• Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Invests in Nocturne Labs $6M Seed Funding Round [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] U.S.-based startup Nocturne Labs secured $6M in seed funding, in part provided by Vitalik Buterin. The series of investments was co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital. It…

5,050 Bitcoin for $5 in 2009: Helsinki’s claim to crypto fame

Helsinki played host to the first Bitcoin for fiat transaction in 2009 — 5050 Bitcoin for $5 — 6 months before Pizza Day. Crypto City Guide. Columns, Crypto City Guides

Polygon Deploys POL Token On Ethereum [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Polygon's new POL token is live on the Ethereum mainnet. Polygon announced the news on Oct. 25, comprising a major milestone in the project’s ongoing “2.0” overhaul. The roadmap…

India Bucks Downtrend By Topping Chainalysis Adoption Index [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Indian users bucked the crypto downtrend, with the country topping Chainalysis’s 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency report. The annual report was published on Oct. 23 and scores 155 countries based…

Maestro Trading Bot Exploited For $500K [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Users of Maestro, a popular cryptocurrency trading bot, lost 280 ETH ($500,000) worth of various memecoins after a recently deployed router contract was exploited on Oct. 24. Shortly following…

Arthur Hayes Says BTC Is Rallying Over US Military Spending, Not ETF Hype [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the BitMEX derivatives exchange, published an essay attributing the crypto market rally to the costs associated with hawkish U.S. foreign policy and not spot…

DeFi Sector Heats Up Amid Broad Market Rally [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] While crypto investors remain fixated on the possibility of a spot Bitcoin ETF launching sooner rather than later, the decentralized finance sector has staged a quiet rally, with many…

dYdX Exchange Open-Sources Code in Anticipation of Transition to Cosmos App Chain [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Decentralized exchange dYdX announced Tuesday it is open-sourcing its code ahead of its transition from a Layer 2 network on Ethereum to becoming a standalone blockchain in the Cosmos…

The Race to buy Bitcoin has BEGUN – Are YOU Bullish? [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Bitcoin is up 30% over the past 30 days, and the CEO of Blackrock is pumping our bags on national television. With an ETF seemingly closer than many investors…

Friendtech Hit By Selloff As SocialFi Whales Move To New Bitcoin City [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] The battle for SocialFi supremacy continues to rage, and while Friendtech may have kicked off the latest boom, its position atop the sector is showing signs of weakening. Over…

Bitcoin Surges To 17-Month High Amid Spot Bitcoin ETF Progress [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] BTC is trading at its highest level since last May as researchers tip that the highly anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund from the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, may…

6 Questions for Adelle Nazarian on crypto, journalism and the future of Bitcoin

Adelle Nazarian and the American Blockchain PAC are in Washington, D.C. fighting for your right to buy and HODL cryp. 6 Questions for…, Columns

Liquity Token Rallies 75% As Fees Spike [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Liquity, a decentralized lending protocol, has seen its utility token, LQTY, surge by over 75% in the past 30 days despite a sluggish market, which can be largely attributed…

Uniswap Visa Card Proposal is Facing Opposition Among UNI Token Holders [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] A Uniswap governance proposal from Fiat 24 bank about issuing a Visa card with the unicorn logo is facing opposition so far, with majority of token holders voting no.…

Worldcoin to Start Paying Orb Operators in WLD by November [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Worldcoin will start phasing out USDC to pay Orb Operators in its native WLD token as early as November, according to an Oct. 22 announcement. This move from USDC…