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More than a year after a Canada-based Middle Eastern restaurant chain converted its fiat cash reserves into Bitcoin, the owner reported the move helped save the business during the pandemic.According to a Tuesday report from Canadian news outlet Toronto Star, when Tahini’s restaurant owners Aly and Omar Hamam and their
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Decentral Park Capital, an early-stage investment firm, now with $140 million in assets under management, has launched a brand new $75 million fund to invest in DeFi initiatives. This fund aims to deploy funds to invest in decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, derivatives, structured products, oracles, staking, and middleware infrastructure. The
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In that complaint in a Delaware court, ConsenSys said Gupta had mistreated colleagues and caused the firm to lose business opportunities. The firm accused Gupta of presenting fraudulent academic and professional credentials, including a Harvard degree, in order to be hired, and asked the court to declare that Gupta wasn't
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Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain Financial has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins, according to a press release shared with CryptoX. The company will use the capital to pursue licensing in additional countries, enhance its technology platform and expand the team. Source
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Binance is the largest exchange platform in trading volume within the crypto industry. Through its user-friendly interface, the exchange has over 20 million users. In addition, the platform supports several cryptocurrencies that would boost an investor’s portfolio. In its move to enhanced performance and services to customers, Binance has a strategic
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In the suit, ConsenSys said that it allowed Gupta to resign instead of firing her and "offered to allow Gupta to keep the compensation paid and accrued during her short tenure," but that Gupta had rejected the offer – instead demanding that ConsenSys "pay her millions of dollars" to buy
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On Thursday, the Near Foundation announced the close of a $150 million funding round. Su Zhu’s Three Arrows Capital led the private token sale, with participation from major crypto-focused funds including Mechanism Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Jump, Alameda, Zee Prime and Amber Group, among others. Original Source
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Indian Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth approximately $5 million in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency scam involving Morris coin that has duped investors out of $162 million. The crime proceeds were used to buy cryptocurrencies. India Authorities Seize Assets in Alleged Crypto Scam Case India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), a specialized financial
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COVID-19 has caused many fatalities globally and poses a new and unprecedented hazard to public health, food systems, and the workplace. Cryptocurrencies gained importance when the economy worsened and uncertainty increased. Long-term crypto holders viewed staking as a way to earn rewards instead of merely keeping their coins in their wallets.
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