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Tether and Bitfinex Drop Opposition to FOIL Request
24.11.2023
Stablecoin issuer, Tether, and cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex, have decided to drop their opposition to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request made earlier this year by various news outlets. “We have nothing to hide” “Our decision is rooted in our unwavering commitment to transparency...
Fallen FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Adopts Mackerel as New Currency, Gives Guards Crypto Tips
24.11.2023
Behind bars, Bankman-Fried has adopted mackerel packs as currency and advises guards on crypto amidst his legal turmoil over FTX’s collapse. Image by Fareed Mindalano, DALL-E 3. Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has adapted to life behind bars...
Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch
24.11.2023
The EU’s Data Act could introduce “kill switch” requirements for smart contracts, raising questions about how decentralized projects would handle such a scenario
Today in Crypto: Binance Shows Greater Net Flows Resilience, Capital is Flowing Out of US into Asia, OKX Applies for Hong Kong VATP License
24.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Diego Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Market news Contrasting with the crisis experienced by exchanges like FTX, Binance has demonstrated greater resilience...
Netherland-based Crypto Exchange Bitvavo Secures Regulatory Approval in France
24.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / MarinadeArt Dutch-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitvavo has received regulatory green light in France to act as a digital asset service provider. In a Nov 23 press release, the company disclosed the milestone and reiterated its wider expansion plans with hopes of becoming...
Binance US Guilty Plea May Raise Complications for Hong Kong Affiliate’s Crypto License Application- Here’s What You Need to Know
24.11.2023
Source: Pixabay According to several industry experts, Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), pleading guilty to US anti-money laundering laws could pose challenges to the cryptocurrency exchange’s ambitions in Hong Kong. On November 21, Changpeng Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance...
Is Illuvium Going to Zero? ILV Price Suffers 6.2% Fall as Strange Mining Token Steals the Limelight
24.11.2023
Rising GameFi project Illuvium, the decentralized studio building the world’s first interoperable blockchain gaming universe, has seen a -6.2% retracement move for ILV price, and some worried bag-holders are now asking ‘is Illuvium going to zero?’. This comes following something...
KyberSwap Exploited in $46 Million Attack Due to ‘Infinite Money Glitch’
24.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Roman Samokhin According to Ambient Exchange founder Doug Colkitt, KyberSwap’s $46 million hack was “the most complex and carefully engineered smart contract exploit” and confirmed that what happened was an infinite money glitch. In a detailed thread on...
HTX to Resume Limited Deposit Services Today and Launch a Site-Wide Airdrop Event
24.11.2023
Source: HTX HTX (formerly known as Huobi Global) announced that deposit services for major chains will be gradually resumed on their platform, beginning today, complemented by an airdrop event as a gesture of gratitude to its users. According to the announcement, HTX has completed the necessary...
Singapore’s Blockchain-Powered ADDX Exchange Lists AI-Enabled Equities Funds
24.11.2023
Source: Pexels Singapore’s blockchain-powered private markets exchange, ADDX, has listed a deep-value equity fund managed by Aggregate Asset Management (AAM) to its platform. This fund, which uses machine learning to optimize investment strategy and returns, aims for a compound annual growth...
Russian Bailiffs Will Get More Powers to Seize CBDC & Crypto
24.11.2023
Source: evgris/Adobe Moscow will give Russian bailiffs more new powers to seize digital rubles and cryptoassets in bankruptcy cases. Per Comnews, the plan is the brainchild of the Ministry of Justice and the Russian Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). The ministry wants to give bailiffs a range of...
L2 Protocol Blast Secures $230M TVL in 48hrs as Yield Concerns Arise
24.11.2023
Source: Blast Blast, a new Ethereum Layer 2 network, has achieved an impressive Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $230 million within 48 hours of its unveiling. However, there’s a unique twist – the network does not exist yet. Blast has reached $230 Million in TVL within 48 hours. 37,131...
$BONK Price Crashes 30% From Top As Traders Back New Meme Coin $MK
23.11.2023
The Solana blockchain’s biggest meme coin BONK! ($BONK) is seeing a big pullback from earlier weekly highs. BONK! recently hit its highest levels of the year above $0.0000055 per token, but the price has since pulled back over 30% to around $0.00004. Still, that leaves $BONK up a super impressive...
Vienna-Based Raiffeisen Bank Expands Services to Include Crypto Trading
23.11.2023
Raiffeisen Bank. Source: Adobe / Cristi Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank is set to launch crypto trading services in 2024, joining a slew of European banks breaking into the digital asset custody business. The 130-year-old bank announced plans for the service in April upon signing a letter of intent...
CryptoQuant Reports Decline in Binance’s Bitcoin Reserves as Retail Flow Shifts to Coinbase
23.11.2023
Bitcoin reserves on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, are rapidly depleting, according to data from blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant. The outflow is notably shifting towards the premium digital asset platform of the US-based crypto exchange Coinbase. Providing more...
Vulnerability Disclosure Prompts InfStones to Rotate Validator Keys
23.11.2023
Source: Pixabay InfStones, a crucial node operator affiliated with Lido Finance, is poised to temporarily remove its Ethereum validators from the liquid staking protocol. In response to a substantial vulnerability uncovered by security researchers at dWallet Labs, the operator plans to execute...
Kraken Co-founder Says Crypto “Feels More Fair” After CZ’s Guilty Plea
23.11.2023
Source: Pixabay “The crypto game feels a bit more fair today,” Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell said in an X post on Wednesday. In the wake of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stepping down as CEO and pleading guilty to criminal charges of money laundering, Powell held nothing back in his assessment...
Alchemy Pay Announces U.S. Expansion, Iowa Licensing
23.11.2023
Singapore-based Crypto-fiat payment solution, Alchemy Pay, announced further expansion into the U.S. market through their acquisition of a Money Services License in Iowa on Thursday morning. Dedication to compliance “We are thrilled to announce that we have obtained a Money Services License...
Singapore Proposes Rules to Tighten Crypto Speculation in Retail Markets – Here’s the Latest
23.11.2023
Source: Pixabay / Sasin Tipchai The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed revised guidelines to curb the growing rate of digital asset speculation in retail markets. In a recent publication, the Central Bank released amended regulations for digital payment token providers and related...
Bitcoin User Unwittingly Pays $3.1 Million in Single Transaction Fee
23.11.2023
Onchain data reveals a staggering incident where a bitcoin user inadvertently paid a fee of 83.65 BTC, amounting to a costly mistake of $3.1 million, in a single transaction. This blunder occurred in block 818,087, mined by Antpool, marking the highest fee ever recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain....