Crypto
Adoption
Coinbase and Bitpanda reveal EU partnership
The partnership is part of Coinbase's push to expand outside of the U.S.
Crime
North Korean crypto wallets sanctioned; Binance says it helped Treasury seize $4.4M
OFAC sanctioned six addresses belonging to Kim Sang Man.
Layer-2
Coinbase’s Base announces mainnet plans as Aave community expresses interest
Base plans to meet certain criteria before launching its mainnet this year.
Crime
BTC-e founder accused of money laundering seeks to be freed in prisoner swap
Alexander Vinnik intends to lobby for his inclusion in a prisoner exchange.
Crime
Chinese companies selling synthetic opioid chemicals raked in $27M in crypto payments
Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic reveals millions in crypto payments to Chinese chemical providers and a staggering 450% increase in transaction volume year-on-year.
AI
Adobe says Photoshop’s AI feature is aimed at accelerating creative use, not replacing graphic designers
Content Credentials could ensure that both types of art respect creator rights.
AI
Solana CEO deems ChatGPT as revolutionary as ‘Windows and the computer mouse’
Solana has released a ChatGPT plugin and increased its AI grant fund to $10 million.
Regulation
Coinbase asks for mandamus against SEC, continues to demand rulemaking
Coinbase has once again demanded an SEC response, this time within seven days.
Macro
Treasury Secretary Yellen repeats warning of US debt default
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen said that her agency could be unable to pay the bills of the U.S government by early June.
Outage
Dash experiences outage lasting over 18 hours
Node operators must upgrade to a new client version en masse to restore activity.
Regulation
South Korean exchange Coinone execs indicted in paid listing, market manipulation scandal
Coinone leaders were paid to list at least 46 cryptocurrencies.
Wallets
Ledger CEO says ‘sharded’ recovery seeds could be disclosed on subpoenaes
The wallet company has admitted that any government could force it and other parties powering Ledger Recover to surrender user wallet seeds.