Crypto Exchange Kraken Paid Dave Portnoy Bitcoin in Sponsorship Deal
The Barstool Sports chief wouldn’t buy at BTC’s current prices, but he’s “always” willing to take it as payment. “I believe in it that much.”
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Chainbase Raises $15M to Grow Omnichain Data Network
Chainbase’s aim is to provide unbiased and transparent veri that is not controlled by a small number of dominant companies.
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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL and ETH Lead Advancers as Index Stays Flat
SOL rose 2.5% overnight, while ETH added 1.3%.
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Standard Chartered, Animoca, and Three Others Join HKMA’s Stablecoin Sandbox as Participants
On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s central bank also said that it planned to present a bill on fiat-referenced stablecoins to the Legislative Council later this year.
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Visa’s Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity is Back Up
Visa and Allium Labs released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024 and there’s a steady growth of monthly active stablecoin users.
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Trades Below $65K Following Wednesday’s Drop
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 18, 2024.
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BlockFi to Start Interim Crypto Distributions Through Coinbase This Month
BlockFi was the first victims of the contagion caused by crypto exchange FTX’s collapse in early November 2022 and filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 28, 2022.
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Indian Crypto Exchange Hack Sends SHIB, WRX Tumbling as Bitcoin, Tether Trade at Massive Discount
Most coins, including market leader bitcoin and USDT, are trading at a significant discount on WazirX.
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Biden Dropout Chances Rise to 68% After Covid Diagnosis
President Joe Biden said during an interview that if a medical condition emerged, he’d consider dropping out of the race.
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Polygon Sets September Date for Migration to POL Token from MATIC
The migration comes as a part of Polygon’s planned revamp laid out last year in its “Polygon 2.0” roadmap. The change was initially proposed in July 2023 to its community, and would make POL the main token for all Polygon networks.