While not released yet, Coinbase is poised to make a splash amongst NFT marketplaces when its upcoming platform does finally launch.
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Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure company, has raised a $207 million funding round that gives the firm a post-money valuation of $3.25 billion, according to a Wednesday afternoon announcement.
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Quick Take
- Affirm, Afterpay and Zip are following in the footsteps of fellow fintechs like Revolut and Robinhood by actively exploring crypto services in 2022.
- Bitcoin cashback, investment services, and even a stablecoin are apparently on the table.
Independent hackers are staging a sort of digital resistance as Russian troops mass on the Ukrainian border.
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Gartner cybersecurity expert Avivah Litan argues that criminals can run, but not hide, in transparent cryptocurrency networks.
UBS will buy the robo-advisory firm Wealthfront for $1.4 billion, the two companies announced Wednesday.
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New York-based software and services provider Digital Asset has added former chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo to its board of directors.
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HAL has received backing from investors to the tune of $3 million amid a recent integration with DeFi money market platform Aave.
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On this episode of The Scoop, eToro’s newly appointed US lead Lule Demmissie explained why she doesn’t see retail’s newfound presence in the market subsiding anytime soon and how eToro plans to capitalize on growing the business across cryptocurrencies and stock trading.
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Putin called on his agencies not to overlook the potential for crypto mining in the country.
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