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Turkish watchdog stretches rules and allows crypto wallets to collect aid

A Turkish singer convinced the country's watchdog to allow three wallets to collect funds, even though the act isn't currently legal in Turkey.

3 years ago

DAOs

ETH Core Developers to update Shanghai testnet as EIP-4844 comes closer

Vitalik proposes new transaction serialization as EIP-4844 data types are assessed.

3 years ago

Legal BTC -1.34%

Class-action lawsuit alleges Signature bank ‘permitted’ FTX comingling customer funds

Signature bank was accused of aiding and abetting the FTX fraud and the breach of its fiduciary duties.

3 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update: Overall market sentiment green as AI tokens establish their rise

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.

3 years ago

DeFi

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3 years ago

Staking ETH -0.17%

Lido’s staked Ethereum crosses 5M, Frax Ethereum on the rise

Lido said its staking deposits grew across all chains except Kusama — its LDO token surged 18% to $2.45 as of press time.

3 years ago

Legal FTT +0.61%

SBF lawyers reach agreement on messaging apps usage

SBF will be allowed to use messaging apps including FaceTime, Zoom, iMessage, SMS, emails, Facebook, and WhatsApp — but not Signal.

3 years ago

Legal

Ex-Coinbase Manager files to dismiss SEC claims

Ishan Wahi's lawyers argued that the assets involved in the case are not investment contracts and the SEC lacked congregational authorization to classify tokens as securities.

3 years ago

Mining

Layer1 CEO accuses founder of running it as his ‘own personal fiefdom’

The compliant also accuses founder Jakov Dolic and board member Tobias Ebel of "actively looting" the company.

3 years ago

Rumors UNI +2.83%

Uniswap founder denies swindling Balance.io co-founder

Hayden Adams said Ric Burton was offered Uniswap investor ownership and later a cash repayment, refusing both offers.

3 years ago

DeFi

CoW Swap said it suffered no loss – despite $166k exploit

CoW Swap said an external party that had access to its settlement contract had set approval to a "bad contract" 10 days ago.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Bitvavo expected to receive at least 80% of DCG’s debt

The DCG owes Bitvavo 280 million Euros — which equates to over $300 million. The exchange expects to publish the settlement soon.

3 years ago

Crime

UN says North Korea stole $630m of crypto last year in lowball estimate

The United Nations (UN) revealed in a confidential report that North Korea stole $630 million last year, according a Reuters article.

3 years ago

Trading

DCG sells $22M worth of Grayscale shares to raise funds

DCG sold some of its Grayscale Ethereum shares at $8 per share — raising approximately $22 million, according to the Financial Times.

3 years ago

Web3

Op-ed: What can we see in web4 that we’re missing in web3?

Web4 is seen as the next evolution of the World Wide Web, building upon the decentralized technologies of Web3.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

Gemini comes to agreement with Genesis as Cameron Winklevoss declares $100M contribution

Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss confirmed Earn customers have taken a "critical step forward."

3 years ago

DeFi

Uniswap BNB deployment is ‘now or never’ as a16z disagrees on bridge solution

Roughly 150 million UNI tokens are still eligible to vote as the BNB Chain proposal looks to pass

3 years ago