Liechtenstein is a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, and renewed his Russian passport in 2019, say prosecutors. The two also traveled to Ukraine in 2019 for a month-long trip together. While the defense says it was just a vacation, prosecutors contend...
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“Rampant” issues relating to minting counterfeit nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have forced popular platform Cent to halt some operations. Founded in 2017, Cent kicked off as a “social network and informal platform for creative experimentation.” In 2020, the team...
Animoca Brands announced today that the company has formed a collaboration with Brinc, a Hong Kong-based leader in global venture acceleration, to launch a $30 million program. Dubbed ‘Guild Accelerator Program’, the newly introduced program will facilitate the expansion...
Blockdaemon, an independent blockchain infrastructure platform & staking-as-a-service provider, today announced a new partnership with Energy Web, a global nonprofit organization building operating systems for energy grids using open-source decentralized technologies. As a certified Energy Web validator node operator,...
The use of cryptocurrency by Ukrainians is an effort to fight back against Russian troops positioned in their country. A blockchain analytics firm Elliptic revealed that Ukrainian crowdfunding had increased 900% since 2021, with most donations coming from within...
The Cryptopunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection has seen a new record as the NFT Cryptopunk #5822 sold on Saturday for 8,000 ether or more than $23 million. The new owner of the NFT, Deepak Thapliyal, the CEO of a...
The biggest driver for overall inflation continued to be used-car prices, with an increase of 40.5% in January from a year ago and 1.5% higher than in December. Food prices surged 0.9% month-over-month, adding up to a 7% increase...
2021 was a big year for cryptocurrency. El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. In November 2021, the price of Bitcoin hit an all-time high approaching the psychologically significant mark of $70,000. And,...
Bitcoin exchange supply is shrinking. Amid global adoption and holding trends, BTC owners have moved their digital assets from trading platforms to crypto wallets substantially in the last three years. Santiment’s recent data highlights a sharp surge in Bitcoin...
Humanode, a crypto-biometric network where one human equals one node and crypto firm Paradigm’s in-house project, today announced it successfully closed a $2 million seed funding round. Led by Republic Capital, the seed round was supported by others including...