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Shiba Inu’s Shibarium Returns to Full Operation After Navigating Bridge Issues
30.8.2023
The Shiba Inu development team has announced that Shibarium is now fully functional after recent challenges where funds became inaccessible in the bridge. Shiba Inu’s Shytoshi Kusama thanked Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of Polygon Labs, who stepped in with crucial resources to address the issue....
FTX Founder’s Expert Witnesses Face Exclusion in Fraud Trial
29.8.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion on Monday seeking to bar all seven of Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed expert witnesses from testifying in the former FTX CEO’s upcoming fraud trial. Federal prosecutors cited issues with the witnesses’ reliability and accused them...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense Again Seeks 'Temporary Release' for Trial Preparation
29.8.2023
On August 25, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's attorneys filed a new motion seeking his "temporary release" or, alternatively, requesting that he be allowed to meet with his defense team five days a week based on his right to assist in preparing his defense.
On Friday, the defense team lodged...
High Proliferation of Crypto Scams in Africa Linked to Limited Educational Efforts — Mitroplus Labs Founder
29.8.2023
According to Ivaibi Festo, the founder of Mitroplus Labs, a crypto and blockchain education organization, cybercriminals continue to find success in Africa because not enough is being done to educate residents on the basics of digital assets or the technology that underpins such assets. To make...
Bankman-Fried Lawyers Seek Client’s Temporary Release for Trial Prep
29.8.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s high-powered legal team is pushing for the FTX founder’s temporary release from jail ahead of his October trial on fraud charges. In a motion filed Thursday, lawyers Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell claim Bankman-Fried’s Sixth Amendment rights are being...
SEC Charges Impact Theory in First NFT-Related Lawsuit Over Unregistered Token Sales
28.8.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Los Angeles-based media company Impact Theory with offering and selling unregistered securities in the form of crypto asset tokens. Notably, this marks the SEC’s first lawsuit targeting an NFT offering. SEC Sues Impact Theory Over $30M...
Charles Hoskinson Asserts Cardano Will Surpass All: Envisioning ADA as the Leading Global Cryptocurrency
28.8.2023
During the Rare Evo blockchain and cryptocurrency convention, Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson expressed his conviction that ADA will eventually become the “biggest cryptocurrency in the world.” Simultaneously, ADA’s value has plummeted 15.2% against the U.S. dollar...
DYdX Founder: Crypto Developers Could Benefit from Avoiding US Market – What's Going On?
27.8.2023
Antonio Juliano, founder of the decentralized exchange dYdX, has suggested that crypto developers forget about serving customers in the United States for the next five to 10 years due to a hostile regulatory environment.
In a recent X (formerly Twitter) thread, the crypto veteran encouraged...
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Released on Bail
26.8.2023
One of the founders of the Tornado Cash crypto mixer, Roman Storm, has been released on bail, his lawyer announced on social media. Storm, who was arrested in the United States, has been charged with money laundering and sanctions violations through the unlicensed platform. Storm Out on Bail After...
Jellyfish Mobile to Curb the SIM-Swap Menace That Led to Losses Worth $140 Million in Two Years
26.8.2023
PRESS RELEASE. The cryptocurrency market lacks regulation, leading to potential risks for investors, including SIM-swap scams. By this technique, hackers manipulate mobile carrier customer service to gain access to a user’s phone number, allowing them to bypass security measures and access...
Crypto builders should 'give up' serving US customers for 5 to 10 years — dYdX founder
26.8.2023
The founder of dYdZX argued that early-stage crypto projects can scale faster by ignoring U.S. customers, as they won't have to deal with the hassles of the U.S. regulatory climate
P2P marketplaces need to become unstoppable, permissionless - Paxful co-founder
25.8.2023
A new project aims to build a peer-to-peer marketplace to facilitate censorship-resistant, permissionless trading between Bitcoin users
Atari founder, Animoca sees Web3 games as vital for virtual ownership and education
25.8.2023
"I was gobsmacked" — Nolan Bushnell said his conversation with Yat Siu on Web3 games changed his brain
Exclusive: 'Pioneering' Virtual Rally in Support of Julian Assange to Launch in Metaverse - Not to Replace But 'Heavily' Promote Real-Life Protests, Organizers and Wistaverse Co-founder Said in Interview
24.8.2023
The campaign to stop the extradition of Julian Assange will launch the first-ever virtual political rally this Saturday in the Wistaverse metaverse. The organizers and the Wistaverse co-founder spoke to Cryptonews about the importance of holding a protest in this novel space, the difference between...
Sam Bankman-Fried Claims He Relied on Legal Advice in FTX Scandal
24.8.2023
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried claim the FTX founder, who has fallen from grace, based his business decisions on legal advice from company attorneys before the cryptocurrency exchange’s downfall. FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Claims Actions Were Based on Legal Advice, Denies Fraudulent Intent In...
FTX Founder SBF to Pin Blame For FTX Collapse on Bad Legal Advice
23.8.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is going to attempt to get off the hook by saying he was acting in “good faith” by following the advice of his former lawyers.
SBF was charged by the US Department of Justice on numerous accounts of fraud...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Intends to Blame Fenwick & West Lawyers in His Defense
23.8.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in court Tuesday to plead not guilty to latest indictment
AI-Powered Solutions Can Help Crypto Traders Overcome ‘Cognitive Biases’ When Investing — Libertify CEO
23.8.2023
According to Steve Rosenblum, the founder and CEO of Libertify, Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven investment solutions can assist investors in making “timely adjustments to asset allocation.” This means investors using such a solution will be able “navigate the volatile...
Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder of Upland, on the State of the MetaVerse, SuperApps, and Web3 Games | Ep. 258
22.8.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Upland, talks about how Upland became the leading Web3 Metaverse SuperApp, why the future of web3 gaming will be completely open, and their partnership with FIFA Women’s World Cup. ...
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Vitalik Buterin Granted Taiwan Employment Gold Card
22.8.2023
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has received a permit that will allow him to legally reside and work in Taiwan. Speaking at a meeting with the country’s minister of digital affairs, Buterin said that the card will make it easier for him to visit the island nation and its Ethereum community....