Safello Granted MiCA Authorization by Swedish Financial Regulator
Safello AB, the subsidiary of Safello — the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the Nordics with over 410,000 users — has been authorized by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) as a crypto-asset service provider under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA). The authorization, following Safello’s April application, covers a full suite of crypto asset […] Powered by...
Aptos Co-Founder Launches $50 Million Venture Fund ‘For MFers Ready to Build’
Mo Shaikh and his team raised a total of $400 billion to launch Aptos Labs in 2022. Now he’s helping other founders do the same. Maximum Frequency Ventures Raises $50M to Fund Crypto Builders Aptos co-founder Mo Shaikh loves using the a-word, “adoption.” He believes today’s crypto venture funds are missing the key ingredients of […] Powered by...
127,000 BTC Under US Seizure Tied to Milky Sad Weak-Key Vulnerability, Onchain Slueth Says
U.S. authorities’ push to seize more than 127,000 bitcoin has revived a key thread: several of the wallets at issue are labeled by Arkham Intelligence as tied to the “Lubian.com Hacker,” a cluster previously connected to the Milky Sad weak-key incident. Wallets With 127K Bitcoin Flagged as Lubian.com Hacker Addresses in Milky Sad Connection Arkham’s […] Powered by...
Elon Musk Says Bitcoin Is Based on Energy, Which Is Impossible to Fake
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk said on Oct. 14 on X that bitcoin is based on energy, contrasting it with fiat currencies that governments can inflate. His remark was in response to a Zerohedge post linking the rise in gold, silver, and bitcoin prices to currency debasement driven by government spending on the global […] Powered by...
SG-FORGE and Bitpanda Expand Stablecoin Partnership Into DeFi
Societe Generale-FORGE has expanded its partnership with Bitpanda to integrate its regulated stablecoins into the decentralized finance ecosystem. Retail Access: Bringing Stablecoin Yield to European Users Societe Generale-FORGE (SG-FORGE), the digital asset arm of French banking giant Societe Generale, has announced an expanded partnership with Austrian fintech Bitpanda to deploy its regulated stablecoins deeper into […] Powered by...
Bitcoin Mining Hardware Maker Canaan Launches Gas-to-Computing Pilot in Calgary
Canaan Inc. announced the launch of a gas-to-computing pilot in Calgary, Alberta, that converts wellhead natural gas into low-cost power for high-density computing — a neat way to turn waste into watts. Canaan Pilots Containerized Data Modules at Canadian Wellheads Canaan‘s initiative operates through a joint mining agreement with Calgary-based Aurora AZ Energy Ltd., which […] Powered by...
