Newly launched decentralized exchange Merlin was drained of around $1.82 million from its liquidity pool on Wednesday, with auditor CertiK—who completed an audit of the DEX just before its launch—blam...
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Bitcoin Plunges 7% in an Hour to Under $28,000 as Arkham Sends Mt. Gox Alert
Editor’s note: This story and its headline were updated after publication to clarify that Arkham’s Mt. Gox alert was triggered correctly. Bitcoin erased the gains made earlier today, plung...
Interest in buying Gold and Bitcoin rises amid US banking turmoil – Cryptopolitan
As the banking sector in the United States faces instability, Google Trends has detected a significant increase in searches related to purchasing gold and bitcoin. In early April 2023, the search quer...
A Quick Flip for QuikTrip? Why the Convenience Store Chain Is Giving Away NFTs
Brands big and small across a wide array of industries have entered the NFT world, ranging from Starbucks and Nike to Charmin and Taco Bell. And today, U.S. convenience store chain QuikTrip joined the...
Cambridge Will Start Tracking Ethereum Energy Data Along With Bitcoin
While crypto moves so quickly that it may feel like forever ago, Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-stake to proof-of-work is still spawning fresh research on the energy consumption of blockchain net...
Franklin Templeton Bets Big on Ethereum by Putting Fund on Polygon
Asset manager Franklin Templeton, which oversees $1.4 trillion on behalf of clients, today announced that one of its funds is now supported on the Polygon blockchain. One of the world’s largest asset...
Dr. Disrespect’s Dynamic NFT Shooter ‘Deadrop’ Is Off to a Promising Start
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG Game studio Midnight Society was the product of gaming personality Dr. Disrespect’s frustrations with the current state of shooter...
Binance CEO Lawyers Up Amid ‘Chilling’ U.S. Crypto Regulatory Climate
Legal pressure on Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has underscored the potentially “chilling” effect of a U.S. crackdown on crypto, legal experts have told Decrypt. The company is facing ...
Assessing the impact of Helium [HNT] migration on Solana’s [SOL] NFT landscape
The minting of Helium hotspots as NFTs served as an effective test case for Solana’s state compression capability. NFT sales worth nearly $30 million were logged on the chain over the past week, marki...
Tetro Tiles Is an Easy-to-Play, But Tough-to-Master Puzzler With Bitcoin Rewards
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG Mobile gaming could be the path to mass adoption for crypto, thanks to developers like THNDR Games, a broad potential audience of smartp...
FinTech Firm Klarna Overhauls App with TikTok-like Discovery Feed amid AI Hype
Klarna seeks to leverage the power of AI for offering curated shopping experiences to customers while also introducing TikTok features and new tools for advertisers. The artificial intelligence (AI) r...
Coinbase and S&P-Backed Credora Raises $6M in Bid to Fix Crypto Lending
A fintech startup with an eye on decentralized finance (DeFi) has raised a $6 million strategic round—with crypto exchange Coinbase and S&P Global as major investors. Privacy-focused Credora—form...
Arkham denies buggy Mt. Gox alerts to blame for 7% Bitcoin price crash
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) nosedived roughly 7% in just one hour, falling from $29,850 to $27,789, which media outlets reported was due to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence incorrectly sen...
NFL Rivals NFT Mobile Game Launches, Plans Move to Polkadot
This story comes from GG. Your Web3 Gaming Power-Up Discover GG NFL Rivals, an officially-licensed mobile game with NFTs, is now live in early access on both Apple’s iOS App Store and Google’s Android...
Bitcoin Retakes $29,000 Amid First Republic Bank Uncertainty
Bitcoin hit highs above $29,000 Wednesday morning, amid fears of a new U.S. banking crisis as shares in First Republic Bank tumbled 50%. The price of Bitcoin hit a high of $29,173, per CoinGecko data,...
Metaverse division’s $4B loss drags on positive first quarter for Meta
Meta suffered a nearly $4 billion loss from its metaverse unit with Reality Labs in what was otherwise a solid first quarter for the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media empire which posted a final profit...
