Crypto Venture Capital Market Rebound Extends Into Second Quarter: Galaxy

The median pre-money deal valuation jumped to highs of $37 million, suggesting that despite a lack of available investment capital a resurgent crypto market has led to increased competition and FOMO among investors, the report said. дальше »

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Crypto Industry Is About to Boom, Is Outperforming the Internet: Architect Partners

The digital asset industry added more than $750 billion in value in the first half of the year, the report said. дальше »

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CleanSpark mined 445 Bitcoin in June, surpasses hash rate target

CleanSpark’s CEO Zach Bradford said his firm has set its sights on increasing future hash rate instead of branching out to alternative revenue streams. дальше »

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Apple to take up observer role on OpenAI board

Apple will receive an observer role on OpenAI’s board as part of an earlier agreement with the firm, Bloomberg said on July 2. Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, who heads the company’s App Store, manages product launch events, and formerly headed company marketing, will take the board position. дальше »

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Galaxy expects spot Ethereum ETF in July, is optimistic about more crypto ETFs

Galaxy Digital head of asset management Steve Kurz said the SEC could approve a spot Ethereum ETF before the end of July and described prospects for other crypto ETFs. On July 2, Kurz told Bloomberg that he expects approvals in “weeks, not days” and within the month. дальше »

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear

Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk. дальше »

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Worldcoin Hires Former Google, X and Apple Execs to Beef Up Privacy, Security

Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the Worldcoin project, hired four executives to advance its mission to ensure a more just economic system, the company said on Tuesday. дальше »

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No, Denmark did not propose banning self-custody wallets

The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority said the exemption of self-custodial wallets from MiCA doesn’t mean such wallets should be banned. дальше »

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HashKey launches tap-to-earn bot on Telegram to woo retailers with its HSK token

Hong Kong’s crypto exchange HashKey has rolled out its own tap-to-earn bot in Telegram in a bid to boost hype around its HSK token. HashKey Group, an Asia-based crypto services company, said in a press release shared with crypto.news that customers… дальше »

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Ether Spot ETFs to See Up to $5B of Net Inflows in First Six Months: Gemini

Ether’s market value relative to bitcoin is close to multiyear lows, and strong inflows into spot ETH ETFs could spark a catch-up trade, the report said дальше »

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Bitcoin Traders Position for ‘Bullish July’ as BTC ETFs Record $124M Inflows

Bitcoin has a median return of 9.6% in July and tends to bounce back strongly, one trading firm said. дальше »

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SEC files lawsuit against FTX-linked bank, alleging fraud

Enforcement director Gurbir Grewal said Silvergate allegedly “failed to detect nearly $9 billion in suspicious transfers among FTX and its related entities.” дальше »

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Coinbase will custody digital assets for US Marshals Service

The crypto exchange said the federal agency had selected its institutional investing arm “to provide custody and advanced trading services” for large-cap digital assets. дальше »

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Crypto Spot ETFs Will Have More Influence on Market's Price Action: Canaccord

Ether spot ETFs, once launched, should help broaden institutional appetite for other digital assets, the report said. дальше »

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Metaplanet Buys Another $1.2M Worth of Bitcoin as Investment Strategy Progresses

The Japanese investment adviser said it acquired more than 20.2 BTC. дальше »

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Worldcoin’s WorldID to arrive on Solana via Wormhole grant

The Worldcoin Foundation announced a $70,000 grant to Wormhole to support WorldID verification on the Solana blockchain. In a June 27 statement, Worldcoin said the ID integration effort will “equip the Solana ecosystem with a much-needed tool” for proving humanness. дальше »

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Paradigm calls on European markets regulator to show nuance regarding MEV

The venture capitalist firm said ESMA’s approach to crypto market abuse could be a disaster for the industry without suggesting any better ideas. дальше »

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Coinbase ‘not aware’ of any customer data breach after Au10tix credential leak

Compliance platform Au10tix said that although a credential was leaked, there is no evidence that it was used to obtain customer data, and Coinbase said it is unaware of any breach. дальше »

