Ripple Taps Bill Clinton to Give Keynote at Upcoming Conference

Crypto investment firm Haun Ventures has led the $10 million seed round for Web3 gaming studio Argus.The round also saw participation from venture firms Robot Ventures, Anagram, Dispersion Capital, Web3 developer backend Alchemy and a handful of individual investors including former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.In addition, Argus is announcing the World Engine, a blockchain-gaming software…

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange in terms of trading volume, may have found itself in the crosshairs of the U.S. regulators, but its venture capital (VC) arm, Binance Labs, continues to invest across the Web3 ecosystem.Despite the looming U.S. regulatory uncertainties and a continued bear market, Binance Labs has been able to grow its…

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made an exception, allowing institutional investors and very high-net-worth individuals to invest in crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs).The SEC will now allow asset managers to invest in spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs on U.S. exchanges, said Pornanong Budsaratragoon, the SEC’s Secretary-General, on Monday.Spot bitcoin ETFs are classified as securities rather

Circle has signaled plans to bring its USDC stablecoin into Australia and beyond. The stablecoin giant has partnered with venture capitalist Mark Carnegie. Circle has signaled its plans to bring its stablecoin USDC to Australia and beyond with the unveiling of a partnership with venture capitalist Mark Carnegie's MHC Digital Group, the companies announced on

Lawyers working in the jurisdiction of Washington, D.C., can now begin accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment for legal services. As reported by Bloomberg Law on Wednesday, cryptocurrency can now be used to pay for legal services as long as the fee agreement is fair and is only permissible if the lawyer is able…

“Increasing the IOTX staking ratio and, therefore, the security of its blockchain has always been the goal for IoTeX,” co-founder Raullen Chai said in a message to CoinDesk. “The primary motivation behind IIP-13 is improved security and further decentralization of the IoTeX blockchain.”

Over a million dollars'-worth of bitcoin was hidden in a picture – and there's still some left to be found. Called the 310 BTC Bitcoin Challenge, a pseudonymous user going by the name "Pip" stashed a total of 310.61 BTC (worth $2,011,267 at press time) into four digital wallets earlier this month – with the…

news A Russian aluminum plant is pivoting to bitcoin mining after U.S. sanctions forced the plant to shut down in 2018. Russian aluminum giant Rusal is leasing its Nadvoitsy Aluminum Plant, located in the northwest region of Karelia, to a crypto startup called the Russian Mining Corporation (RMC), according to Russian news site RBC. The U.S.…

Bitcoin's price rose by 1.5% in 24 hours, with significant increases in futures open interest, indicating continued money flow into the market. The crypto market saw broad gains with Solana (SOL) and other major cryptocurrencies rising, fueled by speculative trading and thematic investments like AI-themed memecoins. Crypto traders are betting on a favorable outcome in