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Roll-up developers StarkWare to raise $100M at a $6B valuation

The Israeli company behind StarkWare, developers of Ethereum ZK-rollup technology, is finishing a funding round of at least $100 million, at a $6 billion valuation.

Laszlo Dobos 3 min read 4 years ago

NFTs

Former Chelsea star’s NFT collection drops 90% in past month

Former Chelsea players who endorsed the project previously have deleted their endorsements from Twitter.

3 min read 4 years ago

Regulation

Report: Crypto lobbying activities bloomed in 2021

Crypto companies cumulatively spent around $9 million to lobby U.S. congress in 2021.

2 min read 4 years ago

NFTs

LimeWire is coming back as an NFT marketplace, but hasn’t the bubble burst already?

Prominent '00s file sharing platform LimeWire will try its hand at NFTs, but even before launching the odds seem stacked against them.

3 min read 4 years ago

Adoption

93% of U.K. policymakers have nothing to say about digital assets

A new study on U.K. members of the parliament show that only one out of 14 have used crypto-related terms on social media.

3 min read 4 years ago

Regulation

Crypto markets lose $100 billion as Biden signs executive order on digital assets

Bitcoin drops below $40K again after Biden's crypto executive order is signed into law.

3 min read 4 years ago

Exchanges

Why is Binance pursuing expansion outside of crypto?

The cryptocurrency exchange announces plans to invest in industries including retail, e-commerce, and gaming. CZ explains what's going on.

3 min read 4 years ago

People

Ex-Goldman Sachs CEO: Is this is the ‘moment’ for crypto?

Blankfein expected crypto to be having a bigger moment amid global payment freezes. It then went up 10%.

3 min read 4 years ago

DeFi SIS -1.13%

Multi-chain instant swap platform Symbiosis announces beta mainnet launch

The AMM DEX makes it possible to manage liquidity on any chain from a single interface.

2 min read 4 years ago

Merge

Ethereum’s client diversity: with 66% running Prysm, is The Merge safe to pursue?

As more than two thirds of the staking power of the Ethereum 2.0 chain is running on a single client software, what happens if this client is hit by a serious vulnerability, and what can the community do to fix the issue?

12 min read 4 years ago

NFTs CRO +0.12%

Crypto.com airdrops ‘The Moment of Truth’ NFT collection featuring LeBron James

Royalties from NFT re-sales will go to the LeBron James Family Foundation.

2 min read 4 years ago

Regulation

Dubai establishes watchdog to regulate virtual assets under first crypto law

The Emirate announced the enactment of The Dubai Virtual Asset Regulation Law, under which it will establish a new regulatory authority to oversee the virtual asset industry, which includes crypto and NFTs.

3 min read 4 years ago

NFTs

NFTs are coming to collegiate sports in this new marketplace

NFT producer RECUR has launched the first and largest collegiate sports NFT destination NFTU, where users can buy, collect and trade best college basketball moments as NFTs.

2 min read 4 years ago

Exchanges

Kraken will donate fees generated from Russian transactions to Ukraine

Kraken is donating a total of $10 million to help Ukraine against Russia's invasion and part of it will be funded via the fees generated from Russian transactions on the exchange.

3 min read 4 years ago