Monat: Januar 2023

• BTC miner Core Scientific has reportedly secured a $500 million fundraising round led by BlackRock, Apollo Capital, Kensico Capital, Ibex Investors, and others. • The company filed for bankruptcy protection at the end of last year but continued mining BTC to repay debt holders. • BlackRock lent Core Scientific approximately $38 million by purchasing …

Core Scientific Secures $500M Investment from BlackRock, Apollo and Others Weiterlesen »

• Ethereum has surpassed 500,000 validators as of January 12, 2023. • The Shanghai upgrade, scheduled for March, will allow validators to withdraw their ETH from Ethereum’s staking contract. • Data from BeaconScan shows that Ethereum’s validator count topped 500,000 as of January 12, 2023. Ethereum has seen a significant surge in validators ahead of …

500,000 Ethereum Validators Prepare for Shanghai Upgrade! Weiterlesen »

Bullet Points: • Alameda’s liquidators reportedly incurred a significant loss of over $11 million in 2 weeks. • The largest single liquidation was $4.85 million. • A preventable loss of over $4 million was reported. Alameda Research, led by Sam Bankman-Fried, recently filed for bankruptcy and put its liquidators in charge of managing the business. …

Alameda Research Files for Bankruptcy, Liquidators Report $11.5M Loss Weiterlesen »