The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has released a new study titled “Bitcoin electricity consumption: an improved assessment” which has sparked conversations among crypto enthusiasts and environmentalists. Daniel Batten, a prominent climate activist and Bitcoin environmental analyst, commented on the matter, noting that the CCAF model overestimated the BTC energy demand by 16.8% in […]
Wall Street Memes (WSM) is a new meme coin that has attracted whale buys of over 500 ETH, worth over $1 million. It is inspired by the Wall Street Bets movement, which made headlines during the last crypto bull run. The project has a large social media presence built around posting memes, and has even […]
Robinhood, the popular online brokerage firm, has reached an agreement with the United States Marshal Service to repurchase shares previously associated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s Emergent Fidelity Technologies, amounting to $605.7 million. The shares were seized and transferred to the U.S. government after Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Emergent filed for bankruptcy protection last year. Investors responded positively […]
Robinhood, a cryptocurrency and stock trading platform, has completed the purchase of 55,273,469 shares from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang. The shares, originally held by Emergent Fidelity Technologies, were seized by the U.S. Department of Justice in January. The purchase, which cost Robinhood roughly $606 million, was approved by the […]
Bitcoin (BTC) has returned to the $26,000 price level after a U.S. court ruled in favor of digital asset management company Grayscale Investments in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ruling ordered the SEC to vacate its decision to reject Grayscale’s application to turn its flagship fund into a spot Bitcoin […]
Ivan Bianco, a popular Brazilian crypto streamer known as Fraternidade Crypto, recently experienced a devastating loss of over $60,000 during a live-stream session. He inadvertently disclosed his private keys to the public, causing ripples of astonishment within the digital currency community. In a frantic bid to salvage his cryptocurrency holdings, he swiftly ended the stream […]
Pikamoon is a leading P2E platform that is set to revolutionize the GameFi industry with its unique technology and native token, $PIKA. The platform is built on two of the best blockchain networks in the industry: Ethereum and MultiversX, making it a multi-blockchain crypto. This gives it features such as lightning-fast transaction speed, high-end security […]
zkPass is an advanced privacy-preserving protocol for private data verification that allows users to securely and selectively validate their data from any HTTPS website. It is the ideal solution whenever trust and privacy are essential. The zkPass Pre-alpha Testnet presents a transformative approach to private data verification, built on the bedrock of Multi-Party Computation (MPC), […]
Bitwise Trust Fund has withdrawn its application for a Bitcoin and Ethereum Market Cap Weight Strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company stated that no securities of the Fund were sold or will be sold, pursuant to the above-mentioned Post-Effective Amendment to the Trust’s Registration Statement. This move […]
Polygon has recently open sourced its Chain Development Kit, a tool set that harnesses zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) technology to ensure security and fast finality for Ethereum’s ETH ecosystem. Jordi Baylina, technical lead of Polygon Hermez zkEVM, spoke to Cointelegraph about the new tool set, which is publicly available on a Github repository. According to Baylina, […]
