There’s a new multi-billion fund in the crypto market: FTX Ventures. The exchange operator has set aside $2 billion for the new fund
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The city may also offer an additional discount if property taxes are paid in bitcoin.
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More than 300 investors have linked up to fuel crypto accelerator DeFi Alliance’s shift to a decentralized autonomous organization.
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Quick Take
- Tornado Cash uses zero-knowledge proof to break linkages between fund sender and receivers.
- Token incentive was leveraged to attract liquidity as the total value locked in Tornado Cash increased tenfold in 2021.
- Tornado Cash Nova enables deposits and withdrawals of arbitrary amounts of Ether, as well as shielded transfers of deposited tokens within the pools.
China’s Blockchain Services Network will provide the tech to implement NFTs into personal user interfaces in exchange for Chinese yuan.
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Switzerland’s central bank has concluded phase two of its wholesale CBDC test in conjunction with the BIS and commercial banks.
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Tesla is testing the Dogecoin (DOGE) payment option, according to source code from its website analyzed by a third-party engineer.
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A legal fight has emerged between the Ethereum-focused company ConsenSys and a former venture executive.
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One scheme identified key people and conversations within a prominent company to facilitate the attack against crypto startups.
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Gemini has acquired BITRIA (formerly Blockchange), a crypto portfolio management platform for financial advisors.
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