Riot Platform buys Kentucky-based Block Mining for $93M

United States law enforcement has indicted two more men over alleged SIM-swapping scams involving cryptocurrency. A press release from the Northern District of California Attorney’s Office confirmed the indictment on Feb. 4.Ahmad Wagaafe Hared and Matthew Gene Ditman, who prosecutors accuse of conducting fraud, extortion and identity theft, were released on bond pending two trials…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) steady range-bound trading opened the door for select altcoins to rally higher as antsy traders scour the markets in search of profitable opportunities. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the top 3 movers over the past 24 hours are Synthetix (SNX), Axie Infinity (AXS) and EOS.Top performing assets over the last…

The restructuring comes as the parent company of Facebook nears the end of its “year of efficiency.” 281 Total views 1 Total shares Social media giant Meta has reportedly disbanded its division responsible for regulating its artificial intelligence (AI) ventures as they are developed and deployed.According to a report, many team members of Meta’s responsible

On February 2nd, at 6:00pm UTC Yearn Improvement Proposal 57 passed mandating that Yearn Finance, the decentralized and permissionless neo-hedge fund where I work, mint 6,666 new YFI tokens.YFI holders themselves passed this vote, with 83% voting in favor, and the highest engagement since Yearn’s now-mythical fair launch. The effects of this new twist in…

Bitcoin (BTC) is “at the beginning” of an extended bull run and there are increasingly clear reasons to accept it.That was the opinion of Dan Held, head of growth at United States cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, who listed the latest evidence for bullish Bitcoin on Aug. 24.Many commentators have argued that Bitcoin is just getting started…

The governing body for the aragonOS DAO-creation tool will wind down, transferring its assets to token holders. 267 Total views 1 Total shares The governing body for the aragonOS software will dissolve, distributing most of its assets to token holders in the process, according to a Nov. 2 blog post. The body, called the Aragon

The Bitcoin-on-Ethereum project gets a major institutional breakthrough via Fireblocks. 604 Total views 4 Total shares In a blog post today, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Badger DAO announced a forthcoming integration with Fireblocks, a digital asset storage, management, and DeFi on-ramp for institutional investors. “We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership between Fireblocks and BadgerDAO to…

Web3 gaming developers will be able to build on a new zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine that aims to increase ownership rights for players and take on the big gaming corporations. 193 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTGaming developers are getting a new platform on which…

The upgrade introduces a liquid staking module, eliminating a 21-day locking period applied for unstaked ATOM tokens. 116 Total views 2 Total shares Cosmos Hub, a blockchain part of the Cosmos Network, has been upgraded to launch a liquid staking module, enabling users to bypass the previous 21-day unbonding period by unstaking ATOM (ATOM) funds.