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Met Museum launches 'Art Links,' blockchain game in the vein of New York Times' 'Connections'
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has launched a new blockchain-powered game in conjunction with TRLab that rewards players for finding connections between different works of art with NFT badges and a ...
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Jupiter spikes 40% as founder says 50% of fees will go to token buybacks
Jupiter’s pseudonymous founder ‘Meow’ announced the platform would burn $3 billion JUP tokens and begin using 50% of its fees to buy back the tokens from the market, leading to a spike in the token’s ...
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The Funding: How VCs view Trump's memecoin and crypto executive order
This is an excerpt from the 20th edition of The Funding sent to our subscribers on Jan. 26. The Funding is a fortnightly newsletter written by Yogita Khatri, The Block’s longest-serving editorial ...
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Pump.fun set single-day revenue record, raking in $15.5 million in fees following anniversary
Memecoin platform Pump.fun had its most profitable day yet on Friday, January 24, bringing in $15.5 million in fees for its developers. The platform has processed $4 billion in volume in the past 2 ...
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Elon Musk's DOGE is considering blockchain adoption in gov't efficiency push: Bloomberg
Elon Musk and representatives of the Department of Government Efficiency, which Musk leads, have reportedly spoken with blockchain providers while exploring options for putting federal government ...
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US Bitcoin ETFs are more valuable than ever after 7-day inflow streak
U.S.-based spot Bitcoin ETFs have racked up nearly $40 billion in cumulative net inflows since their launch just over a year ago. A recent seven-day inflow streak has brought the ETFs to their highest ...
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Paradigm calls for accelerating Ethereum development: 'Ethereum can do more'
VC firm Paradigm called for Ethereum to increase its development speed in a post co-authored by the firm’s co-founder and its CTO alongside other partners. “Wherever you think Ethereum should go, ...
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Regulatory filings flood in from Grayscale and CoinShares proposing ETFs tracking XRP, Litecoin and Solana
A flurry of spot crypto exchange-traded fund files flooded in on Friday looking to track Litecoin and XRP. NYSE also posted a 19b-4 filing for a Grayscale Solana Trust. Both filings for Grayscale ...
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North Korea hack group possibly behind $70 million Phemex exploit, experts say
More than $70 million worth of cryptocurrencies were drained from Singapore-based trading platform Phemex, likely by a sophisticated group of actors. Some security experts suspect this may be another ...
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Days after Gensler leaves, SEC rescinds controversial crypto accounting guidance SAB 121
The SEC’s move on Thursday marks another shakeup in the agency and a potentially new era of regulating crypto. “Bye, bye SAB 121! ” said SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Thursday in a post on X. The ...
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CZ takes 'active role in investment activities' in venture firm YZi Labs, rebranded from Binance Labs
Ex-CEO of Binance Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will take an “active role” in YZi Labs, previously known as Binance Labs. Binance’s founder and former CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, is set to take an “active role” ...
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Jupiter acquires majority stake in Moonshot, announces 'Jupnet' and $10 million AI fund at Catstanbul event
Solana DEX aggregator Jupiter, as part of its “Catstanbul” event, announced its acquisition of memecoin platform Moonshot, launched a $10 million fund for open-source AI development in conjunction ...