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Maker price surges 7% amid $1.35 million audit contest

Maker price rose more than 7% to lead altcoin gainers alongside Kaspa and Injective. Gains for MKR came as new upside momentum emerged amid a massive $1. 35 million Endgame audit contest. MakerDAO said in a recent post that blockchain security platform Sherlock will the host the bug hunt contest from July 8 to August 5, […] The post Maker price surges 7% amid $1. дальше »

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Marathon Digital diversifies revenue by mining Kaspa, aims for 16% global hash rate

Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital is diversifying its revenue by mining Kaspa, a proof-of-work (PoW) layer 1 blockchain network. The miner said it became interested in Kaspa in May 2023 when its internal analysis revealed diversifying opportunities beyond Bitcoin mining. дальше »

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BlockDAG Excels, Outshining Lido DAO & Arbitrum in Crypto Race

BlockDAG Dominates With Unparalleled Transaction Speed & $30 Forecast, Beating Lido DAO Price Prediction & Arbitrum Potential Who said that speed and profit cannot exist in a single project? BlockDAG serves these two on a golden platter. дальше »

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Coinbase says it will not facilitate Ocean-Fetch AI merger

Coinbase said it would not facilitate the migration of two assets related to the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (ASI) token merger in a June 26 statement. Instead of executing migrations for Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) and Fetch. дальше »

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US State Dept offers $5M reward for OneCoin ’Cryptoqueen’

Bulgaria’s Acting Prosecutor General said Ruja Ignatova would be charged in absentia, while the FBI listed a $5 million reward for the OneCoin founder. дальше »

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Here’s Why Tether Has Ceased Minting USDT On EOS And Algorand

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Binance’s Dubai unit wins VASP license

Dubai’s crypto regulator has granted a virtual asset provider license to Binance’s Dubai-based branch Binance FZE. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday that its Dubai branch, Binance FZE, has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual… дальше »

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Ether Spot ETFs to Attract $15B of Net Inflows in First 18 Months: Bitwise

Investors are likely to allocate funds to ETFs in proportion to the relative market caps of bitcoin and ether, the report said. дальше »

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Ether Spot ETFs Could See Lower Demand Compared to Bitcoin Peers: Bernstein

Ether and other digital assets need a better regulatory regime and the narrative is expected to improve around the U.S. elections later this year, the report said. дальше »

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Hong Kong shows off crypto, Web3 prowess in Toronto

Canadian crypto and Web3 startups could benefit from “lower taxes” and regulations that cater to “pre-commercial specialist technology companies,” said a Toronto ETO official. дальше »

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Mt. Gox Redemption Fears ‘Overblown’ Say Traders as $10B BTC Holdings Draw Concerns

The defunct crypto exchange’s trustees said Monday they are preparing to start distributing bitcoin (BTC) stolen from clients in a 2014 hack in the first week of July. дальше »

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Bitcoin Threatens $60K on Mt. Gox News, but Sales Could Be Less Than Feared

Prices are sharply lower on Monday after the trustee for the defunct crypto exchange said it will begin returning more than 140,000 bitcoin to clients whose assets were stolen in a 2014 hack. дальше »

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Farcana (FAR) plunges 60% amid reports of hacked wallet

In a now-deleted X post, blockchain game Farcana said that one of its crypto wallets “has been compromised,” triggering a 60% plunge for FAR. Farcana, a blockchain-based shooter game with tournaments, seems to have suffered a significant security breach, resulting… дальше »

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Bitcoin Mining Sector Is Attracting Growing Investor Interest Following Core Scientific Deal: JPMorgan

Iris Energy is best positioned to take advantage of the HPC/AI opportunity, the report said. дальше »

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Majority of Japanese Institutional Investors Plan to Invest in Crypto in Next Three Years: Nomura Survey

54% of respondents said they planned to invest in cryptocurrencies in the next three years and 25% of firms said they had a positive impression of digital assets, the study said. дальше »

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Softbank CEO says company’s purpose is to create ‘artificial super intelligence’

Billionaire finance mogul Masayoshi Son also said that AI will be 10,000X smarter than humans by 2035.

