Day: March 2, 2023

Voyager Digital Sells Assets via Coinbase Amid Bankruptcy

Zach Anderson

Voyager Digital, the New York-based centralized finance (CeFi) platform, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2022 after it failed to secure a new line of credit. The company, which provides cryptocurrency trading services for retail and institutional investors, had been struggling with mounting debt and declining user growth. Since then, Voyager has been seeking ways to raise capital and pay off its creditors. According to recent reports, the company has turned to Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, to sell off some of its assets…

Binance ‘not planning any layoffs,’ 500 roles to be filled in H1

Luke Huigsloot

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is “not planning any layoffs” and is instead trying to fill another 500 roles by the end of June, according to a Binance spokesperson. The comments came despite a huge spike in crypto layoffs in January — the majority of which were from crypto exchanges. In a statement, the Binance representative said:  “As of today, we are actively hiring for more than 500 roles with the goal of filling them by the end of H1 […] We are not planning any layoffs.” The spokesperson was responding to…

Near Protocol releases blockchain operating system for Web3

Ana Paula Pereira

The decentralized application (DApp) Near Protocol is releasing a new blockchain operating system, focusing on improving user experience on Web3 through a common layer for browsing and discovering open web resources, the company disclosed at the Web3 and innovation festival ETHDenver 2023. In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright during the event, Near co-founder Illia Polosukhin spoke on how the ecosystem is moving closer to user’s needs and the release of the Blockchain Operating System (BOS). According to the Near team, the system works with any blockchain or Web2 backend, allowing…