NFTs
Price Watch
Conflux surges 60% following integration with China’s Little Red Book
The NFT integration will allow over 200 million Little Red Book users to mint their profile pictures on the Conflux blockchain.
Featured
Beto O’Rourke sets up $100,000 fund from $1M SBF donation for FTX victims
O'Rourke campaign said it will hold on to $100,000 of the $1 million donation pending the outcome of investigations against SBF over campaign finance violations.
Exchanges
Former UK chancellor Philip Hammond joins Copper exchange as Chairman
Hammond said he will oversee the recruitment of more people with experience in compliance and regulation from the traditional finance sector.
Regulation
Coinbase fined $3.6M for operating without registration in the Netherlands
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said Coinbase's operation in the Netherlands was illegal until September 2022.
Exchanges
Nifty Gateway co-founders set to exit company amid Gemini crisis
Duncan and Griffin's move to depart Nifty Gateway is coming at a point where Gemini is facing legal battles with Genesis Global.
Tokenization
Celsius gets approval to airdrop Flare tokens to eligible accounts
Celsius will distribute roughly 150 million FLR tokens to eligible creditors.
Banking
Visa working on a number of CBDC and stablecoin initiatives – CEO
Visa CEO said that the company believes that stablecoins and CBDCs could play a meaningful role in the payment space.
DEX
SushiSwap receives approval to clawback 6.2M SUSHI to Treasury
Early Sushi liquidity providers have until April 23 to claim their SUSHI rewards or forfeit them to the Treasury.
Banking
Swiss Bank Cité Gestion to tokenize company shares on Ethereum
Cité Gestion is reportedly the first private bank to issue its own securities on a blockchain under Swiss law.
Crime
Europol arrests 5 Bitzlato senior executives
Europol has arrested 5 of Bitzlato's senior executives, including the CEO, financial director, and marketing director in Spain.
Technology
0xPlasma Labs receives initial approval to deploy Uniswap v3 to BNB Chain
0xPlasma Labs said that Uniswap could benefit an additional $1 billion of TVL and 1-2 million new users from BNB Chain.
Regulation
South African regulator mandates crypto ad risk warnings
South Africa's ARB has urged crypto ads providers to warn that investing in crypto assets may result in loss of capital.