Major mining hardware manufacturer TSMC has announced plans to build a $12 million facility in Arizona. The world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer and third-largest chip manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, has announced plans to build a $12 factory in Arizona. The move comes after TSMC suffered significant disruptions across its supply chain amid the […]
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German bank WEG has partnered with Anquan Capital to explore DLT applications in the banking and financial services industries. Ten31, the FinTech arm of Germany’s WEG Bank, has partnered with Singaporean technology incubator, Anquan Capital. While the entities have yet to detail the specific projects they’ll work together on, a press release announced that the […]
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A stabilized coin, together with Bitcoin, might be the answer to fiat currency hyperinflation, says the founder of Saga. Ido Sadeh Man, founder of the global stabilized digital currency, Saga, spoke with Cointelegraph in an interview on May 15. During the interview, he said that a digital currency backed by a basket of strong fiat […]
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Despite heavy losses in VC funding across the crypto sector at large, DeFi lending firms saw a more than 50% increase in fundraising during April. A report published by venture capital research firm, Ana.vc, has revealed a 57% decline in crypto funding from VCs over the month of April. Despite the decline in overall investment, […]
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The Web3 Foundation is holding off on its plan to redenominate Polkadot’s DOT tokens following a non-binding community referendum. The Web3 Foundation has pushed back its proposal to redenominate 100x of Polkadot’s (DOT) supply after conducting a community referendum on the Kusama network. While the referendum, dubbed a Polkassembly, largely saw support for the proposal, […]
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently saw record Bitcoin trading numbers in multiple categories. Mainstream market exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently posted record numbers for its Bitcoin (BTC) trading products. May 14 yielded open interest of 10,792 Bitcoin futures trading contracts at CME, totalling 53,960 BTC — an all-time high for […]
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After posting Bitcoin inquiry on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling held her own amid a flood of various comments from the crypto community. Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, recently asked for an explanation of Bitcoin (BTC) on Twitter, bringing an onslaught of commentary from the crypto community. “This started as a joke, but now […]
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SBI Holdings plans to integrate Ripple-powered settlement across Japanese ATMs. Ripple partner and investor, SBI Holdings, announced plans to integrate Ripple-powered settlements across ATMs in Japan. The news was revealed in SBI’s latest financial report, announcing a plan to integrate the Ripple-powered settlements platform MoneyTap with ATMs run by various banks across Japan. The integration […]
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Visa filed a patent for central banks to print fiat currency digitally using blockchain technology. With this move, the multi-national payment solution is anticipating a move of government-backed fiat currencies to the blockchain. While this is a bold technological move, it is counter to Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision for crypto and blockchain technology. Crypto is […]
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Local police have busted Wotoken, China’s second ten-figure crypto Ponzi. The scam, Wotoken, took in roughly $1 billion worth of crypto at current prices from over 715,000 victims. One of the scam’s core operators is purportedly linked to PlusToken — a multi-billion Ponzi that is believed to have impacted the price trajectory of Bitcoin (BTC) […]
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