Bitcoin Miner Marathon Mined $15M Worth Kaspa Tokens to Diversify Revenue
The miner has mined 93 million worth of KAS tokens since Sept. 2023.
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Abra Settles With 25 States for Operating Without Licenses, Will Return Up to $82M to U.S. Customers
Crypto investment platform Abra and its founder and CEO William “Bill” Barhydt have settled with 25 state financial regulators for operating its mobile application without the proper licenses, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS).
The Protocol: Blast’s $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin’s Mt. Gox Moment
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we’re covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero’s “pay-to-claim” airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution.
Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase
The bitcoin was seized from Silk Road vendor.
Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto
In politics, money talks, but the donors and organizers behind crypto’s massive U.S. campaign fund don’t. The digital assets industry has amassed a juggernaut of campaign finance, a $169 million fund that’s capable of steering many contests this year and could decide the makeup of next year’s Congress. It’s already scored more than 20 victories, including high-profile elections in California and, just this week, New York.
ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris
The Fortune 500 firm initially demanded an end to the crypto named for its nicotine pouch, but backed down after realizing there was no entity to sue.
U.S. State Department Offers New $5M Reward for Missing ‘Cryptoqueen’
OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova went missing in Athens in 2017.
Ora, Aiming to ‘Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,’ Raises $20M
The project, founded in 2022, says it aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its “on-chain AI oracle.”
Blast Token Debuts at $3B Value as 17% of Supply Airdropped to Early Adopters
Blast is the second largest layer 2 network with $1.6 billion in TVL.
Animoca Looks to Go Public in Hong Kong or Middle East in 2025: Report
The prominent Web3 investor has held talks with investment banks, but is yet to finalize an advisor.