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On December 28, the company announced that its fleet of 3,750 Bitcoin ASIC miners, purchased last year, had already generated profits due to the surge in the coin’s price. Canadian Bitcoin mining company Hive Digital has recently concluded a successful $22 million private financing round. The company achieved this milestone through the sale of 5.75 million special warrants at a price of $3.87 each, resulting in total proceeds of $22 million. This financing round will enable the company  to...

In terms of regional search, Google Trends revealed that countries such as Spain and the Philippines took the lead. People in these nations recorded more users searching for the term Solana than Ethereum.  In 2023, searches on Google for “Solana” surpassed those for “Ethereum” for the first time since the launch of both cryptocurrencies in 2020 and 2015, respectively. The move comes after the digital asset flipped XRP as the fifth largest crypto in the world, according to market...

A staggering 98% member of the PancakeSwap community voted in favour of reducing the CAKE supply by 300 million resulting into a strong surge in the CAKE price. PancakeSwap, a prominent decentralized exchange, has successfully concluded a proposal to reduce the maximum supply of its native token CAKE from 750 million to 450 million, garnering nearly 98% of votes in favor. The multi-chain decentralized exchange initiated the voting process on Thursday, presenting a proposal to decrease...

OKX has announced that it is deleting 11 trading pairs. These changes will go into effect from early January 2024. For years, privacy tokens have been controversial in the crypto industry. Privacy tokens are cryptos that cannot be traced and offer complete anonymity for those who use them. Some see them as useful and necessary for preserving the privacy of users and others see them as dangerous. Now, the popular crypto exchange OKX has announced that it will be delisting several privacy...

For the planned investments in selected meme projects on the Avalanche network, the non-profit has outlined specific requirements for eligibility in the program.  Avalanche Foundation, the non-profit group overseeing the development of the Avalanche blockchain, has announced its intention to allocate a portion of the Culture Catalyst Funds to support meme coins. According to a statement on X (formerly Twitter), the move is aimed at acknowledging the cultural and entertaining aspects...

If the court approves the proposed plans from debtors, the FTX creditors could lose a huge sum of money considering the rally in crypto market this year. In a recent filing made on December 27 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, FTX debtors have unveiled estimates of the US Dollar value assigned to cryptocurrency prices and foreign currency for customers holding claims with the now-defunct exchange. The debtors expressed their intention to establish a “fair...

In a new blog post, Vitalik Buterin noted the loss of the original web3 values, the ways that the community can get back on track, and the progress that Ethereum has made so far. Vitalik Buterin has always been a big personality. As one of the founders of Ethereum, he has been a major figure within the crypto world for over a decade. He is also known for being outspoken about his views, which has sometimes led to him feuding with others. But his most recent blog post, published by Buterin...

Binance reported more than $1.2 billion in assets under custody for more than 170 million users in its 2023 performance report. Leading cryptocurrency exchange by daily traded volume and registered users, Binance Holdings Ltd., has continued to build the necessary infrastructure and products to enable the next phase of web3 mass adoption. Despite the former Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao (CZ) being forcefully ousted by the United States government, Binance has demonstrated that it...

The Tokyo-based Monex Group intends to further strengthen its digital asset offerings to institutional investors through the 3iQ acquisition. Monex Group Inc, a holding financial company based in Japan with operations around the world, will acquire Canada-based crypto asset manager 3iQ Digital Holdings Inc for an undisclosed amount. According to the announcement, 3iQ will collaborate with Coincheck Inc, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange with different products in the market that was...

Asset management firm Hashdex has unveiled a new advertisement amid the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) evaluation of applications for the listing of spot Bitcoin (BTC) tickers on US exchanges for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The advertisement, shared on December 28 on X (formerly Twitter), features an interview setting from the 1980s, where the subject critiques the use of home computers for everyday tasks, drawing a parallel to the skepticism around emerging technologies....