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GAIMIN’s Early Access Event Opens Its Platform and Monetization App to Gamers
13.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 12th August 2022: GAIMIN announces the opening of its gaming and monetization platform to the gaming community. Following recently completed initial testing of its monetisation and gaming platform, GAIMIN.io ltd is opening up its gaming and monetization platform...
New Crypto Exchange Platform Bitflex Launches Futures Trading Competition with $15,000 Prize Pool
12.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Seychelles, August 2022 – Bitflex Ltd., a secure crypto trading exchange currently specializing in crypto derivatives, has announced the launch of a new trading competition with a prize pool of $15,000. From August 5 to September 9, new and existing users on the Bitflex platform...
Study: Number of People Working in Blockchain Industry Went up by 76%, Large Gap in Demand for Technical Talent Exists
12.8.2022
The number of people working in the blockchain industry went up by 76% year-on-year as of June 2022, a study undertaken by the professional networking platform Linkedin and the crypto trading app OKX has found. The study also found there is “a large gap in demand for technical talent in...
Picpay Rolls Out Crypto Trading Options to More Than 30 Million Users in Brazil
12.8.2022
Picpay, a payments and wallet app, is now providing cryptocurrency services to more than 30 million users in Brazil. The company, that had announced this rollout last month, now allows its customers to purchase, hold, and sell digital assets from its platform. The organization partnered with Paxos...
Crypto Exchange Hotbit Suspends Service After Law Enforcement Freezes Its Funds, Subpoenas Senior Managers
12.8.2022
Crypto exchange Hotbit has announced the suspension of trading, deposits, withdrawals, and funding on its platform. The exchange said law enforcement has frozen some of its funds and subpoenaed some senior managers as they investigate a criminal case involving the exchange’s former employee....
DeFi platform Oasis to block wallet addresses deemed at-risk
11.8.2022
Users report that their sessions were disconnected when trying to interact with Oasis with allegedly high risk wallets
Maple, a DeFi Platform for Institutional Lending, Unveils New $30M Liquidity Pool
11.8.2022
The new lending pool is backed by crypto-native investment firm Maven 11
ReadON Completes $2M Seed Round to Build a Decentralized Content Distribution Platform
11.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. ReadON (readon.me), a company that aims to provide users with a brand-new content consumption experience by utilizing blockchain, completed its seed investment round of $2M led by SevenX Ventures. Other investors included HashKey Capital, Foresight Ventures, Sky9 Capital, ArkStream...
Elon Musk Sells Tesla Shares Worth Nearly $7 Billion — Plans to Buy TSLA Stock Back if Twitter Deal Falls Through
10.8.2022
Elon Musk has sold nearly 8 million Tesla shares worth almost $7 billion. “It is important to avoid an emergency sale of Tesla stock” if Twitter forces him to close the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, the Tesla CEO stressed. Elon Musk Sells Nearly 8 Million TSLA...
Defi Attacker Siphons $570,000 From Curve Finance, Crypto Exchange Fixedfloat Freezes 112 Ethereum
10.8.2022
Reports indicate that the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve was hacked for $570,000 in ethereum after people noticed that Curve’s front end was exploited. The attackers then tried to launder the funds via the crypto exchange Fixedfloat, and the trading platform’s team...
Crypto Trading Platform Hotbit Suspends Service Amid Criminal Investigation Into Former Employee
10.8.2022
Hotbit suspended crypto trading, deposits and withdrawals due to a criminal investigation into a former employee that led law-enforcement authorities to freeze some of the firm's funds
German Crypto Exchange Nuri Files for Insolvency
10.8.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Nuri has filed for insolvency, reportedly becoming Germany’s first fintech to take the step in a challenging year for startups in the industry. Customer access to the platform’s services and their funds will not be affected, the company assured. Crypto Exchange...
Blockchain Payments Platform Ansible Labs, Founded by Visa Alums, Raises $7M
10.8.2022
The startup is building a bank-grade off-ramp for Web3 transactions
South Korean Web 2 Metaverse Platform Zepeto Gets a Web3 Makeover
10.8.2022
The new platform, which is being built on the Solana blockchain, is a collaboration between Naver-owned Zepeto and Jump Crypto, the cryptocurrency arm of U.S.-based Jump Trading
Polygon and Neowiz Launching Intella X, Web3 Game Platform
10.8.2022
Polygon recently announced a partnership with Neowiz Corporation to release Intella X, an upcoming Web3 game platform. The collaboration will bring several popular Neowiz titles like Brave Nine and Cats & Soup to Web3. Neowiz holds unmatched prominence in the South Korean market as a renowned...
Kazakhstan Investigates Crypto Mining Hotel Allegedly Operating as Ponzi Scheme
10.8.2022
Authorities in Kazakhstan have launched an investigation into a mining hotel business suspected of being a crypto pyramid as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal activities linked to cryptocurrencies. The platform, called Bincloud, lured investors through popular messaging apps. Bincloud...
Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul, and Beeple Dusted by OFAC-Banned Tornado Cash Transactions
9.8.2022
Following the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) banning Tornado Cash and a number of associated Ethereum-based addresses, an anonymous Tornado Cash user has dusted a swathe of well known wallets tied to ENS domain names. Onchain data shows that a number...
OFAC’s Tornado Cash Ban Causes Github Suspensions and the Blacklisting of Crypto Addresses Holding $437M
9.8.2022
On August 8, the ethereum mixing service Tornado Cash, and all the crypto addresses associated with the platform, were officially banned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Following the ban, the internet hosting service for software and open source code...
Crypto Intelligence Platform Messari Plans to Raise $35M at $300M Valuation: Report
9.8.2022
Messari raised $21 million last year in a round led by Steve Cohen's Point72 Ventures
Blockchain Analytics Platform Merkle Science Raises $19M to Take on Bridge Exploits
9.8.2022
The threat detection company added funding to its Series A round, which now totals more than $24 million