Bitcoin miner manufacturer Auradine raises $153 million in Series C funding amid AI expansion
Auradine's Series C funding round includes $138 million in equity and $15 million in venture debt, CEO Rajiv Khemani told The Block.
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Auradine's Series C funding round includes $138 million in equity and $15 million in venture debt, CEO Rajiv Khemani told The Block.
VeChain, a layer-1 blockchain platform focused on real-world applications, has added Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White as its newest official adviser to raise more mainstream awareness of blockchain technology.White, also the founder of Power Slap, will join VeChain's advisory board next to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Konstantin Novoselov to drive real-world blockchain adoption through “complementary expertise in mass marketing and scientific innovation.” “VeChain is an incredible partner for the UFC and Power Slap, and I'm honored to join their advisory board,” White said in a statement shared with Cointelegraph.
Cryptocurrency prices have dropped sharply in the past 24 hours. Investors pulled out of risky assets due to the rising tensions between the US-China trade war.
The Mantra (OM) token price has surged after founder JP Mullin announced plans for a massive token burn. Mullin clarified that he intends to burn his personal team token allocation and implement a “comprehensive burn program for other parts of the OM supply.
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XRP has recently experienced a sharp rise in network activity. In a single day, over 4,600 XRP were destroyed, which is twice as much as the average amounts observed earlier this month.
Real-world asset project Mantra plans to create a comprehensive burn program for its OM token, CEO John Mullin said in an X post Wednesday.
The crypto market tanked over the past 24 hours, with the market cap declining almost 3% to $2.63 trillion as bearish sentiment returned. Bitcoin (BTC) peaked at a local high of $86,397 before investors began booking profits.
Buoyant bettors are giving a 77% chance for an XRP ETF launch this year, but are the market conditions favorable enough?
OKX officially reentered the United States market, and announced a phased rollout throughout 2025 alongside the appointment of Roshan Robert.
The Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, Giancarlo Giorgetti, has turned the spotlight on a silent but potentially devastating threat for Europe: the United States digital stablecoins (USA), better known as stablecoin. In a global context already strained by trade tensions and tariffs between economic powers, Giorgetti did not hesitate to declare that the potential impact of stablecoin issued by the United States could be “much more dangerous” than the current tariff policies imposed by Washington.
China could inadvertently spark a Bitcoin (BTC) price crash as reports emerge that local governments are offloading their stash of seized assets despite a nationwide cryptocurrency trading ban.
Bitcoin ETFs added $76.42 million in net inflows on Tuesday, April 15, extending their rebound for a second day with support from five major funds. Meanwhile, ether ETFs remained under pressure, posting $14.18 million in outflows led by Grayscale's ETHE.
Bitcoin remains elevated, but futures market sentiment weakens, thereby indicating increased fear and caution.
The market sentiments have been varying ever since Bitcoin price volatility seems to have choked up. After the recovery, no specific price movement has been observed, which could have raised concerns among the market participants and also among the bulls.
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ProShares has filed to launch three XRP futures ETFs, with a planned debut by April 30.
Cardano (ADA), the 10th largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to $0.60 in the early Wednesday session as its drop from the April 13 high of $0.668 reached its fourth day.
PEPE is up by double-digits in the past week.
CryptoSlate's latest report dives deep into the policy reversal that has reshaped the relationship between the US federal government and the crypto industry.
TL;DR Innovative Partnership: Mastercard and Bleap team up to integrate stablecoins into everyday payments by combining Mastercard's global network with Bleap's blockchain-powered, non-custodial wallet. Seamless On-Chain Transactions: Their solution enables direct on-chain spending of stablecoins, eliminating complex conversions, and includes a Mastercard debit card offering 2% cashback.
The proposal? Let the U.S. government issue bonds backed by Bitcoin to help refinance its massive $14 trillion debt.
Just as Bitcoin (BTC) goes through a stressful trading day, Michael Saylor has stepped into the spotlight — without saying much, yet enough. In a new post today, the Strategy CEO shared an AI-generated photo of himself at a chessboard, captioned simply: "Bitcoin is Chess.
Matthew Sigel, head of research at VanEck, has introduced a new idea that mixes Bitcoin BTC with US government bonds.
