Month: June 2024
Julian Assange Reaches Plea Deal With U.S. DoJ
Wikileaks Co-Founder pleads guilty to single espionage charge in exchange to a sentence for time…
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…
Biden Likely to Win Popular Vote, but Not Presidency, Prediction Market Signals
Plus: $DJT believers dispute the resolution of a Polymarket bet, insisting the “preponderance of evidence”…
The Internet of Things Is Still Broken (But DePIN Can Fix it)
Manufacturers have struggled to make services for smart devices profitable, leading to problems for consumers….
Hut 8 Receives $150M Investment as Thirst for Energy Brings AI Firms to Bitcoin Miners
The funding came from Coatue Management, which is also an investor in CoreWeave, a cloud-computing…
Jump’s Kariya, Who Went From Intern to Crypto Leader, Is Leaving Trading Giant
The Wormhole hack and Terra/Luna blowup happened while he ran Jump’s crypto operation.
Tether to Stop Minting Stablecoin USDT on Algorand and EOS
The circulating supply of the dollar-linked stablecoin on the two blockchains represents roughly 0.1% of…
Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Ditches Bitfarms Takeover Bid, Seeks to Overhaul Board
Riot is Bitfarms’ largest shareholder, owning 14.9% of the firm.
First Mover Americas: Mt. Gox Repayments Worsen BTC Woes
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 24,…
