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Bitcoin miner Bitdeer acquired ASIC chip designer Desiweminer following a $100M investment from Tether. The company also unveiled its R&D technology roadmap for SEALMINER machines.

Roger Ver has been released on bail in Spain, where he faces extradition to the U.S. on tax fraud charges, according to Bloomberg.

Robinhood Markets Inc. will acquire the European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp Ltd. for $200 million as part of its strategy to expand beyond the US market. The deal is anticipated to close in the first half of 2025.

Tthe Lagos Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Dimgba, upheld a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulation requiring financial institutions to collect social media handles from customers as part of their Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures.

"The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1 billion satoshis of gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund," announced the organization.

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is hosting the seventh annual Financial Freedom track at the 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum.

The 16th annual Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) event is taking place from June 3 to 5, 2024, at the Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway.

MicroStrategy founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor agreed to a $40 million settlement with the District of Columbia, according to the attorney general's office.

Trump 47 Committee, a joint fundraising committee authorized by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, is now accepting Bitcoin donations via Bitcoin and Lightning Network infrastructure provider OpenNode.

The 16th annual Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) event is taking place from June 3 to 5, 2024, at the Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway.

On Wednesday, initial Earn distributions - approximately 97% of the digital assets owed Gemini Earn users by Genesis as of the suspension date (November 16, 2022) - were distributed and deposited to their Gemini accounts.

DMM Bitcoin, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, said "unauthorized 4503 BTC (~$305 million) leaked" out of its wallets. The attack likely involved using a poisoned address to trick at least one keyholder into unknowingly signing 4503 BTC to the attacker.