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eToro Takes Strategic Stake in Onchain Derivatives Exchange Extended, Plans Zengo Tie-Up
eToro has become a strategic investor in Extended, an onchain perpetual futures exchange, and said the round begins a partnership with Zengo, the self-custody wallet eToro acquired earlier this year. Neither company disclosed the investment size.
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BitMine Adds $73 Million in ETH, Pushing Holdings to 4.8% of Supply
BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), the Ethereum treasury company chaired by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, bought 42,197 ETH worth roughly $73 million over the past week, according to the company's own holdings update posted Monday. The purchase lifts BitMine's total to 5,742,237 ETH, about 4.8% of…
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NEAR Governance Votes to Scrap Developer Gas Rebate
NEAR's on-chain governance body, House of Stake, passed proposal HSP-027 to eliminate the protocol's developer gas rebate, a change that will send all network gas fees to be burned rather than partly rebated to smart-contract owners. NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin confirmed the outcome Monday,…
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EDX Markets Closes $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings
EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the firm said in a press release. The Tokyo-listed financial group becomes a strategic investor in the U.S. exchange. The capital will fund…
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Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology to Take 3,500 Bitcoin in Proposed PIPE Financing
Bitcoin Magazine Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology to Take 3,500 Bitcoin in Proposed PIPE Financing Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology plans to accept 3,500 bitcoin in a proposed $220 million PIPE deal, a move that would transform the Chinese insurance-tech firm into the latest public company building a
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Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds
The Government Accountability Office looked at 117 rules across 37 agencies and found 70% had reporting requirements that were overlapping. The post Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds appeared first on CyberScoop .
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Crypto’s US Workforce Is Tiny, But Industry Punches Above Its Weight: Report
Bitcoin Magazine Crypto’s US Workforce Is Tiny, But Industry Punches Above Its Weight: Report There aren't that many crypto jobs in the US but the industry contributes a lot, a new report says. This post Crypto’s US Workforce Is Tiny, But Industry Punches Above Its Weight: Report first a
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Crypto PAC pours $1M into Michigan Democratic primary race
Donavan McKinney, running against Michigan incumbent Shri Thanedar, said that “the crypto lobby is paying my opponent back for helping Trump“ with the PAC-funded ads.