Episode 80 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s MK Manoylov and Lesley Silverman, Head of Web3 at United Talent Agency. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on App...
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Bitcoin mining stock report: Thursday, August 25
Bitcoin mining companies tracked by The Block had mixed results in the markets on Thursday. The coin was trading at around $21,600 during market close, according to data from TradingView. Argo Blockch...
Plaid executive breaks down the future of digital finance
Episode 78 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Plaid head of UK/EU Keith Grose. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, Google ...
Congressman demands answers from Yellen on Tornado Cash sanctions
Crypto booster Congressman Tom Emmer is demanding answers from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for the agency’s recent Tornado Cash sanctions. The Republican from Minnesota took aim at the Treas...
Crypto lending platforms increase rates due to higher borrowing demand
Savings rates on crypto holdings have increased across lending platforms, despite several high-profile lending firms collapsing in June and July. Following the collapse of Terra, lending companies f...
Frax founder says Fei Protocol situation reaches ‘new low for DeFi’
Sam Kazemian, founder of the stablecoin project Frax, expressed dismay at the way the sunsetting of the Fei Protocol and its hack redemption strategy is being handled. The main issue appeared to be th...
Why new digital communities are forming around ‘fractionalized’ NFTs
Episode 77 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Tessera co-founder and CEO Andy Chorlian. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify...
BTG Pactual confirms official launch of Brazil crypto platform
Latin America investment bank BTG Pactual confirmed that its crypto trading platform Mynt is officially available to the public, adding yet another layer of competition in the Brazilian market for fin...
Tornado Cash developer arrest sparks fears of global crypto enforcement
The crypto industry has been reeling since the US Treasury blacklisted decentralized crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Monday. Despite Treasury sanctions formally being limited to US persons and entities d...
How data ownership redefines the relationship between artists and fans
Episode 76 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro, Audius Co-Founder Roneil Rumburg and Grammy award winning DJ and Audius Advisor, RAC. Listen below, and...
Crypto markets still have an ‘opacity’ problem says CoinShares CEO
Episode 75 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and CoinShares Co-Founder and CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple...
Bitcoin mining stock report: Tuesday, August 9
Most bitcoin stocks declined on Tuesday, as the coin’s value fell closer to the $23,000 mark. Bitcoin was priced at around $23,100 at market close, according to data from TradingView. Stronghold...
Crypto lending platform Hodlnaut halts withdrawals and is working on a recovery plan
Crypto lending platform Hodlnaut has halted withdrawals in an apparent liquidity crisis. The firm cited recent market conditions for the move and said that it needs to “focus on stabilising our ...
Block’s Mike Brock on ‘Web5’ and the role of digital identities
Episode 74 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded live at The Block headquarters with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and TBD Lead at Block, Mike Brock. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on App...
Bitcoin mining stock report: Friday, August 5
Bitcoin mining stocks recovered on Friday, as the coin’s price fell below $23,000 after reaching $24,400 earlier in the day. Core Scientific saw its stock rise by 10.65% after announcing that it...
Argo mined 22.4% more bitcoin in July than in June — and sold 887
Bitcoin miner Argo mined 22.4% more bitcoin in July compared with June. It also sold 887 BTC in July, at an average price of $22,670 per coin. The company used a majority of those revenues to reduce i...
How Solana is bridging the gap between web3 and the physical world
Episode 72 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Solana Labs Co-Founder and COO, Raj Gokal. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotif...
Global hires increasingly accepting pay in cryptocurrencies: Deel report
The percentage of payments to cross-border workers in cryptocurrency has more than doubled in the first half of the year compared to the previous period, according to a report by Deel, which helps com...
Bitcoin mining difficulty rises by 1.74% after three consecutive falls
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has jumped by 1.74% after falling for three consecutive time periods. The change is reflected in data published Thursday by BTC.com, which tracks network mining diffi...
Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride raises $6.7 million within months of founding
Cosmos staking protocol Stride announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed round co-led by investors North Island VC, Distributed Global and Pantera Capital. Vishal Talasani only set up Stride with ...
Crypto prices continue to tick upward as recession fears grow: the week in markets
Crypto prices continued to rally over the past week while the global macroeconomic environment was worsening. At the time of writing, bitcoin was trading at $23,739, down 3.1% over the past 24 hours, ...
A crypto fund that just raised $450 million offers bull case for web3
Episode 70 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro, and Variant Co-Founders Jesse Walden and Spencer Noon. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Appl...
Algorand names COO W. Sean Ford as new interim CEO
Algorand has a new interim CEO as of Wednesday, following the departure of former CEO Steven Kokinos. Long-time employee W. Sean Ford — previously chief operating officer at the blockchain company — ...
Pantera’s general counsel joins CFTC staff as commission work recenters around crypto
A former legal leader from the crypto world is joining the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). On July 26, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero announced that she has hired Joseph Cise...
Coinbase stock opens down over 7% as the exchange faces SEC scrutiny
Coinbase was down 7.71% at the open on Tuesday following news on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the exchange. According to a report from Bloomberg, the SEC ...
A new Senate bill would bill exempt small crypto from capital gains taxes
A new bill that would exempt small crypto transactions from capital gains taxes has entered the Senate. According to an announcement shared with The Block, Senators Pat Toomey and Kyrsten Sinema have ...
Algorand Foundation CEO Staci Warden on how Algorand is going to distinguish itself in the bear market
Episode 65 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Staci Warden, CEO of The Algorand Foundation. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spo...
Domain Money CEO on responsible crypto asset management and where failed lenders went wrong
Episode 64 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Adam Dell, founder and CEO of Domain Money. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spot...