A new tie-up with payments firm Klarna brings the exchange access to more than 5,000 banks across Europe.
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BleepingComputer claims to have evidence that the ransomware gang DoppelPaymer is demanding 404 BTC from the car firm.
Local firm Bitcoin Suisse has partnered with the canton of Zug, converting cryptocurrency tax payments into Swiss francs.
Chinese bitcoin miner manufacturer Ebang has raised $70 million in a follow-on public offering (FPO) that closed on Wednesday.
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Ether’s derivative market looks overheating amid the cryptocurrency’s rally to new record highs.
The sale gives Christie’s a chance to “dip its toes” in crypto, said a New York representative.
Quick Take
- In September 2020, the Crypto exchange Binance launched an Ethereum-compatible blockchain, with its exchange token BNB as the native token
- While Binance Smart Chain has made tradeoffs in that it is far more centralized than networks like Ethereum, it has used the demand for DeFi activity and the high fees environment to its advantage
- Since Binance Smart Chain launched in September, The Block has identified 103 projects and companies across 13 different verticals currently expanding on its ecosystem
Police seized 1,746 bitcoin mining machines across 21 premises in raids this week.
Async Art, a platform for creating and trading non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has raised over $2 million in seed funding.
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