New York-Based Asset Manager Closes $190M Round for Bitcoin Institutional Fund

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feature Former employees of cryptocurrency mining and manufacturing giant Bitmain who focused on bitcoin cash development are planning a new startup that will offer crypto financing-related services, CoinDesk has learned. According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, the former employees include those from the mining giant’s Copernicus project that was impacted by a…

Kraken, the 6th-largest crypto exchange in the world, said Thursday that it is launching its own layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, based on technology borrowed from Optimism – the same provider that powers rival Coinbase's layer-2 network, Base. The disclosure comes nearly a year after CoinDesk broke the news that Kraken was considering its

The new machines will add 475 PH/s to Hut 8's hash power. (CoinDesk archives)Jan 22, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. UTCHut 8 Completes $11.8M Financing for New Bitcoin Mining MachinesPublicly traded bitcoin mining company Hut 8 (HUT) announced $11.8 million in financing for 5,400 machines from MicroBT. Full payment of the order also includes a $2.9…

Matter Labs, the main development firm behind the layer-2 network ZKsync, has introduced a new roadmap called ZKsync 3.0, aimed at making the ecosystem more interconnected – including a new "Elastic Chain" that somewhat resembles rival Polygon's AggLayer, released earlier this year.At the core of ZKsync "3.0" is the v24 upgrade, released June 7, turning

XProtocol, Built on Base Chain, Unveils XForge as 'World's First Node-Operated DePIN Smartphone' XProtocol, an entertainment-focused blockchain built on the U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, has unveiled what it says is "the world’s first node-operated DePIN smartphone." According to the team, the Web3 startup’s new Android device, XForge, functions as a fully

NEWS Messenger app maker Kik is quitting ethereum for good as it continues to develop its cryptocurrency, dubbed kin. Launched on ethereum early in the ICO boom, Kik has now announced that it will close kin’s atomic swap with ethereum. Without specifying a date, the Kin Ecosystem Foundation said Wednesday that it would soon release a…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the country’s top securities regulator, issued a notice to advisers on Thursday warning them not to deal in assets that are not regulated in the country.SEBI said it would take action against any investment adviser dealing in unregulated assets, including digital gold. Cryptocurrencies are also considered unregulated…

news The price of bitcoin’s recent rise above $12,000 was stopped short a few hours into its rally, with prices sliding by more than $1,000 over the course of the U.S. trading session that followed. Beginning 10:15 UTC and lasting until 22:15 UTC, BTC witnessed a large pullback, followed by a small bounce near $11,200,…