Sony Patent Filings Hint at Work on Crypto Mining Hardware

Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business.CEO Peter Smith(CoinDesk archives)Feb 17, 2021 at 1:55 p.m. UTCCrypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google VenturesBlockchain.com on Wednesday disclosed $120 million in fresh funding from a lineup of “macro investors” seeking to power the wallet startup’s growing institutional markets business through…

news Blockchain startup Electroneum has just launched a dirt-cheap Android smartphone that mines cryptocurrency. Announcing the news on Monday, the firm said its new M1 is a Google Mobile Services (GMS)-certified smartphone that comes with a cloud mining technology integration enabling users to earn crypto through an app. The $80 smartphone, however, will at launch mine…

Dec 20, 2019 at 16:55 UTCUpdated Dec 20, 2019 at 16:58 UTCThe creators of Maze Ransomware have added a new wrinkle to the typical hacker's MO. Instead of quietly infecting and requesting ransom from victims, the so-called Maze team is publicly exposing victims by displaying real files exfiltrated from their hacked servers.This tactic could be…

U.S. stock brokerage EF Hutton is hoping to educate investors interested in, but "confused" by, cryptocurrencies. The company announced Wednesday that it is to publish research reports that will delve into into cryptocurrencies, specifically focusing on bitcoin, ethereum, XRP, EOS, litecoin, bitcoin cash and cardano. The reports will include a daily crypto market update, 1–5…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversees more than $400 trillion in notional value in the swaps market, making crypto's $1.3 trillion market cap seem paltry, yet the agency devoted 47 enforcement actions against the industry in 2023. In a year from 2022 to 2023, the CFTC cranked up its crypto case load from 20% to

STFIL said that its core technical team is being investigated and that lawyers have been hired to provide assistance.Tokens on the platform were moved to an unknown address that now holds around $23 million in FIL.Filecoin liquid staking platform STFIL believes some of its team members are under investigation by the Chinese police.STFIL, which has

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market…

Unusually high liquidations on some altcoin futures led by Big Time’s BIGTIME and Ordi Protocol’s ORDI tokens created over $250 million in total altcoin liquidations in the past 24 hours, showcasing the inherent and sudden volatility of the sector.Liquidation refers to when an exchange forcefully closes a trader’s leveraged position due to a partial or