Riot Platforms urges further changes to Bitfarms’ board, proposing two independent directors ahead of a special meeting in October. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/riot-open-letter-bitfarms-board-changes?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Monthly Archives: September 2024
Solana Foundation defends decentralization amid patch coordination claims
Solana Foundation’s Dan Albert highlighted the network’s distributed block-producing nodes, arguing that coordinating a patch does not mean centralization. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/solana-defends-decentralization-amid-coordination-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Crypto platform resumes UK registrations after 10-month FCA compliance pause
The crypto lending platform took the 10-month pause to realign its onboarding process with the FCA’s guidelines oriented towards investor protection. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/nexo-resumes-new-user-registrations-after-updating-fca-compliance-measures?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
South Korea joins global crackdown on Telegram, cites deepfakes
South Korea has joined the growing list of global jurisdictions, launching a probe against Telegram over illicit content dissemination. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-telegram-crackdown-deepfake?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Justin Sun implements 100% onchain buyback for SunPump
Justin Sun’s SunPump community abandons LP token burning in favor of a more transparent, onchain buyback and burn process. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-sunpump-onchain-buyback-burn?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Ripple to add smart contracts to XRP Ledger
The move aims to attract developers and expand XRP Ledger’s capabilities, bringing new use cases to its ecosystem. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-xrp-ledger-smart-contracts-evm-sidechain?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
August sees 215% rise in crypto phishing, $55M lost in single attack
The majority of the stolen funds is accounted for a major phishing incident that cost an unfortunate user $55 million. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-phishing-attacks-surge-august-215-percent?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus goes online — and it really is colossal
Elon Musk’s xAI launched Colossus, now the most powerful AI training system, setting a new benchmark in the AI race with a 100k H100 training cluster that will soon double in size. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-xai-colossus-ai-training-cluster?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin price nearly hits $60K but traders still see bearish September
Bitcoin’s early comeback may last just one week as the ninth month of the year also portends problems for gold. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-60k-analysis-bearish-september?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Binance CEO calls Gambaryan’s treatment ‘inhuman’ as disturbing new video emerges
Gambaryan’s next hearing is set for Sept. 4, where the judge will consider the executive’s latest motion for bail. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-exec-mistreatment-nigeria-video?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound