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McDonald’s metaverse in Singapore, South Korea classifies NFTs as virtual assets: Nifty Newsletter

NFT sales surge volumes across various platforms and blockchains, with Bitcoin-based digital collectibles leading the charge.

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12 Jun 2024

BTC reclaims $69K, derivatives signal additional upside

Bitcoin futures and options markets indicate that the prevailing sentiment remains bullish.

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12 Jun 2024

Eigen Labs acquires Rio Network, opens LRT code

The Eigen Foundation is acquiring Rio Network’s intellectual rights and will open-source its liquid restaking token as a reference implementation in the EigenLayer ecosystem.

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12 Jun 2024

BREAKING: Terraform to pay $4.47B to resolve SEC civil lawsuit

The settlement would resolve a civil lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission following Terraform’s collapse in 2022.

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12 Jun 2024

MoonPay announces PayPal fiat on-ramp for UK and EU

MoonPay noted that PayPal is the third-most commonly used payment option in the United States, behind Apple Pay and traditional bank cards.

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12 Jun 2024

MultiversX and Cornell launch sponsored blockchain education program

Once students complete the course, they’ll be eligible for follow-on mentorship, support and funding.

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12 Jun 2024

Bitcoin whale accumulation reaches pre-2020 bull run levels — Is BTC set to break $70K?

Bitcoin’s short-term holder realized price rose to $63,729, suggesting a definitive breakout above the $70,000 level next.

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12 Jun 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping praises blockchain exec in open letter

Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, the recipient of the letter, is the chief scientist of the Conflux network and a professor at the country’s prestigious Tsinghua University.

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12 Jun 2024

Circle announces Solana programmable wallets, gas station

Circle is adding support to the Solana blockchain, enabling integration across its Web3 features in two phases.

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12 Jun 2024

Chainlink’s CCIP protocol and Automation now live on Gnosis

Gnosis developers can now outsource their heavy computing to the oracle network while reducing gas fees by up to 90%, spokespeople said.

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12 Jun 2024

Hong Kong officially kicks out all unlicensed crypto exchanges

This regulatory crackdown underscores the SFC's commitment to fostering a secure and transparent environment for virtual asset trading.

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31 May 2024

Open sourcing lets developers explore beyond initial ideas: Trust Wallet

Trust Wallet’s head of engineering, Luis Ocegueda, discusses Barz, an open-source smart wallet solution compatible with ERC-4337.

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31 May 2024

Bitcoin whale accumulation echos 2020: CryptoQuant CEO

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju highlights similarities between Bitcoin whale accumulation in 2024 and mid-2020, suggesting potential bullish trends as high on-chain activity continues despite low price volatility.

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31 May 2024

PEPE trading volumes surge 3X from start of May just days after ATH

Pepe’s price has slid 12% since reaching all-time highs, but trading volume has surged by 216%, indicating heightened interest from traders.

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31 May 2024

McHenry urges Senate to pass FIT21 crypto bill before election

The United States House’s widely positive vote on the crypto-regulating FIT21 bill should be “a wake-up call” to the Senate to quickly pass it, says Rep. Patrick McHenry.

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31 May 2024

Bitcoin firm, Texas university partner for $5M endowment fund

Bitcoin financial services firm and UATX plan to raise $5 million to invest in BTC for the next five years.

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31 May 2024

OpenAI stopped 5 campaigns that used its tech for ‘deceptive influence’

The AI firm has terminated accounts linked to several alleged foreign covert influence operations.

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31 May 2024

Warren prods drug agencies about crypto links to fentanyl trade

Senators Elizabeth Warren and William Cassidy say crypto has played an “increasingly prominent role” in the fentanyl industry.

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31 May 2024

Dogwifhat 10% drop could be ‘catastrophic,' but traders bet on bounce

The WIF meme coin is trading below what some believe is a concerning price level, but many traders are seemingly “betting on a WIF bounce.”

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31 May 2024

RFK Jr. latest to vow end to US crypto ‘hostility’

Independent U.S. presidential bidder Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to keep America as “the hub of blockchain technology” and end laws driving companies abroad.

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31 May 2024

Mt Gox not dumping Bitcoin just yet, Hong Kong boots out crypto exchanges: Asia Express

Bitcoin markets are safe from a Mt Gox dump for now, Hong Kong to boot out unlicensed exchanges, Binance sells Gopax claims at rock bottom.

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31 May 2024

How 1,500 new Bitcoin millionaires per day deal with getting rich

Around 1,500 Bitcoin wallets top the million-dollar mark each day. How does your lifestyle and mindset change when you become a newly minted crypto millionaire?

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30 May 2024

TRUMP token recovers from nasty dip after Donald Trump guilty verdict

Meanwhile, the Jeo Boden (BODEN) meme coin linked to Trump’s arch-rival, Joe Biden, rallied 6.4% in the first 15 minutes before dumping again.

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30 May 2024

Former banker sentenced to 41 months for crypto fraud

Rashawn Russell, a former Deutsche Bank executive, also intended to commit fraud with stolen bank cards.

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30 May 2024

Tornado Cash sentence 'radically unfair and unreasonable' — Nym CEO

CEO Harry Halpin pointed to history and used Nazi Germany as an example of why digital privacy must be protected in the 21st century.

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30 May 2024

DePIN networks can disrupt Big Tech and free the internet

DePIN networks can eat infrastructure the way software consumed most commerce. Akash, Helium and Filecoin are at the forefront of that movement.

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30 May 2024

US pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake gets $25M from Andreessen Horowitz

The major contribution comes a day after the PAC received an equal amount from Ripple.

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30 May 2024

Implementing FIT21 could be a ‘slow, slow process’ — CFTC Commissioner

Summer Mersinger anticipates extensive coordination and potential delays in the implementation of FIT21 across U.S. regulatory agencies if it is enacted.

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30 May 2024

SEC Commissioner pitches safe space for digital securities experiment

Hester Pierce said her “sandbox” pitch would offer opportunities for cross-border collaborations between blockchain firms without fear of regulatory threats.

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30 May 2024

New York sets customer service standards for virtual currency entities

The BitLicense just got a little tougher with new mandatory standards for treating customers right.

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30 May 2024