Firm Taps NFTs to Token Gate Bars, Bathrooms at Mardi Gras

Finding a decent bathroom amid the chaos and revelry of Mardi Gras can be tricky. But this year, when you gotta go, at least one venue in New Orleans will be happy to let you use theirs—if you have th...

Mining Firm Argo Blockchain Resumes Trading on Nasdaq Stock Exchange

13 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News Nasdaq originally informed Argo that trading would be suspended on December 16. After seeing a 40% drop in share price, the company scrapped plans to raise $27M...

Crypto infrastructure firm Blockstream raises $125 million to expand mining services

Bitcoin miner and hosting provider Blockstream raised $125 million in a convertible note and secured loan financing round. The company will use the money to expand its institutional bitcoin mini...

Chinese firm launches stablecoin and CBDC payments system – Cryptopolitan

A new payment system that is compatible with stablecoins and CBDCs is now being developed by a Chinese company known as Red Date Technology. What Red Date Tech aims to do with the system This new syst...

VC firm Pantera sums up 2023 forecast; says DeFi is poised to take over the crypto market – Cryptopolitan

Pantera Capital, a crypto-focused venture with about $3.8 billion in assets under its management, summed up its 2023 forecast declaring Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is the future and will take over th...

Media consulting firm Digital Distro removes web3 from its services

Digital Distro, which describes itself as a full service web3 consulting company, intends to remove web3 from its roster of consulting services.  The web3 services Digital Distro offered include...

French National Assembly to vote on mandatory crypto firm licensing

After weeks of French officials calling for stricter crypto regulation in France, a new regulatory regime on crypto firms will go to a vote in the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday evening....

Bitzlato crypto firm taken down

As part of the enforcement measures taken against the cryptocurrency company Bitzlato, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, often known as Europol, has stated that authorities ha...

BBC chair linked to Russian crypto firm faces inquiry over BoJo loan scandal

BBC chair and crypto investor Richard Sharp has asked the BBC board to review any possible conflicts of interest in his current role, stemming from claims that he helped to secure former prime ministe...

Former President of FTX US Raises $5 Million for New Cryptocurrency Firm

Former FTX US President Brett Harrison has raised $5 million for a new cryptocurrency firm from Coinbase Ventures and Circle Ventures. In light of his close relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried and his...

NFT floor tracker Floor acquires web3 analytics firm WGMI

NFT price tracker Floor said it acquired NFT analytics firm WGMI.io. Terms were not disclosed. Floor is currently invite-only and describes itself as an app “for everything NFTs.” WG...

Cross-Border CBDC Payment System Announced by Chinese Blockchain Firm

Chinese blockchain firm develops new CBDC payments system. The new platform will not allow any decentralized cryptos. There has been no mention of China’s own digital yuan in the whitepaper. Hong Kong...

Ivan on Tech’s Moralis becomes latest crypto firm to cut headcount

Moralis, a blockchain infrastructure firm co-founded by popular crypto content creator Ivan Liljeqvist (aka Ivan on Tech), is the latest crypto company to cut jobs, Liljeqvist told The Block. “I...

Chinese blockchain firm launches the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs at Davos

A Hong Kong-based blockchain company has launched a digital payments system aimed at bridging the gap between stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Red Date Technology, the blockcha...

Citadel’s $16 Billion Gain In 2022 Makes Ken Griffin’s Firm The Top-Earning Hedge Fund Ever

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund has outpaced all of his peers, helping his fortune double to an estimated $32 billion in the last two years. Aaron Kotowski/The Forbes Collection Ken Griffin is the new ...

Crypto Trading Firm Cumberland DRW Disputes Genesis Exposure

“Under the terms of our agreement, on November 16, we notified them that we were surrendering our cash collateral and liquidating their crypto to close out the loan,” Cumberland said. R...

Objectors to FTX Using Sullivan & Cromwell as Its Law Firm Seek to Delay Court Hearing

Individual objectors have sought to delay an FTX hearing in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the district of Delaware scheduled at 10:00 a.m. EST on January 20, 2023 expected to be about whether ...

