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Analysis

Algorand up over 12% following on from India partnership

Algorand up over 12% following on from India partnership

Dorian Batycka · 4 hours ago · 2 min read

Liquid staking tokens rally by 15% as Ethereum Shapella upgrade draws near

Liquid staking tokens rally by 15% as Ethereum Shapella upgrade draws near

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 5 hours ago · 2 min read

Voyager redeems $150M of USDC to fiat through Circle

Voyager redeems $150M of USDC to fiat through Circle

Dorian Batycka · 6 hours ago · 2 min read

Bitcoin reclaims $28k despite potential regulatory woes from Binance lawsuit

Bitcoin reclaims $28k despite potential regulatory woes from Binance lawsuit

Samuel Wan · 7 hours ago · 2 min read

Bankruptcy

BlockFi will refund $100K to California users

BlockFi will refund $100K to California users

Mike Dalton · 2 days ago · 2 min read

First Citizens Bank to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank assets at a discount

First Citizens Bank to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank assets at a discount

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 3 days ago · 1 min read

Analysis: How social media killed Silicon Valley Bank

Analysis: How social media killed Silicon Valley Bank

News Desk · 3 days ago · 6 min read

FTX plans to sell stake in Mysten Labs for $96M

FTX plans to sell stake in Mysten Labs for $96M

Mike Dalton · 6 days ago · 1 min read

CBDCs

ECB president warns central banks could “losing control” without CBDCs

ECB president warns central banks could “losing control” without CBDCs

Zeynep Geylan · 1 day ago · 2 min read

SEC’s Coinbase enforcement action deemed a power play by crypto community

SEC’s Coinbase enforcement action deemed a power play by crypto community

Samuel Wan · 6 days ago · 2 min read

Former Coinbase CTO urges ‘get to Bitcoin’ before CBDC digital lockdown

Former Coinbase CTO urges ‘get to Bitcoin’ before CBDC digital lockdown

Samuel Wan · 1 week ago · 2 min read

Russian lawmakers approve first reading of draft laws establishing CBDC regulation, issuance

Russian lawmakers approve first reading of draft laws establishing CBDC regulation, issuance

Assad Jafri · 2 weeks ago · 2 min read

Censorship

Hoskinson: Contingent staking, why the Cardano community is pushing back

Hoskinson: Contingent staking, why the Cardano community is pushing back

Samuel Wan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Tornado Cash developer remanded in custody another 3 months without charge

Tornado Cash developer remanded in custody another 3 months without charge

Dorian Batycka · 1 month ago · 1 min read

Ethereum’s OFAC-Compliant blocks drop to 47%

Ethereum’s OFAC-Compliant blocks drop to 47%

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 month ago · 1 min read

Tornado Cash developer seeks $240K salary to resurrect protocol

Tornado Cash developer seeks $240K salary to resurrect protocol

Christian Nwobodo · 3 months ago · 1 min read

Bitcoin

Potential crypto ban: Coin Center raises the alarm on the RESTRICT Act

Potential crypto ban: Coin Center raises the alarm on the RESTRICT Act

Samuel Wan · 10 hours ago · 2 min read

Zero-knowledge proofs now live on Bitcoin

Zero-knowledge proofs now live on Bitcoin

Dorian Batycka · 1 day ago · 2 min read

CryptoSlate wMarket Update: CFTC’s Binance lawsuit puts bears in control of market — pushes BTC below $27,000

CryptoSlate wMarket Update: CFTC’s Binance lawsuit puts bears in control of market — pushes BTC below $27,000

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 day ago · 3 min read

MicroStrategy acquires Bitcoin worth $150M, makes repayment on Silvergate loan

MicroStrategy acquires Bitcoin worth $150M, makes repayment on Silvergate loan

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Crime

North Korean hacking group APT43 found to rely on cryptocurrency crime

North Korean hacking group APT43 found to rely on cryptocurrency crime

Mike Dalton · 23 hours ago · 2 min read

Binance execs used Signal, discussed Hamas funds, told customers how to use VPNs: CFTC filing

Binance execs used Signal, discussed Hamas funds, told customers how to use VPNs: CFTC filing

Mike Dalton · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Serbian lawyers exposed for helping Do Kwon set up shell company post red notice

Serbian lawyers exposed for helping Do Kwon set up shell company post red notice

Samuel Wan · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Launch Zone, BSCex suffer contract vulnerability — over $7M drained

