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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin took part in the Mainnet 2022 conference. He noted that the transition to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) algorithm would be useful for any Proof-of-Work (PoW) cryptocurrency. Buterin noted that the concept of Bitcoin led him to the cryptocurrency industry. He fell in love with this technology, which is why Ethereum was built […]

Australian mining company Iris Energy has signed an agreement with affiliate B. Riley Financial, under which the investment bank will acquire 25 million shares of the firm for $100 million. Investment bank B. Riley Financial has repeatedly stated its interest in supporting or acquiring cryptocurrency companies. B. Riley Principal Capital II affiliate and Iris Energy […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that it has received the status of a “diamond sponsor” of the American non-profit organization against human trafficking (ATII). ATII is engaged in the detection of facts of human trafficking and tracking of criminal proceeds. Data on the passage of funds through payment systems is transmitted to law enforcement agencies, […]

The Harmony One project team has informed users about a new plan to compensate for $100 million in assets stolen in June as a result of a hacker attack on Horizon Bridge. Initially, Harmony planned to recoup the losses by issuing additional ONE tokens. The new compensation plan provides for an alternative option to cover […]

The Federal Police and the Brazilian Revenue Service have launched the final phase of Operation Colossus, which is investigating trading platforms. For four years, the police have been working mainly in four states of the country: Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Sao Paulo and Santa Catarina. The investigation involved 158 government officials, including 130 federal police […]

The FTX CEO commented on the recent announcement by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that the exchange was not authorized to operate in the country. Earlier this week, the FCA issued a warning that FTX is not licensed to operate and therefore cannot legally serve local traders. Accordingly, in case of loss of funds, […]

The web service for hosting IT projects has partially unlocked Tornado Cash on its platform – the cryptocurrency mixer code is available for reading. Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon tweeted that the code is readable, but this means that GitHub has not yet regained full access to the repository. However, according to Van Loon, this […]

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has accused the decentralized autonomous organization bZeroX and its founders of not registering and failing to comply with the customer identification procedure. Representatives of the CFTC assure that the founders of bZeroX, Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner, illegally offered borrowed funds to clients and made marginal retail transactions […]

After the transition of Ethereum to the Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm, the number of new ETH decreased by 95%. Now Ethereum inflation is 0.2% per annum instead of the previous 3.79%. The transition of Ethereum to PoS has reduced energy consumption by 99.95%. The number of issued ETH digital coins has significantly decreased. After the merge, […]

Crypto exchange Bits of Gold wants to dispel prejudices about cryptocurrencies in Israel, both from the public and from institutional organizations. Cryptocurrency exchange Bits of Gold has announced that it has received a license from the Israeli regulator, the Capital Markets Authority (CMISA). The license will allow the exchange to store digital currencies using its […]