Kraken seeks $10B+ valuation in new funding round: Report
Kraken is reportedly in talks with top investment firms including Fidelity and Tribe Capital for a fundraising round that could value the company at $10 billion or more.
More Aussies invest in cryptocurrency than in gold and silver: Survey
A new poll has found that more Australians invest in cryptocurrencies than in gold and silver …. but only by a tiny margin.
Crypto leaders back MIT’s four-year initiative to harden Bitcoin’s security
Crypto industry captains are throwing their support behind a long-term project from MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative to enhance Bitcoin’s security.
Beeple NFT sells for record $6.6M as bidding for ‘Everydays’ at Christie’s hits $2.2M
Beeple’s Crossroads NFT has been resold for $6.6 million, more than 100 times its original price, and smashing the previous record of $1.5 million for an individual NFT.
JPMorgan note to clients endorses 1% allocation to Bitcoin as a hedge
Bitcoin would serve as a hedge against fluctuations in traditional assets.
Researchers detected mass scanning activity targeting VMware vCenter servers vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability; VMware has issued a patch (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:Researchers detected mass scanning activity targeting VMware vCenter servers vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability; VMware has issued a patch — Thousands of servers running vCenter server could be in for a nasty surprise. — Hackers are mass-scanning the Internet in search …
Microsoft confirms it has fixed a five-hour Xbox Live outage which prevented some users from signing in or making purchases (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Tom Warren / The Verge:Microsoft confirms it has fixed a five-hour Xbox Live outage which prevented some users from signing in or making purchases — Microsoft’s gaming network went down worldwide — Microsoft’s Xbox Live service went down for more than five hours today, preventing users from signing in to the service.
Pennsylvania Signs EVgo Up For 14 New Fast Chargers
State after state, we’re getting new EV charging station announcements and rollouts. The electric vehicle market in the USA may not be what Europe is celebrating, but various officials, companies, and activists are working hard to make a change. (More on that soon.) Add some Pennsylvania officials to that list. The state’s Driving PA Forward…
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North Carolina Advances Its Clean Energy Transition
Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Institute By Josh Brooks, Dan Cross-Call, & Heather House 2020 did not go according to plan, to say the least. But that did not stall North Carolina’s drive forward on clean energy. Over the past year, state officials, utilities, and a broad set of stakeholders worked together to advance key portions…
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8.4% Of Chinese Vehicle Sales In January Were Plugin Vehicle Sales
The Rise and Rise of the Wuling Mini EV.