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The NFT features writing from a teenage Steve Jobs years before he helped found Apple Computers. 188 Total views 4 Total shares A crypto entrepreneur is planning to gauge whether interest in a collectible from deceased Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is directed more towards the digital space or the physical world.In an announcement…

Bitcoin (BTC) price has had a volatile start to the week. Asia kicked off the trading week with a 4% selloff that brought Bitcoin price from $8,050 to $7,700. The ball was then passed to the Europeans who started a rally which continued through to the New York trading session. By the end of the…

Crypto developers must follow consumers closely if they want the industry to take off in a big way, Paypal’s chief technical officer has said.Sri Shivananda — an eBay veteran who has been in his role at PayPal since 2016 — made his remarks at the Economic Times (ET) Global Business Summit, ET reported on March…

Core Scientific, Riot, and CleanSpark led the way in increasing Bitcoin production in January helped by better weather conditions and stable electricity prices. 54 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe first production update of 2023 from publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies shows a steady…

A sign on the wall of a crypto company kicked off Daniel Karikari’s pursuit of a career in blockchain and cryptocurrency. 286 Total views 6 Total shares Ghana national Daniel Karikari worked as a part-time office assistant at a crypto startup, cleaning the office and serving coffee to its managers. While performing his tasks, he…

The former aide to Representative Davidson will join crypto's leading trade association. 915 Total views 7 Total shares The Blockchain Association, a leading trade association and lobbying group, has hired Ron Hammond as its new director of government relations. The Blockchain Association has been one of Washington, D.C.'s biggest advocates for the crypto industry since its…

Galaxy Digital Holdings CEO Mike Novogratz has hosed down fears over the crisis facing Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Genesis, saying while it’s “not good news,” it won’t “include a lot of selling.”In a Jan. 10 interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Novogratz said he expects the current debacle facing DCG and its related companies to…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended securities trading of a Nevada-based firm for making false claims that its cryptocurrency trading activities were approved by the SEC, according to an announcement published Oct. 22.Per the SEC’s order, in August 2018 American Retail Group, Inc. aka Simex Inc. published two press releases stating that…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols Yearn Finance and Cover have announced today the end of a protocol merger process initiated in November last year. The two protocols were initially linked during a spree of a half-dozen Yearn acquisitions, mergers, or collaborations, the exact term depending on the project. The split comes as a surprise to many, given…