Robert Hackett / Fortune:Eco, a personal finance app that offers yields of 2.5% to 5% and cash-backs for shopping at Amazon, Uber, and Doordash, raises $26M led by a16z crypto — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
Renewable project developers are bearing the burden of decades of transmission planning focused on transmission owner needs. Renewable projects are dropping out of generator interconnection queues because of the high cost of transmission upgrade costs. PJM, MISO, SPP are all dealing with the same issue – high volume of renewables projects in their interconnection queue.…
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Users and investors delight as EIP-1559 is scheduled for July, but ETH miners are less than thrilled.
As Bitcoin ETFs launch in Canada, an approval from U.S. authorities appears to be closer than ever before as naysayers start to run out of reasons to deny it.
The newest Wrapped Ether has an extensive list of improvements, including the anticipated flash mint feature.
GameStop brings forward the prospect of a paradigm shift that challenges existing regulations: decentralization.
The excitement around Bitcoin has spilled over beyond spot price, data shows, with MSTR going from above $1,300 to $629 in just 17 days.
Wall Street Journal:Sources: India threatened to jail Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter employees if the companies don’t comply with takedown requests related to farmer protests — Country flexes new powers over big platforms while companies are counting on world’s second-largest population for growth
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:US indicts John McAfee for fraud and money laundering over an alleged $13M cryptocurrency “pump-and-dump” scheme — Antivirus software mogul John McAfee, who has been awaiting extradition from Spain on tax evasion charges since late last year, just had his legal woes compounded …
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol:A look at Tim Wu’s work on tech policy issues, from coining the term “net neutrality” to stints at NY AG’s office, the FTC and Obama’s NEC, and more — For Big Tech and its supporters, President Biden’s decision to put Tim Wu on the National Economic Council is the most ominous…
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