Research
Opinion
Even crypto friendly UK banks freeze accounts in fear of crypto transactions
User experience of crypto apps is declining due to poorly implemented and written regulations.
ETF
BlackRock adds 5 new APs to spot Bitcoin ETF including Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Citigroup
iShares Bitcoin Trust also added ABN AMRO Clearing and UBS Securities in the new prospectus.
DePIN
Bringing Bitcoin to real world infrastructure through new Layer-2 DePIN partnership
Elastos new Bitcoin L2 will be accessible through IoTeX DePIN technology with DID validation.
DePIN
IoTeX secures $50M investment expanding dePIN narrative for next cycle
IoTeX's $50M funding round spearheaded by major VCs to expand its DePIN ecosystem and foster real-world data integration on blockchain.
Crypto
Polygon spin-off Avail partners with dWallet to bring programmable Bitcoin to Web3 rollups
Avail and dWallet Network collaborate to introduce secure, programmable native Bitcoin rollups, redefining Bitcoin transactions on Web3.
Culture
Vitalik Buterin’s ‘Degen Communism’ and his vision for reducing Ethereum technical debt
Ethereum co-founder trolled the internet once again with a playful, yet thought provoking April Fools' Day post this year.
Legal
SBF to serve jail term in medium security prison near San Francisco, ordered to forfeit $11 Billion
Sam Bankman-Fried will also be put under a 3 year supervision upon his eventual release.
Legal
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 24 years in landmark fraud case
SBF had requested leniency of around 5 years jail time, while the prosection requested 10 times that.
DePIN
DePIN protocol peaq gears up for mainnet launch as token offering ‘closing in by the day’
peaq Co-Founder token offering plans after closing successful $15M funding round.
AI
Three top AI projects surge over 30% following rumors of token merge – report
Fetch, Singularity Net, and Ocean Protocol all surged following a Bloomberg article suggesting a token merge.
AI
Tether enters AI race with pledge to build open-source LMMs to combat Big Tech
Tether data will focus on open-source multimodal AI models and is actively hiring at present.
Legal
United States OFAC places new sanctions on crypto firms with ties to Russia
Firms which are said to have helped Russian entities evade sanctions via crypto have been reported by OFAC.