The former P2P file sharing service says its new iteration will allow fans and artists to create, buy and trade digital collectables.
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Atlantic Money, a money transfer fintech founded by former Robinhood employees Neeraj Baid and Patrick Kavanagh, has emerged from stealth.
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The executive order is billed as “the first ever, whole-of-government approach to addressing the risks and harnessing the potential benefits of digital assets and their underlying technology.”
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A now-deleted statement from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen lays out how her department will implement the provisions of a long-awaited executive order from Joe Biden’s White House.
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EthSign has raised $12 million in a seed funding round and all three units of the Sequoia VC have backed the round.
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The Block spoke with Leslie Alessandra, who sold her home in February in a transaction involving an NFT.
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President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order this week prompting different federal agencies to look into cryptocurrencies and examine how they should be regulated in the US, according to multiple reports. The bill could be signed as soon as Wednesday. It will not lay out specific policy, according to Politico. Instead, it […]
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Quick Take
- February was the second-highest month in venture funding for the blockchain/crypto sector, receiving nearly $4.1 billion across 202 funding deals
- For six consecutive months now, the NFTs/Gaming vertical has been the most popular deal type, and for two months prior to that, it was tied for most popular with DeFi
- The Web3 vertical had its biggest funding month in at least 14 months and its funding in dollar terms more than doubled from last month
The three promised investors fixed returns on their investment, but in reality either pocketed the funds or used them to pay prior investors.
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John and Tina Barksdale were charged Tuesday for alleged securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracies to commit both by selling a cryptocurrency called “Ormeus Coin.”
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