The Hash

Google will start accepting crypto payments for cloud services early next year. The tech giant said it will receive crypto payment via an integration with crypto exchange Coinbase. Plus, the state of the NFT market as CNN is "saying goodbye" to its Web3 project Vault.

11 ott 2022

Crypto exchange Huobi Global, one of the biggest token trading outposts in the Asia markets, has agreed to be purchased by Hong Kong-based investment company About Capital Management’s M&A fund. Plus, PayPal addresses its acceptable use policy (AUP) notice update that a spokesperson said “included incorrect information” and sparked a debate online.

10 ott 2022

The BNB Smart Chain (BSC) resumed operations as chain validators adopted a software update that would close the exploit used by hackers to drain funds off-chain. Plus, FTX has partnered with Visa to roll out crypto debit cards across 40 countries.

7 ott 2022

CORRECTION: Since publication, the reporting and headline of Celsius executives withdrawing crypto has been corrected to $17 million based on documentation provided by CTO Nuke Goldstein’s lawyers, who showed that most of his apparent withdrawals were sent to other accounts at Celsius. The original headline indicated a figure of $42 million.

6 ott 2022

Prosecutors in South Korea have frozen 56.2 billion won ($39.6 million) of cryptocurrency assets belonging to Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, the firm behind the failed Luna stablecoin project, according to Korean media outlet News1. Plus, SWIFT says it has proved it can be the way forward for global central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

5 ott 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed moving forward with his on-again/off-again purchase agreement for Twitter at $54.20 per share, according to Bloomberg. Plus, new data from DappRadar sheds light on the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace amid crypto winter.

4 ott 2022

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has paid $1.26 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges relating to her promotion of the EthereumMax digital token. Plus, Coinbase has fixed a technical problem that caused it to temporarily halt payments and withdrawals involving U.S. bank accounts.

3 ott 2022

A series of text messages released as part of ongoing litigation ahead of Elon Musk’s trial with Twitter shed some light on what was going on leading up to the takeover offer and what may have led to Musk scrapping the deal. Plus, non-fungible tokens (NFT) have finally arrived on Instagram after parent company Meta announced the long-awaited arrival of its digital collectible feature to its millions of users in the U.S.

30 set 2022

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam said Wednesday that CFTC-led regulation could have significant benefits for the crypto industry, including a potential boost to the price of bitcoin (BTC). Plus, Terraform Labs said South Korean prosecutors overextended their authority in seeking a warrant for the arrest of CEO Do Kwon, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing a statement sent by Terraform.

29 set 2022

Incoming Kraken CEO Dave Ripley joins “The Hash” panel to discuss the crypto platform’s leadership plan, as Ripley gears up to succeed co-founder Jesse Powell, who will become chairman of the board of directors.

28 set 2022