- Liquid staking on BNB Smart Chain, millions stuck in DeFi bridge contracts: Finance Redefinedby Cointelegraph by Prashant Jha on April 26, 2024 at 7:25 pm
Arkham Research notified DeFi wallet owners to look at the addresses and try to retrieve their funds, which have been stuck for months in bridge contracts.
- Insights from Token2049: How crypto wealth is madeby Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli on April 26, 2024 at 5:21 pm
Attendees at Token 2049 in Dubai shared their personal stories on how they became rich.
- Crypto mixing is ‘not a crime,’ says CryptoQuant CEOby Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai on April 26, 2024 at 11:20 am
The arrest of the founders of Samourai Wallet led to widespread concerns in the crypto community that the U.S. government was attempting to crack down on the industry.
- Chinese ‘Crypto Dad’ faces government investigationby Cointelegraph by Helen Partz on April 26, 2024 at 10:01 am
Yao Qian, the first director of CBDC development at China’s central bank, is reportedly under investigation for suspected law violations.
- US senators target cryptocurrency use in child abuse tradeby Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar on April 26, 2024 at 8:39 am
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy are asking federal agencies about their technical capacity to combat crypto payments in the sale of child abuse material.
- Pantera Capital seeks $1B for a new crypto fund: Reportby Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 26, 2024 at 4:58 am
The Pantera Fund V will invest in a range of blockchain-based assets and is slated for launch in April 2025.
- FBI warning against crypto money transmitters ‘appears’ to be aimed at mixersby Cointelegraph by Tom Mitchelhill on April 26, 2024 at 2:34 am
A recent FBI announcement urging Americans not to use unlicensed money-transmitting services misses “a great deal of nuance” about how crypto services operate, says Piper Alderman Partner Michael Bacina.
- Gordon Goner on his dramatic health battles and Bored Apes turning 3by Cointelegraph by Greg Oakford on April 26, 2024 at 1:10 am
The Bored Apes founder was diagnosed with a heart condition with a 50% fatality rate. But things are looking up for Wylie Aronow and BAYC.
- 'Epic sat' mined from fourth Bitcoin halving block sells for $2.1Mby Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 25, 2024 at 11:57 pm
One satoshi is currently worth $0.00065 — but some sats hold inherent “collectible value” in the Bitcoin ecosystem, cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx Global explained.
- Woman accused of $6B scam, China loophole for Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs: Asia Expressby Cointelegraph by Zhiyuan Sun on April 25, 2024 at 11:40 pm
There’s only one way left for Chinese nationals to access the Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs, $6B scam accused in court, and more: Asia Express.
- Visa provides stablecoin analytics dashboard with ‘noise’ filtered outby Cointelegraph by Derek Andersen on April 25, 2024 at 5:35 pm
The financial services giant wants to make data about stablecoin usage clear and accessible, which requires some processing.
- a16z Crypto recommends startup founders ‘never publicly sell tokens’ in USby Cointelegraph by Zhiyuan Sun on April 25, 2024 at 3:48 pm
“The SEC argues that nearly every token should be registered under U.S. securities laws,” commented a16z Crypto’s general counsel, Miles Jennings.
- Ethereum L2 Movement Labs raises $38M for Move-EVM adoptionby Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar on April 25, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Through Facebook’s Move-based Ethereum virtual machines, Movement Labs aims to enhance smart contract security and transaction throughput within the Ethereum ecosystem.
- Decentralized AI is key to more unbiased AI algorithms — Masa co-founderby Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai on April 25, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Google’s Gemini AI has faced recent outrage after generating historically inaccurate imagery and biased results. Decentralized AI development could be the key to creating more transparent and unbiased results.
- Avail integrates leading layer-2 networks to create more cost-efficient chainsby Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis on April 25, 2024 at 1:45 pm
Avail joins forces with leading layer-2 networks for increased Web3 scalability through data availability and rollup unification for a more interconnected blockchain landscape
- Memecoins are like a ‘risky casino’ — Andreessen Horowitz execby Cointelegraph by Prashant Jha on April 25, 2024 at 12:17 pm
The chief technology officer of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz said that memecoins are like risky casinos that deter real builders from the crypto ecosystem.
