Market
Stablecoins
Binance’s Bitcoin liquidity for TUSD surges 250%
Kaiko's director of research Clara Medalie said the zero-trading fee option helped improve Binance's market share by 20% within eight months.
Legal
Tron founder Justin Sun says SEC complaint lacks merit
Justin Sun suggested that SEC's claim about his tokens — Tron and BitTorrent — were false as they were legal tenders in Dominica.
Stablecoins
USDC issuer Circle issues warning about hacked executive account
The hacker tweeted about a fake USDC airdrop to compensate holders who held the stablecoin during its depeg.
Exchanges
Coinbase insiders sold $7.4M stocks in the last 30 days
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sold around 90,000 shares in the last 30 days for $5.8 million, according to Dataroma data.
Adoption
Ripple’s XRPL account near 5M despite legal issues with SEC
Ripple's XRP has risen by more than 15% in the past 30 days, coinciding with when crypto whales purchased 420 million tokens.
Crime
North Korean Lazarus Group tries to phish Euler exploiter
Euler Labs warned its exploiter not to open the encrypted message under any circumstance, urging him to return the stolen funds.
Stablecoins
USDC issuer Circle seeks regulatory approval in France amid US banking troubles
Circle said the Euros-pegged stablecoin EUROC could become a compliant e-money under Europe's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations.
DAOs
Arbitrum to airdrop 112.8M ARB tokens to DAOs on its ecosystem
Arbitrum said the airdrop was not a retroactive grant to these DAOs. DeFi projects, GMX and TREASURE, gets the highest allocation of 8 million apiece.
Stablecoins
Binance CEO highlights USDT growth amidst rival issues
USDT's supply has grown by more than 10% in the last 30 days to $76.97 billion, according to CryptoSlate data.
Adoption
Metamask, Moonpay partner to allow Nigerians buy crypto directly
In 2021, the central bank of Nigeria ordered banks to stop facilitating cryptocurrency transactions and close all crypto-related accounts.
AI
Coinbase: ChatGPT doesn’t meet accuracy requirements for integration into security review process
Coinbase said ChatGPT's responses were inconsistent and it incorrectly labeled five high-risk assets as low-risk.
Regulation
Belgium to introduce new crypto ad regulation
Companies sponsoring crypto advertisements in Belgium must submit to its financial regulator FSMA before any campaign.