEX is designed to address three key issues that have been having a detrimental effect on the usability…