Microsoft Pioneers Quantum-Exclusive Blockchain Mining Revolution
Ultimately, the new hardware has the potential to host a theoretical algorithm that has the capacity to transform proof-of-work. Microsoft and California-based Atom Computing have announced a groundbreaking development in quantum computing that could influence the future of blockchain mining. Their collaborative effort has resulted in a quantum system featuring 24 entangled logical qubits derived […]
Report: North Korean Hackers Target IT Firms with Social Engineering Tactics
In recent years, the North Korean government (DPRK) has allegedly used numerous hacking groups, most notably the Lazarus Group, to seal crypto. Hackers linked to the North Korean government have reportedly broadened their social engineering schemes to steal cryptocurrencies by infiltrating “hundreds” of multinational IT companies. North Korean Hacking Groups Identified At the Cyberwarcon cybersecurity conference, […]
SecondLane Lists Pump.fun Equity Stake at $1.5B Valuation
The private market site reports that Pump.fun has $15 million equity up for grabs. SecondLane has listed an equity interest in the memecoin protocol Pump.fun with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $1.5 billion. The private markets trading platform priced the 1% equity stake in Pump.fun at $15 million, making it available on SecondLane’s web app and […]
Switzerland’s Canton Bern Approves Bill to Study Bitcoin Mining Impact
With the growing clamor surrounding national Bitcoin adoption, Canton Bern’s lawmakers has moved to explore how mining may benefit power grid. Lawmakers in Switzerland’s Canton of Bern have made history by approving a bill to investigate the effects of Bitcoin mining in the region. Following months of bipartisan efforts to encourage adoption, the bill passed with a […]
Partior Secures $80M in Series B Funding with Deutsche Bank Backing
Deutsche Bank joins other investors such as Peak XV Partners, JP Morgan, Jump Trading Group, Standard Chartered, Temasek, and Valor Capital Group. German banking giant Deutsche Bank participated in the second Series B funding round for blockchain firm Partior, pushing the total raised in the round to $80 million. Partior, founded in 2021, launched its […]