Stablecoin payments: Visa shares plans for ‘ambitious’ crypto productVisa’s upcoming crypto product is designed to drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and stablecoin payments.Apr 25, 2023Helen Partz
5 charged by DOJ over alleged crypto price manipulation schemeFive people have been charged in relation to alleged market manipulation of an Ethereum-based token called “Hydro.”Apr 25, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Decentralized exchange GMX votes to use Chainlink low-latency oraclesA Chainlink exec said the oracles will improve GMX’s security by providing a more “strong degree of tamper-resistance when settling user trades.”Apr 25, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Third round of ETH withdrawals sees roughly equal amounts of deposits: DataAnother chunk of ETH has been withdrawn due to Kraken, but deposits going onto the network have almost matched them.Apr 25, 2023Martin Young
France mulls fast-tracking registered crypto firms to new EU rulesFrance's financial regulator is weighing up “fast track” options for registered firms so they can be compliant with MiCA rules as soon as possible.Apr 25, 2023Brian Quarmby
‘Crypto is dead in America’: Tech billionaire Chamath PalihapitiyaPalihapitiya did concede the crypto sector has “pushed more boundaries” than other startup sectors, which may have attracted the SEC’s attention.Apr 25, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Judge approves taps on SBF’s parents’ phones to meet bail conditionsSurveillance software installed on Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents’ phones will track every minute of their activity across browsers, messaging and calls.Apr 25, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Coinbase files court action to compel SEC’s response to rulemaking petitionCoinbase is looking to force the SEC to respond to its petition seeking rules for the crypto industry, a request that’s been pending since July.Apr 25, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
District 9 director’s shooter, Decentraland red-light district battle: Web3 GamerDecentraland’s District X dispute, showing “no mercy” to autoclickers, spending Sunday afternoon in a virtual Irish pub.Apr 24, 2023Callan Quinn
Stablecoins must be programmable to counter CBDCsDecentralization enables programmability — and that allows stablecoins to wield a key advantage over central bank digital currencies.Apr 24, 2023Nikhil Raghuveera
ECB considers digital euro access, distribution in third design progress reportThe digital euro, if it is created, will be available to Eurozone users first through familiar onboarding procedures.Apr 24, 2023Derek Andersen
Draft bill suggests separating legislation on payment stablecoins and digital asset marketsThe draft bill no longer included aspects of an earlier version that included legislation of custodial service providers and algorithmic stablecoins, as well as a CBDC study.Apr 24, 2023Turner Wright
Price analysis 4/24: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, MATIC, DOGE, SOLBitcoin and select altcoins are at risk of falling below their respective support levels and starting a deeper correction.Apr 24, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
German regulators launch inquiry into ChatGPT GDPR complianceGermany becomes the latest European nation to officially question OpenAI’s compliance with GDPR.Apr 24, 2023Tristan Greene
Ordinals Finance has conducted a $1M rug pull: CertiKThe DeFi protocol appears to have erased its social media presence after news of the alleged exit scam broke.Apr 24, 2023Tom Blackstone
Ether price struggles to maintain support as regulatory challenges and network issues weighEther options volume hints at bearish sentiment as the $1,850 support falters.Apr 24, 2023Marcel Pechman
Who on Crypto Twitter chose not to pay for a blue checkmark?Adam Back, Roger Ver, Brad Garlinghouse, and Andreas Antonopoulos were among those not showing a blue checkmark on their Twitter accounts after legacy verification was sunsetted.Apr 24, 2023Turner Wright
OFAC sanctions OTC traders who converted crypto for North Korea’s Lazarus groupU.S. law enforcement has identified three individuals who handled stolen crypto and fiat for the benefit of North Korea.Apr 24, 2023Derek Andersen
DeFi options protocol raises $17M for buy-side marketplaceThe upcoming version will combine aspects of an automated market maker and money market.Apr 24, 2023Tom Blackstone
Pan-European crypto regulation is almost here: Law Decoded, Apr 17–24 The Markets in Crypto-Assets Act, also known as MiCA, was finally passed by the European Parliament.Apr 24, 2023David Attlee
Ethereum price lower highs vs. Bitcoin hint at more downside in April Institutional investors accumulated Ether and sold off Bitcoin last week, suggesting confidence in Ethereum after the Shapella hard fork.Apr 24, 2023Yashu Gola
Bybit to introduce mandatory KYC requirements starting May 8Users without Know Your Customer verification can withdraw a limit of 20,000 USDT per day on Bybit.Apr 24, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin price tags new April low as traders weigh odds of $25K nextBitcoin threatens a breakdown below $27,000, and traders are ready and waiting with their downside BTC price targets.Apr 24, 2023William Suberg
OpenAI’s CTO says government regulators should be ‘very involved’ in regulating AIThe chief technology officer recently sounded off about government regulators, the “pause” letter and how close the company is to reaching artificial general intelligence.Apr 24, 2023Tristan Greene
OKX staff issues clarification amid ‘shell token’ purchase inquiriesIt appears certain individuals have developed an interest in purchasing listed tokens that no longer have market value or development activity.Apr 24, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Trust, UX and security in DeFi: Redefining the yield ecosystem with Cake DeFi CEOTo bring about much-needed evolution in DeFi, entrepreneurs will need to rethink business strategies to fit investors’ evolving expectations for more than quick returns.Apr 24, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Binance integrates ChatGPT into its Web3 academyBinance released a new AI-driven tool that it named the “Binance Sensei” that uses machine learning to generate answers from its education platform to help users learn about Web3.Apr 24, 2023Savannah Fortis
China to expand CBDC use case for Belt and Road InitiativeChina was one of the first nations to start working on its CBDC. However, despite the completion of its development, the government has yet to officially launch the CBDC.Apr 24, 2023Prashant Jha
KuCoin to reimburse victims of the short-lived Twitter account hackThe crypto exchange announced that it will fully reimburse all the verified asset losses from the fake giveaway promotion.Apr 24, 2023Ezra Reguerra
LUNA is not a security, South Korean court rules in Terra co-founder’s caseThe court says that It is difficult to see the Luna token as a financial investment product regulated by the Capital Markets Act.Apr 24, 2023Prashant Jha