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Huobi founder Leon Li in talks to sell his shares for up to $3B

Huobi Group's founder Leon Li is reportedly in talks with Tron founder Justin Sun and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to sell his majority stake in the exchange.

Zeynep Geylan 3 min read 4 years ago

Legal TORN +0.26%

Netherlands arrests suspected Tornado Cash developer

The Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service revealed that it started a criminal investigation into Tornado Cash in June because it suspected that the protocol was being used for illegal activities.

1 min read 4 years ago

Hacks

Binance recovers $450K stolen from Curve DNS Hack

Binance has identified and frozen 83% of the funds stolen from Curve Finance and is working with law enforcement to return the money to users.

2 min read 4 years ago

DAOs ETH -0.13%

MakerDAO founder proposes converting $3.5B USDC reserve to Ethereum

Buterin has called MakerDAO’s idea of converting its reserve into Ethereum a “risky and terrible idea.”

3 min read 4 years ago

Adoption BTC -0.73%

A World War could trigger ‘an immense spike’ in Bitcoin price, adoption, Covalent CEO says

Ganesh Swami shares his thoughts on a likely scenario for digital assets in the event of world war breaking out.

5 min read 4 years ago

Technology

Kraken report explores what’s superior — PoW or PoS

A recent study by Kraken concluded that neither PoW nor PoS mechanisms are the 'better' option. Instead, each has unique characteristics that fit better with different blockchain designs.

5 min read 4 years ago

Banking

Central Banks can safely invest in Bitcoin with BlackRock’s Bitcoin Private Trust; says DCG Founder

Digital Currency Group Founder Barry Silbert suggests that with BlackRock's bitcoin trust, "central banks, now have an easy, safe way to invest in bitcoin"

2 min read 4 years ago

People

Mati Greenspan joins WUBITS as senior adviser

Greenspan would advise the web3 social platform on how it can accelerate its user adoption and emerging market trends.

2 min read 4 years ago

Technology REN +6.15%

Alameda-owned RenVM confirms it’s ‘impossible to launder any assets’ through Ren Bridge, debunking claims of $540M in money laundered

Elliptic Connect, a blockchain data analytics firm, claimed that Alameda Research-owned RenVM allowed $540M to be laundered through its cross-chain bridge.

5 min read 4 years ago