‘Whale’ just sent $130 in cryptocurrency with a $2.6M transaction fee
An unknown wallet holder sent about $133 in ethereum (ETH) with a 10,666 ETH transaction fee—roughly $2.6 million. Was...
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Bitwage rolls out bitcoin 401(k) plan with help from Gemini
Employers struggling to meet the conditions set by the U.S. government’s loan program may find salvation in an unlikely...
Andreessen Horowitz forecasts fourth crypto bull cycle
Less than a month after launching a new $515 million crypto fund, the venture capital firm is predicting that...
Bitcoin’s price up 12% since the halving
Bitcoin has seen steady gains in price since the May 11 halving, and the number of institutional investors trading...
Bitcoin halving arrives: Mining rewards drop for third time in history
The 2020 halving (the third in bitcoin’s history) means the bitcoin mining reward has now been reduced from 12.5...
ICE spent ‘nearly $300M’ helping Bakkt acquire loyalty firm Bridge2
CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said the company had “opportunistically repurchased shares,” spending $300 million at $92 per share during the...
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Silvergate adds new clients in Q1 while existing customers increase deposit levels
According to its April 29 earnings report, Silvergate Bank added 46 new crypto customers in the first quarter and...
U.S. regulator clears security token trading system to launch
The explosive growth of security tokens shows investors want to trade private securities... The PPEX offers a means to...
Starbucks, McDonald’s among 19 firms to test China’s digital yuan
The move signals China’s wider efforts to test out the digital currency project, with state-owned commercial banks already developing...
Overstock subsidiary to put Wyoming county land registry on the blockchain
The record-keeping platform will store mortgages, warranty deeds and titles, as well as providing provenance on land ownership in...
New York power plant sells 30% of its bitcoin mining hashrate to institutional buyers
The firm behind the sale said the plant benefits from locking in profits and receiving an upfront source of...
Binance CEO explains why he bought CoinMarketCap
Analysts warn CMC could serve as a marketing channel for Binance, steering customers to the exchange... CEO Zhao, on...
HIVE blockchain to double bitcoin mining capacity through $2.8M share deal
The acquisition provides HIVE with an advanced, operating bitcoin mining facility ready to transition to next generation mining hardware,...
SEC proposal could (eventually) unleash security token sales
The proposal allows businesses to raise a wider variety of public funds without needing to register as a public...
Previously crypto-only BlockFi adds cash on-ramp through Silvergate partnership
BlockFi, a financial company focused on cryptos, says it has enabled a new feature that lets customers use cash...
Startup tokenizes $2.2B in commercial real estate through Polymath
The $2.2 billion represents 16 different commercial properties based in the U.S. and Canada... The tokens are currently running...
Blockchain pioneer Caitlin Long to build crypto bank in Wyoming
The bank will provide payment, custody, securities, and commodities services for institutional banking customers using digital assets, services not...
Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange adds TradingView integration
Incorporating the real-time market data and charting platform means Gemini users can chart and execute trades directly through TradingView,...