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CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: South Korean authorities fail to follow through on Do Kwon aide’s arrest; EU puts more crypto sanctions on Russia
Michael Saylor gave 0.03 BTC away through the Lightning Network, Ethereum active users increased by 36% last quarter, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Legal
South Korea tightens circle on Do Kwon, arrests his aide
South Korean authorities arrested Terra's Head of General Affairs and gave Kwon 14 days to return his passport before it is invalidated.
Exchanges
Binance removes 5 HNT, OOKI trading pairs, adds 18 new ones
Cross & isolated margin pairs HNT/BUSD, HNT/USDT and spot pairs HNT/BTC, HNT/USDT, OOKI/BNB will be removed next week, while 18 new ones are already added.
Exchanges
Russia blocks crypto exchange OKX without disclosing reason
The authorities blacklisted Okx.com's IP address on October 4.
NFTs
Hugo Boss announces the ‘360-degree metaverse experience’ with new NFT line
Fashion giant teamed up with Imaginary Ones to launch its NFT line, and the new metaverse experience.
Partnerships
Climate start-up partners with Ripple to launch marketplace for carbon credits
Thallo's platform will bring buyers and sellers of high-quality carbon credits together.
A legal insight into whether crypto sanctions going too far? – SlateCast #23
Anand Sithian and Carlton Greene talked about the sanctions on Tornado Cash and agreed that it could have certain implications for the future of DeFi.
Banking
Global banks’ exposure to crypto is around 0.01%
Basel Committee report reveals 19 biggest financial institutions worldwide hold €9.4 billion worth of crypto.
An augmented reality metaverse project you can visit, collaborate, build IRL – SlateCast #22
AR metaverse Over creates the AR metaverse of the world and carries the AR creations in metaverse lands to their corresponding locations in the world.
Tokenization
Theta upgrade goes live to support wTHETA as TNT20 token
Theta v3.4.0 is successfully completed at block height 17285755 to introduce a wrapped version of the THETA token, wTHETA
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Terraform Labs calls Do Kwon arrest warrant ‘unfair’ after denial of cashing out BTC; MEV bot loses $1M in an hour
Do Kwon and LFG denied transferring 3313 BTC to KuCoin and OKX, BIS finalizes CBDC pilot program that transferred $22 million, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Binance takes aim at cyber financial crime; CEL tanks after Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky resigns
CEL drops by 7.5% after Celsius CEO announces resignation, the Ethereum Push Notification Service rebrands as Push Protocol, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.