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Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Flare Network, an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) layer-1 platform for blockchain interoperability, is on board ing Google Cloud as an infrastructure provider .  You might also like: Flare and Kinetic partner to expand defi capabilities This partnership marks a significant milestone for Flare, bringing one of the world’s leading cloud computing providers on board. It also marks the first time Google Cloud is providing infrastructure services to a decentralized oracle system. A press release on Jan. 22 noted that Google Cloud will play a dual role as an infrastructure provider on Flare. First, it will support the network’s security by validating new blocks on the blockchain. Second, it will contribute to Flare’s native oracle, the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), by providing decentralized price and data fe...

The shares were bought by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and co-founder Gary Wang last year and have been tussled over since the collapse of FTX. Robinhood’s board of directors has approved a plan to buy back the $578 million stake in their company which was bought by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang last year. Robinhood confirmed it got board approval to buy back the stake in its fourth quarter report, which was published on Feb. 8. “Our Board authorized us to pursue purchasing most or all of our shares that Emergent Fidelity Technologies bought in May 2022," said Robinhood’s chief financial officer Jason Warnick, adding “The proposed share purchase underscores the confidence the Board of Directors and management team have in our business.” The FTX co-founders bought 55 million shares of Robinhood stock — worth $578 million at current prices — in May through Emergent Fidelity Technologies by taking out loans directly from FTX’s sister firm Alameda Res...