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In July it was ruled that Wright was only entitled to just 1 GBP in compensation for a libel claim against bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack.

Is IOTA the phoenix of crypto? As the second best performing token of the day, hardcore fans likely hope it is.

OKX token flash crash wipes $6.5B off market cap, arrest warrent issued for crypto exec Mr Bang, Hong Kong exchanges go global: Asia Express.

Swan Bitcoin’s newly unveiled mining arm has already mined 750 Bitcoin since launching last summer, with a current hash rate of 4.5 exhashes per second.

A standalone blockchain, Celo is looking to migrate to become a layer-2 network atop Ethereum. The months-long selection process has started to look like "The Bachelorette," with teams behind the Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and zkSync networks all vying to win the technology mandate.

Drift Protocol, the largest perpetual swap futures exchange on Solana, just launched a points program ahead of an airdrop. Here's what you need to know.

Nearly 6,000 game industry employees have lost their jobs already in 2024, with Microsoft now responsible for nearly one-third of the cuts.

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The International Energy Agency expects AI’s energy consumption to skyrocket, but it still pointed the finger at crypto as an overconsumer.

Backed by the DeFi project Sovryn, the framework is nearly trustless and has built-in anti-fraud features.

Korea has emerged to be a surprising region for the blockchain's ecosystem development, with two of its largest TVL contributors based in the East Asian country.

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Bitcoin price wavers at $40,000, but on-chain and technical data hint at early signs of a recovery.

A court convicted Mark Scott of two felony counts related to bank fraud and money laundering in November 2019.

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The group of recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are seeing combined negative flows for the first time since they opened for trade on Jan. 11 as money moving into funds like BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC has failed to keep pace with the exits from Grayscale’s GBTC.

The company paper-handed its BTC during COVID-19, but then diamond handed the rest as it now focuses on AI and robotics.

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As the SEC delays applications from Grayscale and BlackRock, Daniel Kuhn looks at how soon regulators might approve these investment products.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed back a decision on Grayscale's spot Ethereum ETF conversion proposal.

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China’s Belt & Road Initiative partners will get a cushy trade hub with lots of chances to use its CBDC under a Party development plan.

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A startling number of Bitcoin margin longs recently opened at Bitfinex, but their muted impact on BTC price raises suspicion.

The United States plans to sell a substantial stash of Bitcoin forfeited by a convicted Silk Road drug trafficker from Maryland.

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The PIXEL token airdrop is nearly here—but until then, the Pixels team is keeping the buzz alive with giveaways and challenges.

Axiom proposes a new approach for accessing authenticated data on-chain through zero-knowledge technology.

Beam wallet developer Eco acquired the Join shopping app, allowing it to provide users with Amazon and Shopify payment options.

British policy makers are still undecided on a digital pound—dubbed "Britcoin"—following a central bank digital currency (CBDC) consultation.

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Jupiter’s launchpad will debut WEN on Friday, before next week’s JUP airdrop. Here’s who is eligible to claim the Solana meme coin.

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The new campus will be Meta’s 18th in the U.S. and 22nd in total.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission delayed an application by Grayscale Investments to convert its Ethereum trust product into an exchange-traded fund (ETF), a day after pushing back a decision on an application from BlackRock to launch an ether ETF.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds for the first time on Jan. 10.

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Around $1.3 billion has shifted from GBTC to new spot bitcoin ETFs, equivalent to a monthly outflow of about $3 billion per month, the bank said in a report.

Some welcome the technology with open arms, other are less enthusiastic.

Another day, another airdrop. About half a million Ethereum wallets can claim the AltLayer (ALT) token now.