Chainlink’s LINK token set a new record price early on Monday, and other altcoins are seeing solid gains.
Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced that it is shutting down after witnessing a “carefully planned attack” last month.
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Following an alleged December breach, the trading platform now says it will close and repay users any remaining funds.
The trader had operated a registered digital currency exchange, but said he was unable to continue operating without banking services.
The security token offering enables investors in select EU countries to share in future profits, Exordium says.
Prices fell by 6% in the seven days to Jan. 17, a weekly fall not seen since the first week of September.
The $6 million Series A round was led by Middle-Eastern VC firm MEVP Capital.
The mostly ASIC devices used to mine bitcoin are said to have been consuming 95 megawatts per hour of electricity at a reduced rate.
Offline mapping app Maps.me, which boasts 140 million users, has raised $50 million in a seed round to build a DeFi ecosystem inside the map.
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The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet on Maps.me and enable a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
