The Denver-based gas-to-bitcoin infrastructure company Crusoe Energy is suing the rival firm Alkane Midstream LLC over alleged patent infringement and poaching customers in Colorado. Crusoe’s lawsuit claims since November 2019, “Alkane was actively monitoring Crusoe and its business.” Crypto Flare Mitigation Company Crusoe Files a Lawsuit Against the Texas-Based Alkane Midstream Gas-to-bitcoin flare mitigation company Crusoe Energy filed a lawsuit against the company Alkane Midstream on August 22, 2022. The gas-to-bitcoin infrastructure firm is asking the Denver division of Colorado’s federal court to order Alkane to stop infringing on two…
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Crypto Exchange Zipmex Appoints Restructuring Firm to Forge Recovery Plan
Zipmex is one of many crypto companies that withered as the market slid earlier this year. Bitcoin fell from $69,000 to $17,000 in six months, bankrupting lenders like Celsius Network and Voyager Digital while Singapore-based hedge fund Three Arrows Capital imploded. Zipmex loaned $48 million to Babel Finance, also a crypto lender, and $5 million to Celsius, none of which has been repaid. Source
Sanctioned Bitcoin Mining Firm BitRiver Loses Another Client as SBI Crypto Leaves: Sources
There is evidence, however, suggesting SBI Crypto’s operation has slowed since Russia invaded Ukraine, which led to sanctions. Its mining pool hashrate, a measure of computing power spent on the Bitcoin network, has dropped by about one-third since February, according to data from information platform Blockchain.com. Original
Polygon Founder’s Crypto VC Firm Raises $50M Fund
Investors in the Symbolic fund included a number of crypto industry participants, protocols, exchanges, auditing firms and venture capitalists among them. Family offices and institutions also backed the fund, which will cut checks of $500,000 to $1 million per project. Source
Crypto ATM firm Bitcoin Depot aims to go public in 2023 via $885M SPAC deal
Bitcoin Depot, a major cryptocurrency ATM provider in the United States, is planning to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Atlanta-based Bitcoin Depot has reached a definitive agreement to merge with the SPAC GSR II Meteora (GSRM) in an $885 million deal to go public, the firm officially announced on Thursday. The business combination would result in Bitcoin Depot becoming a publicly listed company as the combined company — to be dubbed Bitcoin Depot Inc. — will trade on the Nasdaq under the new ticker…
Co-CEO of Crypto Trading Firm Alameda Research Sam Trabucco Steps Down
Sam Trabucco, the co-CEO of crypto trading firm Alameda Research, is stepping down from his leadership role and becoming an adviser, Trabucco tweeted Wednesday. Like crypto exchange giant FTX, Alameda was started by Sam Bankman-Fried, and the company operates a vast network of trading, yield farming, startup investments and market making. Source
Bitcoin (BTC) Flying Out of Exchanges As HODLers Lose Faith In Centralized Entities: Crypto Insights Firm
Arcane Research says that investors are moving their Bitcoin (BTC) out of exchanges as crypto users increasingly prefer holding their own digital assets. In a new report, the crypto insights firm says that the benchmark digital asset has been flowing out of exchanges for seven of the past eight months of 2022. Source: Arcane Research According to the report, Bitcoin deposits saw an uptick in May, but BTC in exchanges plunged again in June as investors withdrew their assets after the collapse of Terra (LUNA). From a positive net flow…
Celsius calls out Prime Trust in court, alleging firm didn’t turn over $17M in crypto
Crypto lending platform Celsius Network has filed a lawsuit claiming that custodian Prime Trust failed to turn over roughly $17 million worth of cryptocurrency. In a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, Celsius’ legal team brought a complaint against Prime Trust, alleging the company did not return $17 million worth of crypto assets in June 2021 when it terminated its relationship with the lending firm. According to Celsius, Prime Trust acted as crypto custodian for New York- and Washington-based users from 2020…
Latin American Crypto Firm Ripio Launches Prepaid Crypto Card in Brazil
Ripio currently has 3.5 million users across Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico and Spain, according to Serrano. The company plans to start operations in Chile before the end of 2022, and to open offices in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay next year, he added. Source
Blockchain Protocol Algorand Leads $22M Investment Round in Tokenization Firm Koibanx
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