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An Arbitrum-based Friend.tech clone has decided to slam the brakes ahead of its promised airdrop due to unsustainable operational costs, leaving users befuddled while noting the team’s healthy multisig wallet. Pseudonymous Cipher Fan creator, Zatis, announced the projects shut down on Oct. 24 just hours before its CIPHER token airdrop was
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Marinade Finance, the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol running on the Solana blockchain, has reportedly started blocking users from the United Kingdom. U.K. customers discovered the problem on Oct. 23. While trying to access Marinade’s website from a local IP, one encounters the block page with a message:“Access to this
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According to Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Finance Julapun Amornvivat, the giveaway will not be launched on Feb. 1, as planned. Thailand will not launch the long-awaited “airdrop” on time as the government needs more time to develop “a safe system,” local news media Vietnam+ reports, citing Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Finance
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong announced it will update its policies on virtual currency sales and requirements “in light of the latest market developments and enquiries from the industry”.In an Oct. 20 notice, the SFC said under the updated guidelines, certain virtual currency products will only
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Aside from Coinbase has raised concerns about the potential adverse impact of the proposed law across various sectors within the digital asset ecosystem. The recent proposal from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding crypto tax regulations has drawn strong criticism from Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States.
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Pascal Gauthier, CEO and chair of hardware crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger, has announced the firm will be reducing its staff by 12%.In an Oct. 5 blog post, Gauthier said the staff cuts had been made “for the longevity of the business,” citing the 2022 bear market and the collapse of
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The San Francisco-headquartered firm fired 26 employees in an effort to go public despite banking challenges. Chia Network Inc., the firm behind the Chia blockchain, has cut 26 “positions” as it still eyes an initial public offering. We’re sharing the difficult news that we eliminated 26 positions across Chia Network today. We
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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has reduced its headcount by another 15% this week, citing the need to reduce expenses due to continued bear market blues.On Oct. 3, Chainalysis confirmed to Cryptox that it had made the difficult decision to part ways with 15% of its employees, amounting to approximately 135
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Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite, has slashed 16% of its workforce — approximately 830 staff — after unrealistic expectations of metaverse-inspired revenue caused it to spend “way more” money than it had been earning.“We concluded that layoffs are the only way and that doing them now and on this
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Chase U.K. will block all crypto payments over fraud and scam allegations. Chase U.K., a U.K. entity of the global bank, warned its customers that starting Oct. 16, it will block all crypto-related payments in an email to the customers. The email specified that customers are still free to interact with
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