Digital Assets Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $10M in Series A Funding
The company plans to reach $16 million by the end of a second closing.
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Ethereum-Based Swell Imports Wrapped Bitcoin to Serve as Liquid Restaking Token
Users can deposit their wBTC to get swBTC in return, with yield expected to start flowing from mid-September – as part of a blockchain “restaking” scheme ultimately designed to secure protocols in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem.
Hut 8 Upgraded to Buy, Risk Reward Is to the Upside: H.C. Wainwright
The broker upgraded the bitcoin miner’s shares to buy from sell and raised its price target on the stock to $13.50 from $7.50.
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: RNDR and SOL Propel Index to a 1.3% Increase
Render climbs 3.3% while Solana adds 3.0%, helping drive the index upward.
Thailand’s PM Removed, But Crypto Policies Likely to Remain ‘Largely’ Unaffected in Political Uncertainty
Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s shock removal from office by a court on Wednesday may not impact crypto rules in the nation, even if some policy implementations may be affected, experts told CoinDesk.
Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M
The large funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.
U.S. CPI Rose 0.2% in July, Matching Expectations
The U.S. CPI for July was released on Wednesday (Maria Lin Kim/Unsplash)
Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With ‘EVM Object Format’
The EOF proposal is a series of smaller EIPs that include measures aimed at updating and improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and arguably Ethereum’s secret sauce that made it different from Bitcoin and other early distributed networks at the time it launched in 2015.
Crypto.com Secures Multiyear Sponsorship Deal With UEFA Champions League
Crypto.com’s sponsorship of the Champions League will be unveiled officially at Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Atalanta in Warsaw.
WazirX Ends Custody Relationship With Liminal, Is Moving Funds to New Multisig Wallets
Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, which suffered a $230 million exploit in July, is ending its relationship with custody provider Liminal.