January crypto airdrops to hand out $625M in JUP, 7% supply of SONIC

An Icelandic man has received a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for stealing Bitcoin mining equipment, local English-language news outlet Iceland Monitor reported Jan. 17.Sindri Þór Stefánsson, who in April 2018 boarded a flight to Stockholm from Reykjavik reportedly with a stolen passport, was subsequently arrested in Amsterdam and returned home. Stefánsson claimed he legally fled custody…

A new crypto litigation tracker from commercial law firm Morrison Cohen LLP shows details of more than 300 active and settled court cases since 2013. Morrison Cohen is a New York-based firm that caters to large financial institutions, entrepreneurs and early-growth stage companies, and specializes in capital markets, business litigation, real estate and bankruptcy to…

This is Part 3 of a three-part series in which Andrew Levine outlines the issues facing legacy blockchains and posits solutions to these problems. Read Part 1 on the upgradeability crisis here and Part 2 on the vertical scaling crisis here.Upgradeability, vertical scaling and governance: What all three of these issues have in common is…

The ACCC highlighted unapproved or endorsed “scam” ads featuring prominent Australian figures such as entrepreneur Dick Smith, TV host David Koch and former NSW premier Mike Baird in particular. 65 Total views 2 Total shares The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook) to the Federal Court, alleging that…

Interbank payments network provider, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), has dismissed cryptocurrencies as being “useless and unstable.”An FXStreet report published on Sept. 10 cites unnamed SWIFT representatives at a London briefing earlier this week, who reportedly claimed that:“They go down in value like a yoyo, they’re useless and unstable. And even if…

The new exchange-traded fund will focus on environmentally friendly crypto mining infrastructure firms. 629 Total views 2 Total shares An exchange-traded fund focusing on more environmentally friendly crypto mining operations and infrastructure has been launched in the United States.The new Viridi Cleaner Energy Crypto-Mining and Semiconductor ETF started trading on Tuesday, July 20, on the…

It is uncertain whether the Trump 47 Committee, returned the amount in Bitcoin or converted it to its equivalent value in cash.

Following the successful deployment of twenty-five previous Ethereum Request for Comments (ERC) standards, including the industry-recognized ERC-20 designed for tokens, ERC-721 for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and the single smart contract multi-token ERC-1155; the newly-passed ERC-4626 is gaining traction within the Ethereum community for its purported yield-bearing benefits.Referred to as the “tokenized vault standard,” ERC-4626 is…

As the Federal reserve releases its position paper on CBDCs, the Russian Central Bank instigates yet another crypto ban scare. 284 Total views 9 Total shares Last week, two central banks dropped public reports that can have a sizable impact on the crypto landscape in their respective countries and beyond. The U.S. Federal Reserve published…