VC Roundup: Funding falls to $2.4B in Q3 2024, early-stage startups dominate

Venezuela’s central bank is exploring the possibilities of holding Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in its coffers, according to anonymous sources who reportedly have direct insights into the matter.Can the central bank store Bitcoin and Ether?According to a Sept. 26 Bloomberg article, the central bank of Venezuela is taking a closer look at whether they…

In a Tweet, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has made the decision to close the Kraken global headquarters in San Francisco. 839 Total views 17 Total shares The Golden City is losing its shine as one of the largest United States-based cryptocurrency exchanges closes its San Francisco-based headquarters. Kraken CEO, Jesse Powell retweeted that Kraken will close…

We live in an increasingly mobile world where I can order a vehicle driven by a complete stranger to take me anywhere, I can get food delivered in minutes, and I can conduct almost all my immediate banking needs — all via apps on my phone. We’re in a decade when firing up a computer…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) sudden crash on Jan. 10 caused the price to trade below $40,000 for the first time in 110 days and this was a wake-up call to leveraged traders. $1.9 billion worth of long (buy) futures contracts were liquidated that week, causing the morale among traders to plunge.The crypto "Fear & Greed" index, which…

Enterprise blockchain applications are slowly but surely making their way to public networks, especially as new upgrades and features are being implemented into the Ethereum ecosystem. While Eth2 promises to bring scalability, security and capacity across the Ethereum network to advance enterprise use cases, other techniques are being developed to help enterprises properly leverage the…

Users attempting to access Spark Protocol with a virtual private network will not be able to, sparking criticism from supporters of privacy.

Celsius customers have been targeted with fraudulent SMS and email communications after a third-party email distribution server was compromised by hackers. 853 Total views 15 Total shares Crypto asset lending platform, Celsius Network, has revealed an email server breach that resulted in malicious phishing links being sent to customers.An April 15 announcement notes that some…

Bitcoin (BTC) turned down sharply on April 21, maintaining its tight correlation with the U.S. equity markets, which reversed direction after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted that a 50 basis point rate hike was “on the table” in May. The selling has continued on April 22 as investors trim risky assets in expectation of…