- How blockchain-based voting can restore trust in the electoral processby Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai on April 25, 2024 at 12:06 pm
Brian Rose also aims to implement a new London cryptocurrency to promote financial education in the Greater London area.
- Nigeria puts faith in new crypto-friendly regulatorby Cointelegraph by Amaka Nwaokocha on April 25, 2024 at 9:06 am
Nigeria’s president appointed the new SEC Chair to regulate the capital market, bolster investor confidence, and advance economic development.
- Tokenization’s next phase requires real-world data integration — Chainlinkby Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra on April 25, 2024 at 7:50 am
Chainlink Labs’ director of capital markets said that enhancing tokens with real-world data could unlock better applications than traditional finance.
- Runes make up 68% of all Bitcoin transactions since launchby Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 25, 2024 at 5:44 am
Runes continue to make up the vast majority of Bitcoin transactions; however, the fees earned by Bitcoin miners from Runes have slightly tailed off since the record-setting halving day.
- BlackRock has ‘no commercial relationship’ with Hedera, HBAR sinks 32%by Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 25, 2024 at 2:56 am
A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed the firm wasn’t directly involved in Archax and Ownera’s decision to tokenize shares of BlackRock’s ICS Treasury Fund on Hedera.
- Banks could flood into stablecoins if new bill passes: S&P Globalby Cointelegraph by Tom Mitchelhill on April 25, 2024 at 2:30 am
The Lummis-GillibrandPayment Stablecoin Act introduced to the Senate could see big banks encouraged to take steps into the stablecoin market, says S&P Global Ratings.
- Bitcoin miner profits get squeezed as hash price drops to lowest since October 2023by Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira on April 24, 2024 at 5:33 pm
After enjoying record profits during Bitcoin’s recent halving, miners now face a sharp decline in hash prices.
- Hong Kong Bitcoin, Ether ETF structures revealed ahead of April 30 launchby Cointelegraph by Zhiyuan Sun on April 24, 2024 at 4:50 pm
The spot exchange-traded funds will be denominated in the United States dollar, Hong Kong dollar and Chinese yuan.
- 7 ICO alternatives for blockchain fundraising: Crypto airdrops, IDOs & moreby Cointelegraph by Jillian Godsil on April 24, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Airdrops, presales and gaming NFTs are among the innovative ways crypto projects are raising funds with tokens in the post-ICO era.
- North Korean Lazarus hacker group using LinkedIn to target and steal assets: Reportby Cointelegraph by Prashant Jha on April 24, 2024 at 10:24 am
Lazarus group first surfaced in 2009, and since then, it has primarily targeted crypto firms, stealing billions of dollars worth of assets.
- Wallets linked to Coinbase and Vitalik Buterin have millions ‘stuck’ in bridge contractsby Cointelegraph by Prashant Jha on April 24, 2024 at 6:05 am
Arkham Research tagged and notified wallet owners to look at the addresses and retrieve their funds, which have been stuck for months.
- Hedera’s HBAR token pumps 96% on misinterpreted BlackRock announcementby Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 24, 2024 at 5:34 am
A widely misinterpreted announcement from the HBAR Foundation has sparked confusion among crypto influencers and sent the price of HBAR token soaring.
- Worldcoin will increase WLD supply by up to 19% in the next 6 monthsby Cointelegraph by Tom Mitchelhill on April 24, 2024 at 2:48 am
Worldcoin will be selling up to 1.5 million WLD tokens to select trading firms outside of the United States every week for the next six months.
- Cosmos patches ‘critical’ IBC protocol bug, saving $126Mby Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea on April 24, 2024 at 1:52 am
IBC has always had the bug, but it only recently became exploitable due to developments in the protocol’s codebase, Asymmetric Research said.