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Circle acquires IBM blockchain patents

Circle has acquired an IBM intellectual property portfolio containing more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide. The technologies cover blockchain...

Bitget Wallet and Mesh expand crypto payment routes

Bitget Wallet has formalized its partnership with payment network Mesh, extending an existing integration. The collaboration is intended to make it easier for users to move and...

MoonPay adds Discover cards for U.S. crypto purchases

MoonPay has started accepting Discover Network cards for digital asset purchases in the United States. Discover cardholders can now use a familiar payment method to acquire...

Input Output hands Cardano components to independent teams

CoinDesk reported that Input Output is preparing to transfer responsibility for several important Cardano components to external engineering teams and community contributors. The...

Kraken adds USDe deposits and withdrawals on Avalanche

Kraken has enabled USDe deposits and withdrawals through the Avalanche network. Exchange users can now move Ethena’s stablecoin on Avalanche without first relying on another...

Digital Identity at the Crossroads: DID vs. the EU Wallet

The SpaceX IPO has been successfully completed!

Today, SpaceX successfully completed the largest IPO in history, debuting on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX and raising a record breaking $75 billion. Within the opening...

Appeal Denied: Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-Year Prison Sentence Upheld

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has rejected the appeal of Sam Bankman Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. A three judge panel...

💥Bithumb CEO Named Bribery Suspect in Lawmaker Job-Favor Probe

On June 11, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency officially named Bithumb CEO Lee Jae won as a suspect in a bribery case involving independent lawmaker Kim Byung kee. ◾ The...

Helius to Bring Privacy to Solana via Light Protocol Acquisition

On June 10, Helius announced the acquisition of Light Protocol creators of ZK Compression to build a native ZK privacy layer on Solana. ◾ Function: Enables confidential...

⚡Japan Moves to Regulate Crypto Like Stocks

Japan's lower house of parliament has passed a bill shifting crypto assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Bitcoin and other tokens would be treated as financial...

🔔Digital Asset Raises $355M Led by a16z

Digital Asset, the company behind Canton Network, has closed a $355 million funding round led by a16z crypto $100M . ▫️ Other participants include Citadel Securities, Apollo, BNP...