Solo Bitcoin miner wins the 3.125 BTC lottery, solving valid block
The solo miner netted around $200,000 in rewards for validating block 841,286.
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In less than a week, Animoca Brands has acquired two major video games publishers: Eden Games and Darewise Entertainment. 275 Total views 18 Total shares Animoca Brands, the parent company of The Sandbox, added Eden Games to its portfolio on Tuesday. Eden Games is a publisher of popular racing games including the Gear.Club and Test Drive series. Animoca…

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Nestled between the Julian Alps and the Adriatic Sea, in a beautiful corner of Europe often ignored by international visitors who flock to nearby Veneto or the Dalmatian Coast, is Slovenia – a nation that gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.As one of those travelers who was flocking to Venice, I accidentally stumbled…

Hundreds of Bored Ape owners sign up to hire out their NFTs to brands
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Fei Protocol struggles with a bug as holders are mostly unable to sell the token
Wednesday’s crypto market correction put a heavy burden on the FEI project, the latest attempt at creating an algorithmic stablecoin that would remain stable in the face of market turbulence. Due to the particular mechanics of the protocol, the FEI token became impossible to sell as its main liquidity pool quotes a negative price for…

Tesla, Bitcoin and the crypto space: The show Musk go on? Experts answer
While 2020 was a significant year for Bitcoin (BTC), the just-begun year of 2021 is already full of great surprises. On Feb. 8, Bitcoin’s price jumped by almost $3,000 in minutes, then it surged 20% in 24 hours — all due to the news of Elon Musk’s Tesla allocating $1.5 billion of its balance sheet…

BitMEX Operator Gives $400K Sponsorship to Cybersecurity Nonprofit
HDR Global Trading, the operator of crypto exchange BitMEX, is giving a $400,000 grant to the cybersecurity nonprofit Shadowserver Foundation.In an April 6 statement on the company’s blog, HDR Global Trading announced that it would offer $400,000 to the organization over the next four years. The BitMEX operator will be acting as a member of…

Crypto Goes IPO — Ripple Could Lead the Blockchain Industry’s Charge
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