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Consensys to continue lawsuit against SEC as ‘battle far from over’

Consensys head of litigation Laura Brookover said the company would continue to sue the SEC as the “battle” for regulatory clarity is “far from over. ” In a June 21 interview with CNBC, Brookover said that despite ending the Ethereum 2. дальше »

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McKinsey Sees Just $2T of Tokenized RWAs by 2030 in Base Case, With Broad Adoption 'Still Far Away'

Tokenization adoption will happen in waves led by assets such as mutual funds, bonds, loans, McKinsey said in a report. дальше »

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U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria, Call for Release

The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed. дальше »

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Ripple faces securities suit in Cali over ‘misleading’ statements from 2017

The lawsuit focuses on an allegedly misleading statement from 2017 where Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he was "very, very long" on XRP. The post Ripple faces securities suit in Cali over ‘misleading’ statements from 2017 appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Winklevoss twins slam Biden for ‘anti-crypto’ policies, endorse Trump as ‘pro-crypto choice’

Gemini co-founders Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss endorsed former US President Donald Trump and said they intend to vote for him in November because he is the “pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto and pro-business choice. дальше »

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Should you buy Ethereum? Bitwise CIO shares 3 reasons to be bullish

Matthew Hougan, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Bitwise Asset Management has shared his outlook for crypto – specifically why Ethereum may be good addition to an investor’s portfolio. Hougan said in an X post there are three reasons one may… дальше »

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DeFi Technologies Stock Sell-Off Is 'Attractive Buying Opportunity,' Benchmark Says

The stock lost nearly half of its value earlier this week following the tumble in altcoins and after the publication of a negative opinion piece in a crypto newsletter, the report said. дальше »

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Iran to pilot CDBC in Kish Island starting July

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will begin a trial of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rial, in Kish Island starting in July. The central bank said on June 19 that banking network customers and tourists can use the digital rial wallet to make purchases and transfers between wallets via barcode without […] The post Iran to pilot CDBC in Kish Island starting July appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Circle CEO describes unprecedented optimism about the future of crypto

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said he has “never been more optimistic than right now” about the future of crypto in his 11 years leading the firm behind the USDC stablecoin. In a detailed social media post, Allaire outlined his reasons for this positive outlook, emphasizing the potential of crypto and the progress made over the […] The post Circle CEO describes unprecedented optimism about the future of crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Bitcoin, Crypto-Related Stocks Are Ripe for Institutional Adoption: Bernstein

Spot bitcoin ETFs are expected to be approved by major wirehouses and large private bank platforms in the third and fourth quarters, the report said. дальше »

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SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys, Won't Sue Over Ethereum

The U.S. regulator closed its investigation into "Ethereum 2.0," Consensys said. дальше »

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IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East's Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be essential to achieving intended policy goals, instead addressing underlying constraints and improving other digital payment systems may be a more practical alternative, a survey of 19 central banks in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) region by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) has said. дальше »

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SEC to drop investigation into Ethereum: Consensys

The SEC’s enforcement division said it’s closing its investigation into Ethereum, though Consensys says the fight isn’t over yet. дальше »

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Trump reaffirms pledge to end Biden’s ‘war on crypto’ at Wisconsin rally

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to “end Joe Biden’s war on crypto” at a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on June 18. Trump said he aims to “ensure that the future of crypto and the future of Bitcoin will be made in America. дальше »

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Canada lacks engagement from lawmakers on crypto — Coinbase exec

The Canada country director for Coinbase said local regulators were “much more collaborative” with the industry than their U.S. counterparts, but politicians were falling short. дальше »

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MicroStrategy Is Pioneering Bitcoin Capital Markets, Bernstein Says

Michael Saylor’s firm is the only corporation that has developed institutional demand for bitcoin linked convertibles, the report said. дальше »

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