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4/6. UniCredit Bank is forced to pay a #fine over wrongful closed crypto miner’s account. The court accepted the company’s argument that it had suffered losses and awarded it €131 million in damages.
3/6. A report by @GoldmanSachs identifies @Ripple as an "opportunity in payments," alongside @circlepay, a peer-to-peer payment technology, and @coinbase.
6/8. British police are returning stolen #cryptocurrency to scam victims affected by a BSC attack. The scammer was able to get millions of dollars in stolen #funds; yet, the police in Manchester has already returned more than $25M to affected users all over the world.
5/8. The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will officially start accepting BTC payments for taxes related to urban real estate within their city limits. The rollout of this initiative will place Rio de Janeiro as the first Brazilian city to make BTC payments mainstream
5/7. Ukraine launches ‘NFT Museum’ to raise funds and keep the memory of war. The museum will showcase #NFT in the form of digital art paired with written reflections.
4/7. Northern Italian hydropower producers became #Bitcoin miners in the pursuit of economic sustainability. PoW mechanism has become an economic incentive for hydropower producers to continue or expand their renewable energy production in Italy
5/7. The largest U.S. oil producer @exxonmobil is expanding its North Dakota bitcoin #mining pilot program to further reduce the volume of natural gas it routinely burns off or flares into the atmosphere
4/7. As its price finally surpassed the $3,000 mark, the total #market capitalization of @ethereum (ETH) has soared along, overtaking some of the world’s largest financial institutions, such as Bank of America and Mastercard.
7/7. @AcalaNetwork has launched a $250M ecosystem #fund. The fund is being stood up with the aim of accelerating the development of #DApps that make use of its #stablecoin, Acala USD (aUSD), on @Polkadot
1/7. According to Do Kwon, @LFG_org has raised $2.2B for a #bitcoin reserve. The LFG has the funds and the intention to increase this to $3 billion, he added.
6/7. Former Polychain GP has launched a new #blockchain investment fund that will eventually be converted into a founder-owned decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), offering a novel way for startup leaders to be rewarded for their contributions.