Marathon gears up for Bitcoin halving 🧨, HyperPlay game store launches MetaMask Snaps 🎉, Hacker asks $10K in crypto 🕹
📌 Daily Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 Update 2023-12-19
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Marathon gears up for Bitcoin halving, buys two mining sites for $179M (4 min read)
Marathon Digital will fully acquire two operational Bitcoin mining sites from Generate Capital, allowing the firm to double its hash rate over two years.
BlackRock, ARK revise Bitcoin ETF plans along SEC’s cash-only model (3 min read)
BlackRock, Cathie Wood’s ARK and WisdomTree are the latest spot Bitcoin ETF applicants to revise their filings with the U.S. SEC.
HyperPlay game store launches MetaMask Snaps in wallet overlay (3 min read)
The Web3 game store integrated its wallet with Snaps, allowing for greater multichain compatibility and other features.
Why a gold rush for inscriptions has broken half a dozen blockchains (6 min read)
Some suggest EVM inscriptions are the latest way for retail traders to access low-cap coins, while others argue it’s an over-hyped fad. Whatever it is, it’s clogging up the blockchain.
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Hacker offers access to Binance law enforcement request panel, asks $10K in crypto (2 min read)
A user on Breach Forums has offered access to Binance’s law enforcement request panel for the price of $10,000 in either Bitcoin or Monero.
Indonesian vice presidential candidate vows to prepare blockchain and crypto experts (2 min read)
Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka promised to prepare experts in blockchain, crypto, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to empower Indonesian youth in the digital space.
Foresight Ventures launches 3rd $10M crypto accelerator following The Block deal (2 min read)
The venture capital firm has pledged $30 million for incubating Web3 startups since last year.
Bitwise launches crypto ETF media campaign with ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’ (2 min read)
The ad spot came as the U.S. SEC is looking at multiple spot crypto exchange-traded fund applications from asset managers.
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox steps down from Electric Coin, naming new CEO (3 min read)
The new CEO, Josh Swihart, has been the vice president at Electric Coin for nearly five years but recently took a four-month stint away from the firm.