Nike sues retailer selling unauthorised sneaker NFTs February 4, 2022 Sneaker giant Nike has sued online reseller StockX in a US court for selling images of its shoes as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Bored Ape start-up eyes investment deal with Andreessen Horowitz February 3, 2022 The Bored Ape Yacht Club is reportedly in talks with investment fund Andreessen Horowitz over a funding round which could value it at $5bn.
IOTA Foundation donates £1m to Imperial College for circular economy research February 3, 2022 The IOTA Foundation - a not-for-profit organisation driving the development of open-source distributed ledger technologies (DLT), has donated a £1 million philanthropic grant to Imperial College.
UK crypto industry balks at new tax rules for decentralized finance February 3, 2022 The UK's crypto industry is up in arms over new tax rules issued by HMRC on lending and staking assets on decentralized finance platforms.
The rise of the crypto lawyer – Glaisyers strikes deal with specialist crypto firm February 2, 2022 Commercial law firm Glaisyers ETL has struck a deal with a Stockport based law firm that specializes in recovering stolen crypto assets, amid a rise in scams and fraud linked to cryptocurrencies. Glaisyers’ investment in Wealth Recovery Solicitors (WRS) has seen the specialist crypto law firm move from their former headquarters in Stockport to [...]
Reddit co-founder launches $500m crypto VC fund February 2, 2022 Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has raised $500m across two new VC funds focussed primarily on crypto startups.
El Salvador enlists US firm to fix government issued Bitcoin wallets February 2, 2022 El Salvador is enlisting US technological expertise to help fix bugs causing government issued bitcoin wallets to malfunction.
Crypto VC boom shows no sign of stopping in 2022 February 2, 2022 Last year saw an explosion in crypto VC investment, with $31.6bn poured into projects in 2021. The momentum shows no sign of stopping in 2022.
Ankr, Bancor, dYdX and Ox added to eToro February 1, 2022 Tel Aviv-based brokerage has now made Ankr (ANKR), Bancor (BNT), dYdX (DYDX) and 0x (ZRX) available, nudging its total of digital assets up to 49.
Hackers move £2.6bn of Bitcoin stolen in 2016 Bitfinex attack February 1, 2022 Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of Bitcoin, stolen during a 2016 hack of exchange Bitfinex, have been moved by attackers.