DeFi Project Ref Finance Closes $4.8M Round Led by Jump Crypto
Alameda Research and Dragonfly Capital also participated in the round. Original Source
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AMP Surges, IOTX Lower After Friday’s Jump – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Friday’s big gainer IOTX fell lower on Saturday, as a red wave continued to submerge crypto markets to start the weekend. Overall, cryptocurrencies were down around 5% as of writing. Biggest Gainers On a day where the majority of the crypto market was trending lower, finding a bull was no mean feat.
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Singapore saw 13x jump in crypto investments in 2021: KPMG
Singapore has seen a tenfold increase in crypto-related investments last year worth $1.48 billion, up from $110 million in 2020, according to KPMG's Pulse of Fintech report.As per the study, the city-state has long been recognized as a center of cryptocurrency activity, with over $1.48 billion in investment completed last
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Jump Trading Backstops Wormhole’s $320M Exploit Loss
On Wednesday night, the Wormhole bridge suffered an exploit to its Solana-Ethereum bridge, with an attacker fraudulently minting 120,000 ether (ETH) worth over $320 million. The attacker moved the majority of the funds to the Ethereum main chain, while keeping 40,000 wrapped ETH on Solana and trading portions of that
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Jump Crypto Replaces $320 Million in Ethereum Taken From Wormhole Exploit – Bitcoin News
Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Cryptox.trade News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than
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Jump Crypto replenishes funds from $320M Wormhole hack in largest-ever DeFi ‘bailout’
On Thursday, Jump Crypto, a crypto venture capital firm that owns Certus One, the developer of the Wormhole token bridge, announced it had deposited 120 thousand Ether (ETH) into a Solana-Ethereum bridge that suffered a devastating exploit. The day prior, hackers fraudulently minted 120 thousand wrapped Ether (wETH) worth $321
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Jump Trading Backstops Wormhole’s $320M Exploit Loss: Sources
On Wednesday night, the Wormhole bridge suffered an exploit to its Solana-Ethereum bridge, with an attacker fraudulently minting 120,000 ether (ETH) worth over $320 million. The attacker moved the majority of the funds to the Ethereum main chain, while keeping 40,000 wrapped ETH on Solana and trading portions of that
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Why did WazirX token (WRX) jump 30% after India announced its big crypto tax?
WazirX exchange’s native token, WRX, benefited the most from India’s latest U-turn on crypto this week.WRX’s price jumps on India tax newsWRX’s price surged nearly 30% to over $1, hitting a three-week high after the Indian government had announced a new tax regime for the regional crypto sector, reversing entirely from its earlier
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Brevan Howard Taps Talent From Jump Capital and Gemini for New Crypto Unit
Hedge fund manager Brevan Howard is continuing to ramp up its crypto business, hiring Jump Capital partner Peter Johnson as a portfolio manager and Gemini Trust’s former head of security Cem Paya, according to a Bloomberg report.Brevan Howard is gearing up for direct investments in crypto and is forming a
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Cardano, Polkadot Jump as Bitcoin Holds Above $50K
Parachains are distinct blockchains that run atop the main Polkadot blockchain. Polkadot, however, has a limited number of slots that can support such parachains, meaning winning slots are subject to a community-run auction that uses DOT to vote for slots, leading to increased demand for the cryptocurrency. Original Source
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