Launch Zone, BSCex suffer contract vulnerability — over $7M drained

Zeynep Geylan · 2 days ago · 2 min read

DeFi

BNB smart chain (BSC) receives user proposal for lower transaction fees

BNB smart chain (BSC) receives user proposal for lower transaction fees

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 8 hours ago · 2 min read

Arbitrum network activity booms ahead of airdrop

Arbitrum network activity booms ahead of airdrop

Andjela Radmilac · 6 days ago · 2 min read

Avalanche C, X-chains experience brief outage due to network bug

Avalanche C, X-chains experience brief outage due to network bug

Andjela Radmilac · 6 days ago · 2 min read

Sushi and its ‘head chef’ receive SEC subpoena

Sushi and its ‘head chef’ receive SEC subpoena

Mike Dalton · 1 week ago · 2 min read

Ethereum

MetaMask warns of fake token launch campaign

MetaMask warns of fake token launch campaign

Mike Dalton · 22 hours ago · 2 min read

Cardano’s Hoskinson lauds Polygon’s zkEVM launch despite previous criticism of Ethereum

Cardano’s Hoskinson lauds Polygon’s zkEVM launch despite previous criticism of Ethereum

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 day ago · 2 min read

Nvidia says ‘crypto adds nothing useful to society’ after billions in mining sales

Nvidia says ‘crypto adds nothing useful to society’ after billions in mining sales

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Crypto scams, exploits down 71% YoY as $370M lost since January

Crypto scams, exploits down 71% YoY as $370M lost since January

Zeynep Geylan · 4 days ago · 2 min read

Exchanges

Binance’s CZ refutes report claiming company has been hiding China ties

Binance’s CZ refutes report claiming company has been hiding China ties

Assad Jafri and Andjela Radmilac · 1 hour ago · 2 min read

Binance daily withdrawals double as users report problems off-ramping

Binance daily withdrawals double as users report problems off-ramping

Samuel Wan · 3 hours ago · 2 min read

SEC charges force crypto exchange Beaxy to close operations

SEC charges force crypto exchange Beaxy to close operations

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 4 hours ago · 2 min read

OKX becomes latest exchange to apply for Hong Kong VASP license

OKX becomes latest exchange to apply for Hong Kong VASP license

Assad Jafri · 1 day ago · 2 min read

Gaming

Magic Eden eyes growth in web3 gaming following launch of Magic Eden Games

Magic Eden eyes growth in web3 gaming following launch of Magic Eden Games

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 6 days ago · 2 min read

Polygon and Immutable partner on Web3 gaming

Polygon and Immutable partner on Web3 gaming

Mike Dalton · 1 week ago · 2 min read

Here’s why Pokemon’s web3 and metaverse plans face fan backlash

Here’s why Pokemon’s web3 and metaverse plans face fan backlash

Samuel Wan · 2 weeks ago · 2 min read

Virtual worlds trading volume grew 230% in February

Virtual worlds trading volume grew 230% in February

Zeynep Geylan · 3 weeks ago · 2 min read

Layer2

Airdrop claims help Arbitrum process twice Ethereum’s transaction in 24 hours

Airdrop claims help Arbitrum process twice Ethereum’s transaction in 24 hours

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 5 days ago · 2 min read

Over 300M Arbitrum ARB tokens claimed; price plunges 90%

Over 300M Arbitrum ARB tokens claimed; price plunges 90%

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 days ago · 2 min read

Arbitrum’s weekly DEX volume touches new ATH

Arbitrum’s weekly DEX volume touches new ATH

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 week ago · 2 min read

Arbitrum to airdrop ARB tokens to users on March 23

Arbitrum to airdrop ARB tokens to users on March 23

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 2 weeks ago · 2 min read

NFTs

NEAR launches $11M grassroots community trust registered in Guernsey

NEAR launches $11M grassroots community trust registered in Guernsey

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 6 hours ago · 3 min read

NFT Inspect makes comeback after January shutdown with acquisition by JVH Technology

NFT Inspect makes comeback after January shutdown with acquisition by JVH Technology

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 day ago · 1 min read

Accidentally burnt CryptoPunk #685 ‘resurrected’ – becomes first official CryptoPunk Ordinal

Accidentally burnt CryptoPunk #685 ‘resurrected’ – becomes first official CryptoPunk Ordinal

