Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as NovemberAside from ditching USDC for its native token, Worldcoin announced some changes to the terms of its WLD loans to market makers.Oct 23, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney can’t be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggestsThe investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009 and other evidence to make the argument.Oct 23, 2023Brayden Lindrea
FTX creditor claims breach the 50c mark as buyers see light at the end of the tunnelThe market is warming to FTX claims, with one claim going for between 52 and 53 cents on the dollar at auction on Friday.Oct 23, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Javier Milei trails as Argentina’s presidential election goes to run-offAnti-establishment Javier Milei was the touted favorite in Argentina’s presidential election but is trailing in second place with 90% of the vote counted.Oct 23, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Thai crypto investors turn to tarot cards, divine signals to predict marketA Thai fortune teller once purportedly predicted when the crypto market would recover last year, claiming they were told by the god of the dead.Oct 23, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Bitcoin price cracks $30K, possibly clearing a path for SOL, LINK, AAVE and STXBitcoin’s strong rally to $30,000 may have kick started a sharp recovery in SOL, LINK, AAVE and STX.Oct 22, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
Sam Bankman-Fried trial moves to final stagesThe trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is reaching a conclusion, with the prosecution set to rest its case on Oct. 26.Oct 22, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Lightning Network faces criticism from pro-XRP lawyer John DeatonJohn Deaton’s remarks come amid concerns about alleged backdoors in the Bitcoin Lightning Network’s code.Oct 22, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Crypto advocates file amicus brief to address users’ Fourth Amendment privacy rightsThe amicus brief was filed to support an appeal against the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in relation to a 2017 court order where Coinbase was forced to hand over data from more than 14,300 of its users.Oct 22, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin core developer steps back from Lightning Network over ‘hard dilemma’Antoine Riard believes the Bitcoin community faces a “hard dilemma” as a new class of replacement cycling attacks threatens the Lightning Network.Oct 21, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Uniswap founder burns $650B in HayCoin against speculationUniswap’s Hayden Adams burned 99% of the HayCoin supply on Oct. 20 over concerns about price speculation.Oct 21, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Patricia exchange CEO announces debt restructuring via convertible notesFejiro Hanu also revealed that the shares will be managed by a Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission-licensed trusted third party to ensure complete transparency.Oct 21, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
FTX clients face deceptive priority withdrawal scamFTX users have reported receiving deceptive emails purportedly sent by FTX Trading, West Realm Shires Services and FTX EU.Oct 21, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Crypto-friendly Rep. Tom Emmer pursues nomination for House speakerTom Emmer has been “making calls” to secure a nomination for the speaker role, and it could be a boon for the crypto sector if he were to be voted in.Oct 21, 2023Brian Quarmby
‘Every customer solution’ will be integrated with AI: Microsoft CEOIn an annual letter, Satya Nadella outlined Microsoft’s plans for AI, which includes integrating AI and its Copilot across the firm’s “most used products.”Oct 21, 2023Brian Quarmby
Games need decentralized randomness to be fairDoes your RNG have sufficient randomness? Is it secure against tampering? Is it decentralized? These qualities are critical to building a viable metaverse.Oct 20, 2023Felix Xu
Singapore court authorizes freeze order attached to wallets as soulbound NFT A British investigative firm tracked down stolen funds and convinced the High Court of Singapore to mark the wallets containing the funds permanently with its order.Oct 20, 2023Derek Andersen
Base network launches 8-week training course for blockchain developersBase Bootcamp will offer students weekly meetings with a mentor, a dedicated Discord server, and access to Coinbase and Base engineers.Oct 20, 2023Tom Blackstone
Greece establishes AI advisory committee to create national strategyThe Greek prime minister created an AI advisory committee comprising some of the country’s top tech, ethics and science professionals.Oct 20, 2023Savannah Fortis
FinCEN issues alert regarding crypto transactions connected to HamasThe government department warned virtual asset service providers and other financial institutions to “identify and report suspicious transactions” related to terrorist groups.Oct 20, 2023Turner Wright
Busy week for Uniswap, and Platypus recovers 90% of hacked funds: Finance RedefinedUniswap announced it would start charging a swap fee of 15% from Oct. 17, evoking mixed reactions from the crypto community.Oct 20, 2023Prashant Jha
Binance shutting down European Visa debit card in DecemberMastercard ended its partnership in Latin America and Bahrain with Binance in September, possibly due to the regulatory environment.Oct 20, 2023Derek Andersen
IBM’s new AI chip offers 22x speedup with ‘mind-blowing’ energy efficiencyThe team is already years into work on the next version of the potentially revolutionary NorthPole hardware.Oct 20, 2023Tristan Greene
Sam Bankman-Fried asked FTX attorney to ‘come up’ with legal argument for $8B holeAccording to former FTX general counsel Can Sun, Bankman-Fried “was not surprised at all” that billions of dollars were missing.Oct 20, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Price analysis 10/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, DOT, MATICBitcoin price briefly pushed above the $30,000 level. Are altcoins poised to follow?Oct 20, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
Hong Kong securities regulator updates crypto policies, citing market developmentsThe notice came more than a month after over a thousand users reported losses from the JPEX crypto exchange.Oct 20, 2023Turner Wright
BTC price hits 2-month high amid bet Bitcoin will break $32K ‘soon’Bitcoin consolidates below $30,000, with the BTC price weekly close of interest to market analysts.Oct 20, 2023William Suberg
Web3 game project allegedly hired actors to pose as executives in $1.6M exit scamCertiK says Standard Cross Finance hired actors to pose as executives, then dumped tokens on investors, draining $1.6 million from the project’s liquidity pool.Oct 20, 2023Tom Blackstone
Digital artist OSF gives fans a pledge of ‘art until I die’: NFT CreatorHolders of pieces in OSF’s “Red Lite District” collection get a “till the day I die” commitment from the U.K.-based artist.Oct 20, 2023Greg Oakford
Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program terminationAnalysis suggests at least three Reddit moderators dumped thousands of dollars worth of Moons just minutes before the actual announcement.Oct 20, 2023Prashant Jha