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Goldman Seeing 'Resurgence of Interest' for Crypto Options From Hedge Fund Clients: Bloomberg
The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. in January led to a pickup in interest from Goldman's existing clients, the report says.
French Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Becomes Chiliz Blockchain Validator
Exaion helps industries with digital transformation related to cloud and blockchain with a focus on addressing energy efficiency of data centers.
Crypto Exchange Backpack Appoints Stripe, Banking Veteran as CFO
Backpack was founded by Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, alums of defunct trading company Alameda Research and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX respectively
Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI
Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.
North Korean Crypto Hackers Have Stolen $3B Since 2017, Says UN Security Council: Report
A UN Security Council panel is investigating 17 crypto heists in 2023, for which North Korea may have been responsible, which were valued at more than $750 million
Guilty Verdict for Woman Accused of Laundering Bitcoin Tied to Alleged $6B China Fraud: Bloomberg
Police in the U.K. seized over 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) worth of related bitcoin in 2018.
Bitcoin's Halving May Be Here Sooner Than You Know (Again)
Several months ago, the halving was expected to take place on April 28; now it's on track to land on April 19 or 20th, depending on time zone. Blame the surge in bitcoin's price, which has attracted more mining power and sped up the network.
Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has an agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in December
Immutable, King River Capital, Polygon Labs Set Up $100M Web3 Gaming Fund
Immutable and Polygon Labs will identify investment opportunities while King River will manage the investment process and deploy the capital across game studios and web3 infrastructure firms.
Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquired Another 9,245 BTC for $623M
The company now holds approximately 214,246 bitcoins, which is more than 1% of all the 21 million of the tokens that will ever exist
