Finance

Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million over 2020 crash liquidations

The estate is chasing 6,360 BTC lost in the Covid crash — a leveraged long position that sits awkwardly with the lender's delta-neutral marketing.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky in shadow against a dark backgroud

Blockchain finance platform Theo launches tokenized silver backed by $40 million in active leases

The onchain finance platform said thSLVR allows investors to retain exposure to silver while earning income from lending the metal to institutional borrowers.

Piles of gold and silver bars. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

A LatAm telecom operator is putting part of its finances on Avalanche

Led by former IBM Blockchain partner Jules Miller, Iris is helping Bolivia's VIVA use stablecoins for settlement, dollar reserves and new financial services without replacing its existing telecom systems.

Jules Miller, CEO of Iris (Iris)
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Solana lender Kamino taps fintech veteran Michael Weisz as CEO for massive U.S. expansion

Michael Weisz will lead Kamino from a new New York headquarters as the DeFi lender is expanding into tokenized assets.

Michael Weisz, new CEO of Kamino (Kamino)

Velocity extends Series A to $48M at $200M valuation with backing from Visa, Circle, and Ripple

The investment brings Velocity's Series A round to $48 million and values the London-based payments infrastructure firm at $200 million, CEO Eric Queathem said.

Eric Queathem, CEO and co-founder of Velocity (Velocity)

How a simple coding mistake let a hacker drain $7.8 million from a crypto wallet

Security firms traced the $7.8 million loss to a helper contract the wallet owner had authorized, not to Safe itself.

Hackers. Data and security breach. (Kevin Horvat on Unsplash)

Nigel Farage-backed Stack BTC plans to acquire a gold dealer for $16 million to fund bitcoin buy

The proposed acquisition would use cash flow from precious metals sales to build bitcoin holdings.

Nigel Farage (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Hong Kong crypto exchange CoinEx to cease operations after 9 years in business

Founder and CEO Haipo Yang cited mounting security and compliance risks and said he rejected a sale in favor of a “clean ending.”

Closed store sign (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)