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Japanese Crypto Advocate Wins Parliament Seat
23.1.2024
A leading Japanese crypto advocate has won a seat in the House of Councilors, the nation’s lower parliamentary house. Per CoinPost, Takeshi Fujimaki, a former lawmaker who lost his seat in the 2019 election, has been restored to the house under proportional representation rules. Fujimaki,...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Record $4B in Inflows as Incumbent Crypto Fund Issuers Lose $2.9B
22.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is garnering rising interest, but crypto fund incumbents are on the losing side of the equation. CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report on Jan 22 disclosed a substantial $4.13 billion in inflows since the launch of the first...
Alameda Research Drops Lawsuit Against Grayscale Amid GBTC Outflows
22.1.2024
Alameda Research Ltd., the hedge fund associated with the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has voluntarily dropped its lawsuit against Grayscale Investments amid GBTC outflows. According to court filings from January 22, Alameda opted out of suing Grayscale, its CEO Michael Sonnenshein,...
Vitalik Buterin’s Zuzalu Retreat Spurs Ethereum-Backed ‘Zu-Villages’ – What’s Behind This Mysterious Gathering?
22.1.2024
The exclusive Zuzalu blockchain retreat started by Vitalik Buterin is now funding new invite-only pop-up cities globally. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Last year in May, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin helped organize an exclusive two-month gathering called Zuzalu in Montenegro. Around...
FTX to Face Independent Investigation, Federal Appeals Court Rules
22.1.2024
An independent bankruptcy examiner must complete an investigation into the collapse of FTX, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. In violation of U.S. bankruptcy code The ruling, delivered by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, argues that to not appoint an independent examiner...
Concentric Confirms $1.6M Private Key Breach on Arbitrum Protocol
22.1.2024
The liquidity manager app Concentric has fallen victim to private key exploitation on the Arbitrum network. According to the post on their official X account, the protocol confirmed the incident, revealing that the security breach resulted from a targeted social engineering attack on one of...
Global Crypto User Base Hits 580M, Following 34% Increase in 2023 – Crypto.com Report
22.1.2024
Source: Pexels Crypto asset adoption is accelerating, with over half a billion people becoming users or owners in 2023, according to a Crypto.com report. Making its disclosure in an 18-page report from its Research and Insights Team, the centralized Bitcoin exchange pointed out that 580 million...
US Treasury Announces New Sanctions Against Hamas-linked Crypto Companies
22.1.2024
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed new sanctions on facilitators and networks involved in crypto transactions linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In an announcement posted on January 22, the Office of Foreign Assets Control...
Pandoshi (PAMBO) Stage 3 Sold Out, Total Raised Over $2 Million
22.1.2024
Pandoshi (PAMBO), a rapidly ascending star in the cryptocurrency sky, has achieved a remarkable milestone: the complete sell-out of its Stage 3 presale, raising over $2 million. This significant achievement underscores the increasing investor confidence in Pandoshi, as enthusiasts and crypto...
CEO of Crypto Ponzi Scheme IcomTech Handed Five-Year Sentence
22.1.2024
The CEO of a large-scale crypto Ponzi scheme known as IcomTech has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $914,000 in criminal proceeds. On January 19th, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, issued a press release stating that Marco Ruiz Ochoa...
Digital Asset Investment Products Record $21M Outflows Despite $11.8B Trading Volume
22.1.2024
Digital asset funds have recorded a minor $21 million in outflows while trading volumes surged past $11 billion as crypto prices plummeted in the past seven days. CoinShares’ Digital Asset Weekly Fund Flows report on Jan 22 shows a slight decline in bullish momentum although inflows were...
FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources
22.1.2024
BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event
Gate.io’s Proof of Reserves Implementation Passes Hacken’s Security Audit
22.1.2024
Hacken Finds Gate.io’s PoR ‘Contributes Significantly to the Field’ Jan 22nd, Panama – Gate.io, a leading crypto exchange and Web3 innovator, announced that its latest Proof of Reserves (PoR) methodology passed a comprehensive security review conducted by Hacken, a pioneer...
Litigation Analyst Gives Coinbase a 70% Shot at Full Dismissal in SEC Case
22.1.2024
According to Bloomberg senior litigation analyst Elliott Stein, the major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase might be looking at a favorable outcome in its legal battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a recent post on X, Stein shared his analysis of the case and expressed...
Unstoppable Domains and The Sandbox Partner to Launch New Metaverse Experience + More Crypto News
22.1.2024
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: Unstoppable Domains Partners with The Sandbox to Launch Metaverse Experience Stablecoin Trading Volumes Increased 27% in December, Highest Level...
Coinbase’s CLO Criticizes U.S. GAO for Lack of Analysis on Crypto Sanctions Risk
22.1.2024
Coinbase‘s chief legal officer Paul Grewal has criticized the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) following its recent report describing crypto as a tool for foreign entities to evade sanctions. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), the Coinbase executive expressed...
BNB Smart Chain Sees 85% Decline in Losses to Security Incidents in 2023: Report
22.1.2024
A security report published today revealed losses incurred on BNB Smart Chain in 2023 reached over $161 million, compared to $1.1 billion in the previous year. The security report was published by AvengerDAO in collaboration with Hashdit, Certik, Ancilia, and Salus Security. Despite the decrease...
Scammers Use Meme Coin Mania to Defraud 42,000 Victims and Amass $32 Million: Blockfence
22.1.2024
A group of fraudsters has managed to deceive over 42,000 victims, accumulating a staggering $32 million in a series of crypto scams that began in April 2023. What makes this scam unique is the use of a method that even fooled some of the industry’s renowned “rug pull detectors,”...
Sega to Develop New Web3 Games, Reveals Partnership With Finschia
22.1.2024
Sega Singapore, a subsidiary of the worldwide recognized entertainment company, has announced that it will seek to produce new Web3 games as part of a partnership established with Finschia, a blockchain project. As part of this partnership, Sega will also participate in the governance of Finschia...
Tabi pioneers gaming blockchain on Cosmos with Tabi Chain
22.1.2024
Tabi recently announced its latest project, Tabi Chain, on X/Twitter. Tabi Chain is set to pioneer the gaming blockchain on Cosmos with EVM support. According to the string of tweets, Tabi Chain will set new standards for the mass adoption of blockchain gaming. Tabi believes that blockchain gaming...