Market
Adoption
Kraken secures regulatory approval to set up shop in Abu Dhabi
Kraken has become the latest crypto exchange to secure regulatory approval for a regional HQ in the UAE.
Hacks
AkuDreams suffers exploit, loses $34M in proceeds forever
AkuDreams dev team was warned about the bug in its smart contract, but it referred to it as a “feature.”
Enterprise
Twitter shareholders enter discussions with Musk over takeover offer
Some of Twitter's shareholders are more open to accepting Elon Musk's unsolicited takeover offer of $54.20 per share.
Privacy
Reports emerge of how Russian agency made Binance reveal its clients data
A Reuters report stated that Russia requested for information concerning the country’s opposition leader from Binance.
NFTs
Crypto Influencer Cobie criticizes what staking has become, questions ApeCoin proposal
Cobie likens the ApeCoin staking proposal to a bribe to holders not to sell while the early contributor coins pass their early unlock phases.
DeFi
Hacker ‘self-destructs’ $1M loot gained from DeFi exploit
The hacker minted extra tokens and sold them for a profit before crashing the price of the token to zero.
Gaming
Play-to-earn games see 2000% increase in user-base
A new DappRadar report revealed that play-to-earn games saw an over 2000% increase in their user base during the first three months of 2022.
Regulation
US levies fresh sanctions against Russian entities, including Bitcoin miner BitRiver
The new sanctions could impede BitRiver‘s ability to function fully as it has a data center in Siberia.
Crypto
Report: Swiss Bitcoin investors saw the most profits in 2021
European Bitcoin traders dominate the list of the savviest traders as they recorded the most gains.
Adoption
US investors, Ethereum dominate crypto market gains in 2021
Crypto traders in the U.S. made around $47 billion gains from their trades in 2021, compared to $162.7 billion worldwide.
Adoption
Australia’s first spot Bitcoin ETF could see $1 billion in inflows
Cosmos Bitcoin ETF beat competition from other rivals like BetaShares, EFT Securities, and VanEck.
Crime
Report: Ransomware groups show preference for Monero, charge more for Bitcoin ransom
Ransomware groups charge their victims premiums of about 10% to 20% when ransom payments are made in Bitcoin.