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Starkware Aims to Scale Bitcoin Using Zero-Knowledge Technology

Starkware, known for its work on Ethereum scaling solutions, announced plans to apply its zero-knowledge technology to Bitcoin. The initiative aims to enable mass-use of Bitcoin, targeting scalability that could…

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Watford FC Partners With Republic to Offer 10% Stake to Fans and Investors

The English football team Watford FC has partnered with the digital asset investment firm Republic to sell 10% of the club to fans and investors. Although fans won’t receive voting…

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Sleeping Bitcoins Worth $13.87M Move After 11 Years, Transfer Exposes 2013 Whale

According to data from June 3, an entity with eight wallets created in 2013 moved 200 BTC valued at $13.87 million after the funds remained untouched for over 11 years.…

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Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Urges Followers to Buy Bitcoin as Nigerian Naira Falls Under a Satoshi

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of the wealthiest billionaires in Mexico, has urged his followers to purchase Bitcoin as a hedge against the devaluation of fiat currencies. Salinas Pliego recommended purchasing…

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Latam Insights: Paraguay Shuts Down Largest Illegal Bitcoin Mining Farm to Date, Argentina and El Salvador Discuss Bitcoin

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay shut down the largest illegal bitcoin mining…

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Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Begins 4-Month Prison Term in California

Several reports have indicated that the ex-CEO and founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), has commenced his four-month term at a low-security federal facility in Lompoc, California. CZ Enters Low-Security…

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Conviction Fails to Deter Donald Trump’s 2024 Election Odds, According to Polymarket Bets

Following the landmark news of former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 counts related to a hush-money scheme allegedly influencing the 2016 election, data from the Polygon-powered prediction market Polymarket…

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Dormant Bitcoin Address Awakens After a Decade, Moves $9.8 Million in BTC

May has emerged as a notable month for ‘sleeping bitcoin’ transactions, with a long-dormant address, inactive for ten years and six months, awakening on May 28 to move 145.89 BTC,…

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Medical Tech Firm Semler Scientific Invests in Bitcoin, Acquires 581 BTC

On Tuesday, the publicly traded medical technology firm Semler Scientific announced its decision to allocate bitcoin to its treasury. The company disclosed that it had acquired 581 bitcoins for a…

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Mt Gox Moves 141,686 BTC to Three Addresses, Consolidates 142,846 BCH

Based on onchain metrics, the Mt Gox funds, once consolidated into a single address holding over $9.6 billion in bitcoin, have now been distributed to three separate addresses as of…

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