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Every video stream, game patch or AI model requested online embarks on a lengthy and costly journey through a labyrinth of data centers, submarine cables and last-mile networks. The prevailing architecture relies on centralized cloud platforms, which are basically systems conceived in an era

What if paying with crypto was as easy and as fun as sending a meme on X?
In the latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast, StarkWare’s Nathan Jeffay and Cointelegraph’s Gareth Jenkinson sit down with Stefana Banciu, growth lead at Pulsar Money, to explore how blockchain is bringing payments

Asian investment firms are stepping up their Bitcoin accumulation strategies, with Japan’s Metaplanet and Hong Kong’s HK Asia Holdings leading the way.
Tokyo-based Metaplanet disclosed on April 24 that it acquired an additional 145 Bitcoin (BTC) for 1.9 billion Japanese yen (around $13.4

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Bitcoin exchange 100-day average netflows are at their most negative since the start of the current bull market in 2023.
Exchange balances continue to plumb new multiyear lows.
Whales are particularly active buyers this month, while retail shows classic “panic selling.”
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Shaquille O’Neal has settled with investors who claim losses from the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to an April 23 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The settlement amount remains confidential, with terms expected to be disclosed once investor

Decentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx announced that it will compensate traders and stakers affected by a $7.5 million exploit that temporarily shut down the platform earlier in April.
In an April 24 announcement, KiloEx said traders who had positions open while the platform was suspended would get f

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has been named the best new ETF product by etf.com, as it recorded its highest inflows since Jan. 21
On April 23, BlackRock’s iShare Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) was awarded the “Best New ETF” at the annual etf.com ETF awards. In an X post shortly after,

US federal prosecutors have asked a district judge to sentence Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg, the crypto user convicted of the $110 million exploit of the decentralized exchange Mango Markets in 2022, to at least six and a half years behind bars.
Ahead of Eisenberg’s May 1 sentencing hearing, US prosecut

US federal prosecutors have filed statements from hundreds of victims in their case against Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the defunct crypto lender Celsius Network.
The recently sworn-in interim US Attorney for Manhattan, Jay Clayton, said in an April 23 letter to a Manhattan federa

The host of The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Scott Melker, says he’s received word that his face and name are being impersonated by scammers, with at least one victim duped out of $4 million
On April 23, the crypto investor said, “I’m sick,” reporting that he’d been contacted by a private

The Los Angeles Police Department has recovered $2.7 million worth of Bitcoin mining machines it alleges were stolen by a crime ring in a heist at the city’s airport.
The LAPD said on April 22 that detectives from its Cargo Theft Unit, along with the city’s Port Police, the railroad-based Union