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A federal court jury in Los Angeles has awarded Michael Ho $138 million after finding crypto mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. guilty of breaching a Non-Disclosure/Non-Circumvention Agreement. Ho had shared proprietary information about a large-scale energy supplier with Marathon, which had agreed not to bypass him. However, Marathon circumvented Ho and engaged directly with … Read more
Metaplanet Inc. announced on July 22 the purchase of an additional 200 million yen worth of bitcoin, amounting to 20.381 BTC. This latest acquisition completes the company’s 1 billion yen ($6.4 million) bitcoin purchase plan, which was initially disclosed on June 24. With this final purchase, Metaplanet’s total bitcoin holdings now stand at 245.992 BTC. … Read more
NPC Labs, an onchain product distribution platform founded by former members of Base, has successfully raised $18 million in a Seed Round led by Pantera Capital. The funding round saw participation from prominent investors such as Makers Fund, Hashed, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and Mantle Ecofund. This latest funding round brings the total … Read more
In response to compliance requests from Japan’s Financial Services Agency, crypto exchange Gate.io has announced the suspension of new account registrations for customers based in Japan, effective from July 22, 2024. The exchange is ceasing all services in the country due to regulatory pressures. However, Gate.io has expressed its intention to comply with Japanese laws … Read more
Telegram, the popular messaging app, has reached 950 million monthly active users worldwide, according to its founder Pavel Durov. The app has served as a platform for the popularization and growth of several cryptocurrency projects featuring tap-to-earn mechanics, such as Notcoin and the recently popular Hamster Kombat. Durov stated that the number of users has … Read more
Kim Byoung-hwan, the nominee for head of South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), expressed caution about corporations holding bank accounts for cryptocurrency transactions. Speaking at a parliamentary session on Monday, Kim, a former vice finance minister, emphasized: “Taking into consideration the chaos we have experienced in the virtual asset market in … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an extension for its decision on proposed rule changes from various self-regulatory organizations regarding the listing and trading of options on trusts holding bitcoin. The organizations involved include Box Exchange LLC, Cboe Exchange Inc., Miax International Securities Exchange LLC, Miax Pearl LLC, Nasdaq ISE LLC, and … Read more
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has publicly praised the prediction market Polymarket for their impressive performance. He commended the platform not only for accurately predicting outcomes well in advance but also for actively contributing to collective decision-making through the visibility of conditional odds of different candidates. As recently reported, following the announcement that President Joe Biden … Read more
Boyaa Interactive, a public gaming company based in Hong Kong, has announced a strategic investment in the UTXO Bitcoin Ecosystem Fund. The company plans to allocate $1,000,000 to this initiative, aimed at promoting the Group’s business development and expansion in the Web3 industry. Boyaa aims to ‘deepen its presence in the Web3 industry, leverage the … Read more
The recent addition of laser eyes, a feature popular among bitcoin enthusiasts, to Elon Musk’s profile picture has spurred speculation around his potential involvement in the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 Conference to be held in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Eleanor Terrett, a Fox Business journalist, Musk arrived in Tennessee on July 21. She suggested that Musk’s … Read more
