Metaverse startup The Sandbox closed a $93 million Series B funding round led by SoftBank, said a press release. The Sandbox is an Ethereum-based platform where players can “play, create, own, and govern a virtual world,” according to its site. Players can own in-game assets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), such as plots […]

MIAMI — The civil trial of Ira Kleiman vs. Craig Wright kicked off in Miami on Monday to perhaps answer one of Bitcoin’s greatest mysteries: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and what happened to the estimated 1.1 million BTC in his possession? Wright, an Australian computer scientist and early cryptocurrency pioneer, has been claiming to be […]

Canadian miner Bitfarms plans to grow its mining capacity to more than 2 exahashes (EHs) per second in November after hitting a record hashrate last month, according to a SEC filing on Monday. The miner’s October bitcoin product rose 12.5% from September, due to production from its newly built, larger production facility in Cowansville, Québec. […]

Fixed-rate lending startup Notional is growing its DeFi presence with the launch of its V2 upgrade, the company announced Monday. The platform offers fixed-rate debt using an on-chain automated market maker (AMM). The company said the new iteration of its platform comes with an improved focus on security and liquidity, following a $10 million Series […]