No Crypto Firm Granted Full Market Product (FMP) License Yet by UAE

4 hours ago | 2 mins read Exchange News No cryptocurrency firm has yet to fulfil the four-step procedure required by the VARA. MVP licensees are not authorized to sell their services to mass retail cu...

Bad Actors Could Continue Exploits In 2023, Security Firm Advises On Private Keys ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Cybersecurity firm CertiK warns that malicious actors may continue to exploit decentralized applications in 2023.  The firm has also cautioned users ...

Sports NFT Firm Candy Digital Raised Over $38M Amid Founder Strife

According to the filing, Candy Digital had raised $38,449,997 from 14 investors in an equity offering, more than half of the $68,188,480 overall that the company is seeking to raise in the sale. The o...

Former FTX US president raises $5M for new crypto software firm

The former head of FTX US is launching a new cryptocurrency software company and has raised $5 million from several investors, according to Bloomberg.  Brett Harrison, who served as president of FTX U...

Crypto Infrastructure Firm MoonPay Acquires Web3 Creative Agency Nightshift

This partnership will allow MoonPay to expand the shared expertise and provide an easy gateway for brands to enter Web3. On Thursday, January 19, crypto infrastructure firm MoonPay announced its first...

FTX Bankruptcy Judge Calls Fmr FTX US Exec’s Allegations Against Law Firm ‘Hearsay, Innuendo, Speculation, Rumors’

In a court hearing on Friday morning, the bankruptcy judge overseeing FTX’s case approved the hiring of the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, and called allegations from a former FTX US compliance off...

TU Experts Found The Best Prop Trading Firm For Novices

– Advertisement – Prop trading has grown pretty popular lately. There are many companies that offer traders free money for management in exchange for a share of their profits, and this mec...

Is Bitcoin Bottom In? Here’s What the Long-Term Behavior of BTC Holders Suggests, Says Crypto Analytics Firm

A leading analytics firm says that the one key metric indicates Bitcoin (BTC) has formed a bottom, setting the stage for a rally. According to blockchain analytics firm IntoTheBlock, a large increase ...

New CEO of Chia Network Says the Firm Is on Accelerated IPO Plans

Former COO of blockchain firm Chia Network Gene Hoffman has stepped in as the new CEO of the firm. Founder Bram Cohen is the new Chairman of the Board and CTO, announces Hoffman. Hoffman informed that...

Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell can represent FTX debtors, judge rules

White shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell can represent FTX debtors in the trouble exchange’s bankruptcy case, a Delaware bankruptcy court judge ruled. “There’s no evidence of any actual confl...

Analytics Firm Names Two ‘Still Undervalued’ Crypto Assets, Warns One Explosive Altcoin Facing High Risk of Pullback

Crypto analytics firm Santiment warns that the native token of the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem, ApeCoin (APE), stands a high chance of retracing after a modest rally. Santi...

The CEO of Crypto Mining Firm Described Bitcoin Mining

In a recent interview, Hut8 CEO Jaime Leverton explained how Bitcoin mining can stabilize grids, create jobs and generate tax revenues, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Hut8 is one o...

Distressed Crypto Firm Vauld Given New Deadline for Restructuring Plan as Customer Funds Remain Frozen: Report

Embattled crypto lender Vauld now has until February 28th to come up with a restructuring plan without getting hounded by claims from creditors. The company is initially set to submit its revival plan...

Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to face scrutiny in FTX bankruptcy hearing Friday 

Sam Bankman-Fried used to work out of Sullivan & Cromwell’s office in New York City. Now, the law firm is facing scrutiny over whether it can investigate FTX, the disgraced former billionaire’s cr...

Polygon, Cosmos and Two Ethereum Rivals Have Surged Over 400% in One Metric, Says Crypto Firm

A new annual report from early-stage venture firm Electric Capital shows massive developer activity growth on four blockchain projects, including two Ethereum (ETH) rivals. According to the firm, acti...