Day: September 28, 2023

Valkyrie Secures Green Light For Ethereum Futures ETF, Trading Launching Tomorrow

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According to a recent FOX Business report, Valkyrie Investments has secured approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) featuring Ethereum (ETH) futures.  This achievement positions Valkyrie as the frontrunner among nine issuers seeking to provide investors with an opportunity to speculate on the future price of the world’s second-largest digital asset through an ETF. Valkyrie Emerges As First Mover In Ethereum Futures ETF Race Ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, currently holds a value of approximately $1,659 per token. Valkyrie…

Ripple CTO Addresses Bitcoin Adviser’s Claims That XRP Is Centralized

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has addressed claims made by El Salvador Advisor Max Keiser that the XRP token is a “centralized” cryptocurrency. Schwartz took to X (formerly Twitter) to clear the air, stating that the Bitcoin Adviser’s opinion of XRP was too ignorant to warrant a proper reciprocation.  Ripple CTO Criticizes Centralization Claims On September 24, Co-founder of Volcano Energy and Bitcoin Advisor to El Salvador’s President, Max Keiser made a controversial statement about the XRP token. In an X (formerly Twitter) post, Keiser stated that Ripple’s native token, XRP…

DAOs need to learn from Burning Man for mainstream adoption

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As they exist today, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) will not scale to the masses.  Sure, shining examples like PleasrDAO, Uniswap DAO, Synthetix’s group of DAOs, and Maker DAO exist, thriving in their respective niches. Still, none of these have gotten anywhere close to being household names. Why, you might ask? Related: Cybernetic organizations — BORGs — are doomed to fail They’re too crypto. Three of these four are protocol DAOs, driving the day-to-day operations and future growth of DeFi ecosystems. The other, PleasrDAO, is a collective of well-known crypto builders,…

Back To BlockShine ☀️

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As I kid I remember reading a Donald Duck story about him being frustrated that people were different to him. In the story, he then all of a sudden multiplied to be in the city with just various versions of himself, leading everything to be a total mess. Turns out, we need different views, temperaments, skills, and cultural standpoints to make this whole planet thing work. These days, when ever you have something real to say, you are a threat to someone. We’ve lost the idea that some of our…

Ripple pulls back from Fortress acquisition 20 days after announcement

Within 20 days of announcing the acquisition of Fortress Trust to allegedly expand its pool of licenses in the United States, financial technology firm Ripple is pulling out of the deal.  Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse made the announcement on X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 28, saying that “we’ve since made the decision not to move forward with an outright acquisition,” although Ripple will remain a shareholder in Fortress Trust’s parent company Fortress Blockchain Technologies. Ripple first announced the acquisition on Sept. 8, surprising even company insiders with the news, Cointelegraph…

Fortress Trust Sale to Ripple is Canceled

“The Fortress team is incredibly talented, and has built products solving real customer problems. While this outcome is different from what was originally planned, we’ll continue to support them and hope to work together in the future,” Garlinghouse added. Source

Bitcoin Hidden Threat? Miner Revenue Sent To Exchanges Surges Over 300%

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The world’s flagship crypto, Bitcoin (BTC), is showing some signs of tension. While external events frequently steer its course, the latest headwinds arise from within its mining community, as recent data suggests mounting selling pressure from Bitcoin miners. Miles Deutscher, a seasoned crypto analyst, has been vocal about this emerging trend, casting light on what might be a significant underlying issue in the Bitcoin realm. Given the innate mechanics of Bitcoin, miners play a pivotal role not just in transaction verification but also in the coin’s overall market dynamics. Selling…

PayPal applies for NFT marketplace patent for on- or off-chain asset trading

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PayPal made major progress toward creating its own blockchain ecosystem by filing a patent application for a nonfungible token (NFT) purchase and transfer system. The application, filed in March and published Sept. 21, describes a means of carrying out transactions with NFTs, both on- and off-chain.  The patent application, which is still pending, describes a system where users can buy and sell NFTs through a third-party service provider. That provider is not specified, though Ethereum is mentioned in the text. Related: PayPal enables US users to sell cryptocurrency via MetaMask…

Google and Goldman Sachs-backed AI firm AlphaSense raises $150M at $2.5B valuation

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AlphaSense, a business-to-business artificial intelligence (AI) platform specializing in business intelligence and search, announced the successful completion of a $150 million Series E funding round led by Bond and joined by Google parent company Alphabet’s investment arm, CapitalG, as well as Goldman Sachs and Viking Global. The latest round saw the company’s valuation grow from $1.7 billion, its value upon raising $225 million during its Series D in June of 2023, to $2.5 billion. Today, we are incredibly proud to announce a $150M Series E funding round led by the…