Riot seeks three Bitfarms board members, says it holds 14.9% stake

A renewed focus on DeFi could drive traffic for the Oasis Network. 146 Total views 1 Total shares The Oasis Foundation, an offshoot of Oasis Network developers Oasis Labs, announced in a blog post on Friday that decentralized finance (DeFi) insurance and coverage provider Tidal Finance will be implementing a version of their platform on…

Last week, 55,000 parcels of “virtual land” were sold on the Ethereum blockchain for more than $300 million, the largest nonfungible token (NFT) mint ever. It wasn’t without controversy. In return for shelling out close to $6,000, a purchaser received an Otherdeed NFT, which authenticates that buyer’s ownership of a patch of digital real estate in…

The sports NFT minting platform suffered from a hot wallet security breach across several project wallets losing $18 million in its native LMT tokens. 668 Total views 30 Total shares Sports NFT minting platform and Animoca Brands subsidiary Lympo suffered from a hot wallet security breach and lost 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million…

The ECCB has launched a regional central bank digital currency in partnership with Caribbean fintech outfit Bitt. 2286 Total views 18 Total shares The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the main financial institution of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, has launched DCash.The ECCB announced the launch of its CBDC for the region via a media event held on Wednesday.DCash…

Argo’s daily Bitcoin production rate in February surged 7% despite a 10% month-over-month increase in average network difficulty. 517 Total views 18 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPublicly-listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Argo Blockchain has increased its daily BTC production despite a significant spike in network difficulty.During February,…

Goldman Sachs-backed crypto startup Circle plans to deploy a $100 million venture capital fund for its equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest.According to a recent job posting on LinkedIn, Circle is seeking the general partner that will be responsible for raising and managing the fund in partnership with SeedInvest's senior leadership team.The partner will be expected to…

After the tough sell-off seen in the past week, the cryptocurrency markets will be looking for some support from the macroeconomic data this week. The all-important United States Consumer Price Index report on June 13 will be followed up by the Federal Reserve’s policy decision on June 14. Both these events could trigger a sharp response…

Venus protocol becomes the top-ranked DeFi platform on the Binance Smart Chain as XVS price and the total value locked in the platform reach new highs. 3342 Total views 18 Total shares As decentralized finance continues to increase it hold on the wider cryptocurrency market, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is beginning to emerge as a…

Although once confined largely to agriculture, blockchain technology is now making major inroads into the luxury goods supply chain market.Thus, Consensys recently announced a new platform with French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LMVH and the technology behemoth Microsoft to verify the authenticity of luxury goods.Luxury brands trial blockchainAlthough many products in the luxury goods market…