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Justin Sun pulls an FTX and offers to buy ailing Credit Suisse’s assets

The 166 year-old bank is struggling amid a series of disastrous events, but Justin Sun is willing to buy Credit Suisse assets and bring them into Web3.

4 years ago

Technology DESO +5.50%

Decentralized Social (DeSo) stands out in flat market, up 156% over past month

Decentralized Social (DeSo) seemingly came from nowhere to become a top gainer. However, a dig deeper reveals DeSo is a rebrand of the controversial Bitclout project.

4 years ago

Bankruptcy CEL +35.26%

Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius to auction assets on Oct. 20

Celsius investors have expressed reservations about selling the firm's assets to an external investor.

4 years ago

Featured BTC +1.89%

CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update – Oct. 3: Ethereum, Solana lead top 10 crypto gains as market turns green

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the last 24 hours, published 08:00 UTC on weekdays.

4 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: US regulators want more rules for digital assets; Kim Kardashian fined $1.26M by SEC on EMAX promotion

Kim Kardashian agreed to pay SEC $1.26M for promoting EMAX security token, Bitcoin holding stable as rumors of banking collapse circulate, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

4 years ago

Technology ADA +1.41%

Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson reveals ‘age of Voltaire’

According to Hoskinson, the Voltaire era will show the industry "how to do decentralized governance."

4 years ago

Partnerships

ARK Invest’s crypto strategies to offer top 20 crypto assets to wealth managers

ARK Invest has partnered with Eaglebrook to provide wealthy investors exposure to top 20 crypto assets through separately managed accounts.

4 years ago

Mining

Bitcoin mining hashrate touches new all-time high, mining difficulty expected to rise

In the seven days, the miners responsible for most of the hash rates were Foundry USA, AntPool, F2Pool, Binance Pool and ViaBTC.

4 years ago

Exchanges LUNC +0.62%

Binance burns $1.9M LUNC tokens

FatMan Terra described the burn idea has "absurd," saying a developer team could have been hired "to build a suite of useful products/tools instead."

4 years ago

DeFi SUSHI +0.92%

New Sushi Head Chef promotes asset-backed tokens, receives 83% of vote

Jared Grey has been appointed as the new Head Chef for Sushi and has strong beliefs in asset-backed tokens as the future of DeFi

4 years ago

Crime MATIC +2.76%

Polygon co-founder gives Devcon 2022 Bogota a miss over safety concerns

Bogota, Colombia is singled out as a potentially dangerous location for foreign crypto community members during conference season.

4 years ago

Regulation ETH +2.72%

Kim Kardashian to pay SEC $1.26M for promoting EMAX security token

Kardashian has agreed to pay up the $1.26 million charge and will refrain from promoting any crypto securities token over the next three years.

4 years ago

Stablecoins USDT +0.02%

Tether reduces commercial paper exposure to below $50M, Treasury bills rise to 58.1% of reserve

As of Sept. 30, Tether holds 58.1% of its reserve assets in U.S. Treasury bills, while aggressively reducing its commercial paper exposure to below $50 million.

4 years ago

Banking

Bitcoin stable as Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank rumored to be on verge of collapse

Bitcoin is holding steady as rumors of banking collapse circulate — some observers see this as the start of cryptocurrencies "decoupling" from legacy finance.

4 years ago