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The Defiance Digital Revolution ETF will cease activity by the end of February.

A dress rehearsal for the network’s highly anticipated upgrade will allow staking firms and crypto exchanges to test users’ ability to withdraw staked ETH.

The crypto lender tapped software to keep track of its finances primarily used by smaller businesses.

The social NFT firm is sunsetting its Ethereum sidechain, citing market headwinds.

Did the Floki DAO really vote to destroy almost 5 trillion FLOKI tokens? Yes. Are those tokens worth $100 million? Well, it’s complicated.

The $61 million deal significantly reduces the sizeable debt burden facing Greenidge, which was recently considering voluntary bankruptcy.

The 467-page report on Celsius alleges how one of the industry’s biggest retail lenders became one of its top borrowers.

The “HackaTron” returns with six tracks for Web3 developers, including new Builder and Eco-Friendly categories.

Suitors for BlockFi’s distressed assets have until February 20 to make their bids following fresh approval from the bankruptcy court.

The rival asset manager Osprey says operators of GBTC knew it was never likely to become an ETF, but marketed it on this basis anyway.

Alameda seeks to recover $446 million in repaid loans to the defunct digital asset manager Voyager Digital.

Digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain are a perennial goal, but some of Bitcoin’s biggest backers don’t like the idea.

After abandoning proposed license changes, the Dungeons & Dragons campaign against Web3 has apparently reached its end.

Users will now be warned away from flagged apps and shown more detail about what certain actions will allow.

BTC and ETH followed U.S. stocks today for losses of 5% and 6% on the day, respectively.

Dogecoin saw modest gains after a report suggesting that Twitter’s payments product could support crypto.

The new rewards card from Binance and Mastercard will offer users in Brazil up to 8% cashback on select cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.

FTX believes that continuing bankruptcy proceedings with Turkish entities involved will only result “in a waste of scarce resources.”

Mining Bitcoin just got a bit harder as the network’s difficulty jumped another 4.68% on Sunday.

Yet another Secret Network validator will move to shut down its nodes following the project’s governance conflict and a recent node update.

FTX’s Australian subsidiary earned an operating license in the country by buying an existing business, say regulators.

Both legal teams involved in the disgraced FTX founder’s criminal case put forward dueling explanations for his conduct.

MATIC has been moving up as a zero-knowledge chain upgrade draws closer.

Founder and CEO Tor Bair rejects accusations of mishandling funds and a drastic reform plan.

Also, El Salvador’s Bitcoin-loving head of state Nayib Bukele wants the world to know that his country is still solvent.

The so-called Cryptoqueen turned up in a British government filing, though some say the connection is tenuous.

In our January 28, 2023 week in review episode, Dan Roberts, Matthew Diemer, and Kate Irwin talk about more layoffs in crypto and broader tech (including how Google botched its layoffs), the NFT market rebound and Porsche’s NFT drop (fail or surprise success?), Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest claims about FTX US and the surprising list of … Read more

The crypto market’s green streak to start the year ended on Friday as Bitcoin and Ethereum lost steam—but other names saw green.

Fluidity is looking to give DeFi protocols another option for renting out precious liquidity: utility mining.

FEC filings have revealed that the New York congressman, under fire for a plethora of lies and misrepresentations, was a favored candidate among FTX’s leadership.