First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Rebounds Amid Optimism on Debt-Ceiling
18.5.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 18, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Borderless Capital Leads Wormhole-Powered $50M Cross-Chain Fund
18.5.2023
Among the other investors are Jump Crypto, Arrington Capital, the Solana Foundation and Aptos Labs
Coinbase Cloud Joins Chainlink as Node Operator to Bolster Security
18.5.2023
Telecoms giants Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and news provider Associated Press are also Chainlink node operators
Coinbase Cloud plugs into Chainlink oracle network to improve smart contract reliability
18.5.2023
Chainlink’s oracle network will welcome Coinbase Cloud as a node operator to improve high-quality data provision to a number of blockchain protocols
Metaverse Beauty Week welcomes its first brands
18.5.2023
Metaverse Beauty Week (MBW) will be hosted from June 12, 2023, to June 16, 2023/ The event will feature Roblox, Decentraland, and Spatial. Several brands are managing their way to get a spot in the event, for it enables them to engage with their existing community and further connect with the Web3...
Ledger Continues to Defend Recovery System, Says It's Always 'Technically' Possible to Extract Users' Keys
18.5.2023
"Technically speaking it is and always has been possible to write firmware that facilitates key extraction. You have always trusted Ledger not to deploy such firmware whether you knew it or not," Ledger said on Twitter
Report: North Korea Affiliated Cybercriminals Stole $721 Milion Worth Crypto Assets From Japan
18.5.2023
Between 2017 and 2022, hacking groups affiliated with North Korea are thought to have stolen crypto assets worth $721 million from Japan alone. According to the findings of a study by Elliptic, hackers were primarily focused on Japan and Vietnam because operators from the two countries had...
Metaverse ETF PUNK closing after betting against Meta's vision
18.5.2023
Subversive Capital cites losses as it shuts down PUNK ETF and the company pivots to artificial intelligence
ApeCoin DAO Approves Proposal to Boost Bored Ape NFTs, APE Ecosystem Growth
18.5.2023
The Ape Accelerator will incubate and launch new projects that strengthen the Bored Ape Yacht Club and ApeCoin ecosystems
Analysts say Tradecurve will surge 10x higher than Dogecoin
18.5.2023
Crypto investors need to understand narratives. As the space evolves, the stories driving it remain in constant flux. Still, one critical element that has persisted is the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) in the blockchain space. Experts were asked which crypto would perform best in 2023...
Bitcoin and proof-of-stake have natural ‘synergy’: Bitcoin Builders 2023
18.5.2023
Stanford University professor David Tsè said his team’s research had revealed a security property between Bitcoin and proof-of-stake protocols
USDC trading goes live in Singapore via Coinbase
18.5.2023
Coinbase recently conducted a commissioned study, revealing that 25% of the residents of Singapore feel that cryptocurrency is the future of finance. The number is at par with the UK and higher than the UK, where only 17% share the sentiments. The study has also revealed that what keeps people from...