Dorian Batycka · 2 days ago · 1 min read

Sony Interactive Entertainment files for NFT patent

Sony Interactive Entertainment files for NFT patent

Dorian Batycka · 1 week ago · 2 min read

Partnerships

Coinbase acquires One River Digital Asset Management

Coinbase acquires One River Digital Asset Management

Zeynep Geylan · 4 weeks ago · 1 min read

Visa, Mastercard to push back on crypto-related services

Visa, Mastercard to push back on crypto-related services

Christian Nwobodo · 4 weeks ago · 1 min read

Ankr’s node hosting app launches on Azure marketplace

Ankr’s node hosting app launches on Azure marketplace

Zeynep Geylan · 1 month ago · 1 min read

MetaMask set to launch Onramp.money integration

MetaMask set to launch Onramp.money integration

Josh O'Sullivan · 2 months ago · 1 min read

People

Texas bill seeks to eliminate incentives for Bitcoin miners

Texas bill seeks to eliminate incentives for Bitcoin miners

Assad Jafri · 1 hour ago · 2 min read

Lido to sunset staking on Polkadot, Kusama by August

Lido to sunset staking on Polkadot, Kusama by August

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 7 hours ago · 1 min read

Europe is getting its first ETP based on a Morgan Stanley index

Europe is getting its first ETP based on a Morgan Stanley index

Andjela Radmilac · 8 hours ago · 2 min read

CryptoSlate wMarket update: XRP leads top 10 as BTC breaks $28,000 once again

CryptoSlate wMarket update: XRP leads top 10 as BTC breaks $28,000 once again

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 8 hours ago · 3 min read

Politics

Congressman Emmer introduces bill providing ‘safe harbor’ to miners, developers and wallets

Congressman Emmer introduces bill providing ‘safe harbor’ to miners, developers and wallets

Assad Jafri · 6 days ago · 1 min read

El Salvador’s Bitcoin President receives 91% approval rating: La Pensa Grafia

El Salvador’s Bitcoin President receives 91% approval rating: La Pensa Grafia

Dorian Batycka · 1 week ago · 1 min read

Belgian foreign minister calls for crypto ban

Belgian foreign minister calls for crypto ban

Dorian Batycka · 2 weeks ago · 2 min read

US Banks borrow record-high $164.8B from Fed backstop facilities

US Banks borrow record-high $164.8B from Fed backstop facilities

Dorian Batycka · 2 weeks ago · 2 min read

Privacy

Blender coin mixer may have rebranded, likely remains in use by Lazarus Group

Blender coin mixer may have rebranded, likely remains in use by Lazarus Group

Mike Dalton · 1 month ago · 1 min read

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin describes his vision for stealth addresses

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin describes his vision for stealth addresses

Mike Dalton · 2 months ago · 2 min read

SEC allegedly leaked crypto miner names, emails

SEC allegedly leaked crypto miner names, emails

Mike Dalton · 2 months ago · 1 min read

TOR network DDOS attacks lead to I2P solution for Bitcoin Privacy apps

TOR network DDOS attacks lead to I2P solution for Bitcoin Privacy apps

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 4 months ago · 2 min read

Regulation

Senators grill federal officials over lack of oversight into SVB, Signature Bank collapse

Senators grill federal officials over lack of oversight into SVB, Signature Bank collapse

Dorian Batycka · 23 hours ago · 2 min read

Binance CEO CZ reveals copy of letter to US Senators – weeks before CFTC lawsuit

Binance CEO CZ reveals copy of letter to US Senators – weeks before CFTC lawsuit

Samuel Wan · 1 day ago · 2 min read

Binance calls CFTC charges ‘unexpected,’ says it will cooperate with regulators

Binance calls CFTC charges ‘unexpected,’ says it will cooperate with regulators

Mike Dalton · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Contagion from SVB’s collapse highlights need for banking system resilience, says Fed official

Contagion from SVB’s collapse highlights need for banking system resilience, says Fed official

Dorian Batycka · 2 days ago · 2 min read

Stablecoins

Circle’s USDC to launch on Cosmos

Circle’s USDC to launch on Cosmos

Andjela Radmilac · 1 day ago · 1 min read

Centi launches CHF stablecoin backed 1:1 by a Swiss bank

Centi launches CHF stablecoin backed 1:1 by a Swiss bank

Assad Jafri · 6 days ago · 1 min read

Binance’s Bitcoin liquidity for TUSD surges 250%

Binance’s Bitcoin liquidity for TUSD surges 250%

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 6 days ago · 2 min read

USDC issuer Circle issues warning about hacked executive account

USDC issuer Circle issues warning about hacked executive account

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 week ago · 1 min read