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Former Marine and South Carolina Politician Raises $200M to Start Bitcoin Mining Company

Former gubernatorial candidate John Warren started Gem Mining earlier this year with four other partners.

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Chatex Users Ask US Treasury to Release Crypto Frozen by Sanctions

Retail customers were swept up by actions meant to punish a crypto firm accused of money laundering.

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SEC Rejects WisdomTree’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Application

The decision comes seven months after the agency said it would start evaluating the asset manager’s application.

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Top Blockchain University: Arizona State University

Ranked 30th, this top blockchain university fosters strong academic partnerships between pupil and professor.

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Top Blockchain University: University of California, Los Angeles

Ranked 25th, the California institution is intertwining blockchain, academics and athletics.

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Top Blockchain University: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Students and professors at 22nd-ranked UIUC have won prestigious blockchain competitions and recognition globally.

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Top Blockchain University: Stanford University

The 12th-ranked university operates “The Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law and Policy,” the first peer-reviewed journal focused on blockchain and the law.

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Top Blockchain University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ranked fifth, MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative serves as the epicenter of blockchain research in the United States.

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IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021

The seizures by the U.S. tax agency included $1 billion in crypto related to the darknet market Silk Road.

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Blockchain Association Raises $4M to Grow Its Presence on Capitol Hill

Kraken, Digital Currency Group (DCG) and the Filecoin Foundation participated in the round.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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