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United Kingdom bitcoin (BTC) mining operator Argo Blockchain surpassed its own expectations in Q2, the company said in a new report released on July 2. Argo, which previously said it had benefited from the upturn in bitcoin prices, said revenues would continue to improve over previous estimates. “The Company now expects to generate 161 BTC, or GBP1.38m…

Solana Labs founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said claims that Solana's network outages were caused by on-chain voting were born out of "pure ignorance." 562 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAnatoly Yakovenko, the founder and CEO of Solana Labs has downplayed claims that Solana's network…

In July, the American state of Wyoming shared an open job position for the head of its Stable Token Commission. The executive will work alongside Wyoming’s governor, state auditor, state treasurer and four expert appointees to bring the state’s very own stablecoin to life.While Wyoming was the first to pass a law on a state stablecoin

The settlement between the crypto lending firm and the FTC was first announced in October and does not resolve former CEO Stephen Ehrlich’s pending case with the CFTC. 193 Total views 1 Total shares A federal judge has approved an order requiring crypto lending firm Voyager Digital and its affiliates to pay $1.65 billion in

The Ethereum-based predictions platform Veil is shutting down, according to an official Medium post on July 11.As of July 11, no new markets will be added to the platform. Trading will be disabled entirely on July 24. Veil co-founder Paul Fletcher-Hill recommended that users redeem open positions, withdraw positions from active markets, and withdraw Veil…

America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, is shifting its focus to serve the needs of a growing interest in crypto by institutional investors. This is the narrative coming from the company after some changes in the last 10 days.Firstly, news broke last week that Coinbase had filed to close its Political Action Committee (PAC) with the…

Backed by a16z and co-founded by Sam Altman, Worldcoin will give free crypto in exchange for an eye scan. 1508 Total views 16 Total shares Funded by crypto heavyweights, new crypto unicorn Worldcoin revealed its plan to let everyone claim free coins to accelerate global crypto adoption.Providing the world population with free cryptocurrency sounds like…

The company previously announced plans to expand into NFTs through a partnership with Japanese game developer double jump.tokyo. 657 Total views 9 Total shares The leadership at video game firm Sega Corporation’s holding company has suggested that they may avoid nonfungible tokens in play-to-earn model games based on the response from users.In a Dec. 14…

The grassroots movement is dedicated to “rooting out corruption” with its latest exchange-traded portfolio and token offerings. 3246 Total views 10 Total shares WallStreetBets, the Reddit-based grassroots movement that achieved notoriety for short-squeezing hyper-leveraged financial firms, has launched a new blockchain-based application aimed at combating market manipulation in traditional finance. The group announced the creation of…