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Binance CEO Says Exchange Recovered $450 Million From the Curve Finance Attack
13.8.2022
Following the recent Curve Finance attack, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the exchange had recovered $450 million from hackers. The decentralized finance (defi) platform Curve saw roughly $570 million siphoned from the application on August 9. Binance Boss Says Exchange Froze 83% of...
The Philippines halts virtual asset provider license applications
11.8.2022
The Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that the closing of VASP applications begins on Sept. 1, 2022, and will last for three years
Flutterwave Kenya License Controversy: Fintech Giant Reportedly Applied in 2019
11.8.2022
The Nigerian fintech unicorn, Flutterwave, reportedly said it submitted an application for a payment service provider license to the Central Bank of Kenya back in 2019. The fintech also said it has remained in constant contact with the central bank and is hopeful it will get the license....
Greylock, Pantera Led $18M Round for NFT Infrastructure Provider Pinata
9.8.2022
Silicon Valley investment giant Greylock also backed Pinata’s $3.5 million seed round last year
Data Provider DeFiLlama De-emphasizes Double-Counted Crypto Deposits After Saber Revelation
5.8.2022
The website “toggled off” double-counting after CoinDesk uncovered one Solana developer’s effort to dupe the all-important metric for popularity in DeFi
Bitpay Adds APE and EUROC Support — Luxury Retail Giant Gucci Accepts Apecoin Payments
2.8.2022
On August 2, the Atlanta-based crypto payment services provider Bitpay announced that it has expanded its crypto asset support with two different crypto assets. Bitpay revealed the company has integrated apecoin and euro coin into the firm’s platform and the luxury retailer and designer...
Huobi gets green light as exchange provider in Australia
1.8.2022
Gibraltar-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has received the regulatory greenlight to offer its services in Australia
Pocket DAO Passes Two Key Proposals on Node Incentives
28.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Pocket Network, a decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider that services blockchain data requests for applications and developers, is implementing key protocol changes after its community DAO voters rallied to boost network efficiency and bring costs down. As of late June,...
Huobi Becomes Latest Crypto Exchange to Receive Provisional Approval From Dubai Regulator
24.7.2022
Huobi recently became the latest cryptocurrency exchange platform to be granted provisional approval by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, a statement from the company has said. The provisional approval allows Huobi to offer virtual asset exchange products and services...
Gemini receives virtual asset service provider license in Ireland
20.7.2022
New York-based crypto exchange Gemini opened its local office in Dublin, Ireland, last year. Now, it is granted with a VASP license
Bitcoin.com Simplifies Cryptocurrency Payments, Enhances Data Sovereignty With Unstoppable Domains Partnership
20.7.2022
In partnership with Unstoppable Domains, Bitcoin.com is making it easier than ever to use cryptocurrency as a payment method. Users of the multichain Bitcoin.com Wallet can now send cryptocurrency to the full range of domains offered by the blockchain-based domain provider. This means, for example...
Dubai Regulator Grants Crypto Trading App OKX License to Extend Services in the UAE
19.7.2022
The Seychelles-based crypto trading app, OKX, recently became the latest virtual assets service provider to be granted a provisional licence to provide its services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The provisional licence allows OKX to extend certain exchange products and services...
Coinbase secures crypto asset service provider approval in Italy
18.7.2022
Coinbase started providing its cryptocurrency services in Italy a while ago, offering Coinbase card services in the country as of June 2019
Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Provider Lancium to Bolster Battery-Powered Demand Response at 25 MW Texas-Based Facility
8.7.2022
According to Lancium Inc., a crypto mining infrastructure firm, the company has signed a deal with the Texas battery-storage provider Broad Reach Power LLC. Broad Reach Power plans to supply battery power to Lancium’s Fort Stockton-based 25-megawatt facility and when the grid is swamped...
Ethereum liquidity provider XCarnival negotiates return of 50% stolen ETH
27.6.2022
According to blockchain investigator Packshield, the hacker used a previously withdrawn pledged NFT from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection as collateral to drain the assets
This oracle data provider platform has surpassed 4 million nodes since inception
16.6.2022
The protocol has weathered multiple bear markets and has nearly 250 million data payloads and counting
Liquidity provider asks platforms to freeze 3AC funds to recover assets after litigation
16.6.2022
Danny Yuan said that their team detected that $1 million was missing from their company's funds at Three Arrows Capital (3AC)
Web 3 Service Provider ScienceMagic.Studios Raises $10.3M From Coinbase Ventures, DCG, Others
14.6.2022
ScienceMagic.Studios has raised a $10.3 million pre-seed round from Digital Currency Group, Coinbase Ventures, among others
New American Express Credit Card Lets Shoppers Earn Crypto Rewards Tradable Across 100+ Cryptocurrencies
12.6.2022
American Express and Abra are launching a new credit card that will allow shoppers to earn cryptocurrency rewards “tradable across over 100 different cryptocurrencies” without annual or foreign transaction fees. American Express and Abra Launching Crypto Rewards Credit Card American...
Blockchain.com Plans to Provide an NFT Domain Name to 83 Million Wallet Users
11.6.2022
Blockchain.com has announced it has partnered with the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider Unstoppable Domains in order to launch .blockchain NFT domains. The company says that in the next few weeks, 83 million Blockchain.com wallet users will get a free .blockchain domain....