Braintrust launches its token on Ethereum mainnet
Braintrust, a decentralized talent network, backed by Pantera Capital has launched its BTRST token on the Ethereum mainnet in the process of driving mainstream enterprise adoption of its services. According to Braintrust, the initiative became public in June 2020 and has since produced $31 million in gross services revenue, up from $3.5 million at the […]
Cream Finance aims to repay users affected by recent hack
Cream Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, will reimburse its users after an $18.8 million flash loan hack on Aug. 30. The DeFi protocol has identified the AMP integration error that caused the loss. Cream has released a post-mortem on the AMP flash loan hack , offering to replace the stolen Ether (ETH) and Amp […]
Famous Tennis star Naomi Osaka expresses interest in Dogecoin
After seeing the hype over Dogecoin (DOGE) on Twitter, which was mostly spearheaded by Elon Musk, Naomi Osaka, a top tennis player from Japan, has been outspoken and in talks with her agent about her interests in cryptocurrencies. In a recent Bloomberg interview, Osaka said that she has been discussing cryptocurrency with her agency after […]
AriseCoin inventor goes to prison for involvement in crypto scam
AriseCoin inventor, Jared Rice, Sr., has been sentenced to five years in federal prison by Texas authorities. Aside from the jail time, he would have to repay $4.2M to investors who were defrauded through his crypto scheme. According to a news release issued by the US Department of Justice, Jared Rice, Sr. will be imprisoned […]
Ontario securities commission bars Wealthsimple and Coinberry platforms from trading Tether
According to regulatory documents, the Ontario Securities Commission has prohibited a pair of crypto trading platforms from trading Tether. Wealthsimple and Coinberry, both based in Toronto, are the first of their kind to be accepted into “an interim, time-limited registration framework that would allow crypto-asset platforms to operate within a regulated environment, with regulatory requirements […]