Bitcoin Miner Marathon Mined $15M Worth Kaspa Tokens to Diversify Revenue
The miner has mined 93 million worth of KAS tokens since Sept. 2023.Source
Archive for month: June, 2024
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).Source
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.Source
Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase
The bitcoin was seized from Silk Road vendor.Source
Hydrogen Technology Execs Jailed for HYDRO Price Manipulation
CEO Michael Kane and Shane Hampton, head of financial engineering, were sentenced to a total of more than six years in prison.Source
Renewed Bullishness Expected After Bitcoin, Ether’s $10B Options Expiry on Friday
Over 25% of options are set to expire “in the money,” Deribit’s Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk.Source
Cardano Unfazed By Failed DDoS Attack Targeting Staked ADA
No downtime was observed as a Cardano developer managed to attack the attacker and take back some funds.Source
Ron Wyden on FISA Reform and Crypto
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has been a long-standing member of the U.S. Senate, and was a sponsor or co-sponsor of several key pieces of legislation enabling broad adoption of the internet. More recently, he voted in favor of a House Resolution overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, and questioned threats to personal and financial privacy online. Last month, he spoke at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2024 conference. As with previous versions of this newsletter, my questions have been shortened but the Senator’s responses. have only been edited lightly.Source
Solana Adds ‘Blinks’ and ‘Actions’ so Users Can Trade Crypto on Their Favorite Social Apps
The epicenter of the latest “meme coin” hype, Solana is introducing new tools designed to make crypto trading more accessible.Source