Bitcoin Whitepaper Removed from Apple Computers Following Belated Discovery
A digital copy of the original Bitcoin whitepaper that had been hidden on Macintosh computers for more than five years is not part of an upcoming operating system update from Apple, AppleInsider repor...
DigiToads (TOADS) Presale Shows Big Growth Potential as (DOT) and (LTC) are Losing Holders
Advertisement     The crypto industry is easing down from its losses over the “crypto winter,” with bullish momentum growing daily. The top 5 cryptocurrencies have rec...
Ex-San Francisco Official Accused Of Attacking Homeless People Before He Was Assaulted
Topline Former San Francisco fire commissioner Don Carmignani is facing accusations he was behind a series of attacks on homeless people, after a lawyer for a man accused of beating him reportedly sai...
Crypto Innovation and Regulation Can Co-Exist, Top Industry Executives Agree
The wide-ranging discussion came as the industry rebounds from a calamitous year that saw a number of major crypto-focused firms implode and trust in digital assets wane. Regulators, particularly in t...
I Want to Roll Over My Money to a Roth IRA. How Do I Avoid Paying Taxes?
Ask an Advisor: If I Have a Tax-Deferred 401(K). Can I Convert It to a Roth IRA Without Paying the Deferred Taxes When I Roll It Over? If I have a tax-deferred 401(k). Can I convert it to a Roth IRA w...
MNTGE Debuts Token-Enabled Vintage Jeans With ‘Fruits & Veggies’ Drop
Digital fashion startup MNTGE launched its initial access pass last December, and then rolled out its first digital apparel drop from designer Sean Wotherspoon in February. But now it’s going physical...
US Dollar Suffering ‘Stunning Collapse’, Losing Reserve Status Due to Currency Weaponization: Report
The US dollar’s global supremacy is reportedly eroding at an exponential rate, with countries backing away after witnessing how America used USD to impose sanctions against Russia. In a recent report ...
Franklin Templeton’s Fund Launches on Polygon Blockchain
Reports say that the Fund launches on the Polygon blockchain. Aiming for transparent, and secure democratized access to financial systems. On Wednesday, a global investment managing organization, Fran...
Kaiser Permanente Is Acquiring Geisinger Health, Betting Big On Value-Based Care
Earlier today, two of the country’s most prominent health systems, Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger Health, announced a landmark initiative to promote better health outcomes and increase access to affo...
Arthur Hayes: If You’re Still in Traditional Banking System, Be Prepared to ‘Take an L’
The original crypto bad boy Arthur Hayes still has a bone to pick with what he calls the “broken banking system.” Hayes, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, said he sees crypto as an im...
Dogecoin Whale Loads Up 215,370,734 DOGE in Single Transaction As Top Memecoin Struggles To Take Off
One of the largest Dogecoin (DOGE) whales in existence gobbled up hundreds of millions of tokens as the leading memecoin continues to consolidate. Blockchain-monitoring service Dogecoin Whale Alert in...
Crypto and Regulators Are Speaking the Same Language When It Comes to Financial Transparency
“What does it mean to work collaboratively?” Boring asked. To the SEC, the answer doesn’t matter, when a group of people organize to build a potentially valuable system, it “triggers our laws,” she ad...
Intelligence platform Arkham sent incorrect Bitcoin alert coinciding with 6% crash
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FTX Finalizes $50 Million Sale of LedgerX Crypto Derivatives Exchange
FTX bankruptcy lawyers agreed on Tuesday to sell LedgerX, the FTX-owned derivatives trading platform, to M7 Holdings. The interest purchase agreement is expected to fetch $50 million for debtors of th...
Apple Reports After The Close On 5/4 — Options Contracts Expire The Next Day
According to NextEarningsDate.com, the Apple AAPL next earnings date is projected to be 5/4 after the close, with earnings estimates of $1.43/share on $92.84 Billion of revenue. Looking back, the rece...
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Web3’s underlying technologies are revolutionizing the future of sustainable energy markets through blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading platforms and carbon-offsetting markets. In pursuing ...