Kabosu, the dog best known to the internet as the inspiration behind the Doge meme cryptocurrency, has died. Kabosu died on May 24, according to a blog post from his owner Atsuko Sato published the same day (translated from Japanese by Google Translate). A farewell...
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The husk of the fallen crypto exchange FTX can no longer do much, but it’s trying to get its hands around whatever lingering funds can be scrounged up, and quarantined somewhere where they can’t be randomly transferred elsewhere or siphoned off by a hacker. This...
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Are you a Bitcoin holder currently wallowing in despair seeing your crypto investment plunging off a cliff? Don’t worry. It can always be worse. You could be El Salvador. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, is a big crypto bro and he’s invested big into Bitcoin....
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June 13, 2022 albert
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Representations of virtual cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration taken November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Russia’s central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability, citizens’ wellbeing and its monetary policy sovereignty. The move...
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January 21, 2022 albert
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Solana isn’t widely known yet outside of the crypto community. But insiders think the blockchain platform is interesting for a wide variety of reasons, beginning with its amiable founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, who spent more than a dozen years as an engineer working on wireless protocols...
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May 15, 2021 albert
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Reminder: Extra Crunch discount on Sessions: Enterprise tickets Come and watch TechCrunch interview enterprise titans and rising founders at the premier of TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise in San Francisco on September 5th. Join 1000+ enterprise enthusiasts for a day of talks, demos, startups, and networking. Book...
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June 29, 2019 albert
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In the risk-filled world of cryptocurrency, “sorry for your loss” has a very specific meaning. In the case of Canadian crypto-exchange QuadrigaCX, it’s become a rather grim double entendre. The exchange’s founder, 30-year-old Gerald Cotten, died unexpectedly in December 2018. According to a Jan. 31...
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February 1, 2019 albert
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week the crew — Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley, Alex Wilhelm — were joined Jeff Richards, a managing partner at GGV. (GGV has raised nearly $ 4 billion to...
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