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Crypto Exchange With Wall Street Backing: Citadel Securities, Fidelity, Schwab Enter The Fray
EDX Markets, a new crypto exchange backed by several Wall Street tycoons, including Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paradigm, Sequoia Capital, and Virtu Financial, has sta...
Ed Sullivan’s History Making TV Moments Reaches New Audiences Through Streaming
Ed Sullivan with the Beatles as they make debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York, … [+] February 9, 1964. Left to right: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Sullivan, John Lennon, Paul M...
Crypto Exchanges in Japan Demands 10X Leverage on Margin Trade
The crypto exchanges in Japan are seeking the uplifting ceiling of leverage on margin trade. Margin trading was one of the well-performing sectors. But now its struggling in the region given lower lev...
Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Shares Pop 21% After Major Hash Rate Expansion Plans
The NASDAQ-listed Bitcoin mining firm Iris Energy (IREN) announced plans on Tuesday to boost its hash rate capacity by 63% to 9.1 exahashes per second (EH/s) by early 2024. Iris is in the process of ...
Snap Into the ‘Meataverse’—Slim Jim Gives Away Free ‘GigaJims’ NFTs
Snack brand Slim Jim announced today that it is entering the world of Web3 with an interactive “Meataverse” and free NFTs. For a limited time, fans of the meaty snack can sign up to the free digital f...
AI Answers the Age-Old Question: What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
It’s not every day that an artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, ventures into the territory of eternal philosophical conundrums. However, when a user posed the chicken-or-egg paradox on Red...
NFT card game Z-ERA hacked for $285k; native coin loses virtually all value
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Charles Schwab, Citadel-Backed Startup Is Building Crypto ‘Plumbing’ for Big Banks
A cryptocurrency exchange called EDX Markets and backed by several Wall Street firms such as Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, and Fidelity Digital Assets conducted its first trades on Tuesday, sign...
Flashbots Confirms Top Strategy Researcher Obadia to Depart Amid ‘Strategic’ Hiring Push
Flashbots has added 13 team members in the past six months, bringing the total size of the team above 50. Also joining Flashbots are Danning Sui, formerly head of data science at the decentralized fin...
Did Hunter Biden Get Off Easy? Republicans Think So—Here’s What Legal Experts Say
Topline The Justice Department struck a plea deal with Hunter Biden on Tuesday allowing him to avoid prison time for tax and gun charges, leading Republicans to allege the agency let the presidentR...
WisdomTree Files Application For Spot Bitcoin ETF Following BlackRock's Filing
WisdomTree, a prominent provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has filed an application seeking approval for the launch of the WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust, to be listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange. This ...
Bearish Sentiment Taking Over Tron Price, Will It See A Reversal Soon?
1 Tron founder Justin Sun is currently siding with the exchanges against the SEC along with Charles Hoskinson 2 TRX is currently in a consolidated range on the daily chart. It has seen a drop of 0.27%...
There’s a Fake Trezor Wallet in the Apple App Store Draining Crypto
Downloaded a Trezor app for your Apple iPhone lately? Better double check it. A malicious Trezor app has appeared on the Apple App Store, potentially putting users at risk danger of losing their crypt...
Fact-Checking Claims About The Tourist Submersible That Went Missing
Topline As rescue teams frantically search a remote stretch of the Atlantic Ocean for the missing Titan submersible that lost contact with a research vessel while exploring the wreck of the R.M.S. Tit...
Fortnite’s Collab With Nike’s NFT Platform Doesn’t Include In-Game NFTs
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG As teased last week, popular video game Fortnite has announced a collaboration with apparel giant Nike and its .Swoosh Web3 platform, wh...
Bitcoin Miners Deposit To Exchanges, What Does This Mean?
On-chain data shows that Bitcoin miners have been depositing large amounts to exchanges. Here’s what this could mean for the asset’s price. Bitcoin Miners Have Been Depositing Big To Exchanges Recentl...
Nike’s .SWOOSH Leaps into eSports, Joining EA and Fortnite via Polygon
Nike’s blockchain-powered platform, .SWOOSH, integrates with EA Sports and Fortnite. Polygon’s blockchain technology drives mainstream Web3 adoption. Successful Web3 projects like Nike affirm blockcha...
Binance US Market Share Evaporates as SEC Case Looms
As the Securities and Exchange Commission comes knocking, Binance US’s slice of market share among alternatives in America has faded to almost nothing. On Tuesday, crypto data firm Kaiko published res...
AI-Driven Generative Art: Art That Responds to Input
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted widespread attention in recent years with the advent of the chatbot ChatGPT and similar AI systems. Today’s generative AI tools are algorithms des...
Deutsche Bank Applies for Digital Asset Custody License in Germany: Report
Deutsche Bank has applied for a digital asset custody platform license with the German finance regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), according to a Bloomberg report. Speaking...
Binance Issues Another Cease and Desist to ‘Scam’ Company, Second In A Week
Crypto exchange Binance has issued a cease and desist order to a fraudulent company using its name—for the second time in a week. This time, Binance took to Twitter to share that it has issued a cease...
Flashbots co-founder warns of challenges beyond MEV bots in farewell
Alex Obadia, a co-founder of the Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots formed to battle negative consequences of MEV extraction techniques on Ethereum, is departing the Paradigm-backed company. He...
Tech giant Alibaba announces crypto-friendly chair following Daniel Zhang stepping down
Joe Tsai, the soon-to-be former executive vice chair of China-based technology giant Alibaba, will replace Daniel Zhang as company chair. In a June 20 announcement, Alibaba said Zhang would be steppin...
Binance Set to Integrate Bitcoin Lightning Network for Deposits and Withdrawals
Crypto exchange Binance has started running Lightning nodes ahead of supporting Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for deposits and withdrawals. Binance’s official Twitter account confirmed Tuesday Morning s...
Five US enforcement agencies form new digital currency anti-crime task force
A diverse group of United States enforcement agencies has made official its cooperation on crimes related to the darknet and digital currency with the announcement of the Darknet Marketplace and Digit...
The ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Cast Is Finally Back Together. You Can Thank NFTs
Rob Feldman would not stop laughing. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Okay,” he said, before unraveling into another fit of giggles. “Okay. Wooh!” Feldman is a comic book author. He’s spent well over a decade t...
Judge Strikes Down Arkansas’ Gender-Affirming Care Ban
Topline A federal court blocked Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday, concluding the law was unconstitutional—a move that comes as a litany of Republican-led states...
Polygon co-founder proposes zkEVM ‘validium’ upgrade to improve security
Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic has proposed upgrading the Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS) network to a “zkEVM validium” version, according to a June 20 forum post. If the upgrade is implemented, the n...
Little Luis Arraez Flirts With .400 Batting Average For Miami Marlins
He may be a singles hitter but Miami’s Luis Arraez gets lots of them, with three five-hit games in a … [+] 15-game span. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) Getty Images When the Miami Ma...
Improbable Opens Up the Tech Behind the Bored Ape Metaverse
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG Otherside, the upcoming metaverse game from the creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, impressed during its “Second Trip” demo this sprin...
Despite Selling Minority Stake In JGR, Nascar Hall Of Famer Joe Gibbs Won’t Be Returning To The NFL
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 25: JGR team owner and Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs looks on during the … [+] NASCAR Cup Series Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sept...