Ex-Meta employees raise $200M from a16z, Tiger, Multicoin to realize Facebook’s crypto dreams

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Facebook’s audacious attempt at creating a crypto payments network met an unceremonious end earlier this year when Silvergate Capital acquired the Diem technology assets for $182 million .The deal showcased how Facebook, now Meta, is left with few regulator-blessed paths forward to become a central player in the blockchain ecosystem, a realization which has also…

The biggest crypto heists in history

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As the crypto market continues to grow, the number of scams within the space have also risen.It is estimated that an equivalent of USD 4 billion has been syphoned off from innocent investors till date.What’s really astounding is the sheer scale of these scams, some of which run into hundreds of millions of dollars.To paint…

Bitcoin: EU votes against crypto ban

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The European Union moved to vote against a crypto ban after a plan to regulate the industry failed to receive the votes required.Photo: Getty European Union parliamentarians have voted against a new provision in a crypto regulatory framework, which could have seen key digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum banned in Europe. Members on the…

‘I Won’t Sell’—Tesla Billionaire Elon Musk Issues Inflation Advice As The Price Of His Bitcoin, Ethereum Dogecoin Plummet

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Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have been under pressure through most of 2022, with the bitcoin price losing almost 20% so far this year. Subscribe now to Forbes’ CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the latest crypto price crash The ethereum price and other major cryptocurrencies have also fallen sharply as bullish investors balk at…

Russians Liquidating Crypto In UAE As They Seek Safe Havens

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Russians are seeking a safe haven for their crypto fortunes in the UAE Crypto firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars of virtual currency as Russians seek a safe haven for their fortunes, company executives and financial sources said. Some clients are using cryptocurrency to…

Healthcare Companies Say They Have a Duty to Send Medicine to Russia

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Some business have pulled out of Russia because of sanctions or opposition to the war.Several companies in the healthcare sector have denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.But some companies said they have a moral obligation to continue providing medicine to Russia.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, news, and trends — delivered right…

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