A look at Binance's early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and whether, post-FTX, the exchange has blown its chance to rule crypto
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Elliptic: pro-Ukraine causes received $200M+ in crypto donations in 2022, including $80M+ sent to Ukraine's government; pro-Russian entities got less than $5M
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An EU Parliament committee rejects a provision for its Markets in Crypto Assets framework that would have effectively banned proof-of-work cryptocurrencies
Dubai recently adopted a law to regulate the crypto sector. Good for you! Scott Chipolina / Decrypt : EU Votes 32-23 Against ‘De Facto Bitcoin Mining Ban’ Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News : EU Parliament C...
Coinbase blocks 25K+ addresses related to Russian individuals or entities believed to be engaged in illicit activity and shares them with the US government
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Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency tools to lessen the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
or Russia Allison Morrow / CNN : Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin Jessica Sier / Australian Financial Review : Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions B...
DeFi traders complain about network instability that hit Solana this weekend, four months after its last outage; Solana pushes update to fix “the worst effects”
There Will Be Blood — Cryptoasset markets have had their worst … Scott Chipolina / Decrypt : Solana Tanks 16% Amid Ruthless Crypto Market Crash Bhushan Akolkar / CoinGape : SOL Tanks 6% As Solana Fa...
Poly Network offers a $500K “bug bounty” to the hacker who returned $340M+ in assets and placed the rest in a wallet jointly controlled by the hacker and Poly
but there's a catch Finextra : Hacker behind $610m crypto heist in line for reward for returning assets Brian Fung / CNN : An anonymous hacker stole $600 million in cryptocurrency, then gave it back R...
Investigation: Strike, El Salvador's digital crypto wallet partner, is only licensed in one US state, potentially making transfers to El Salvador illegal
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, caused a stir this month when he declared his country would become the first in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Tweets: @scottchipolina , @scot...
Elon Musk is either trading on his unique ability to move the price of Bitcoin and Dogecoin, or just trolling, and both scenarios are bizarre and incredible
As Elon Musk reverses his Bitcoin sentiment … Matthew Fox / Insider : Ethan Allen stock is soaring as traders confuse its ticker with the identical one for ether Scott Chipolina / Decrypt : Ark Invest...
A look at Valuables, a service from crypto company Cent that lets users sell their tweets as non-fungible tokens in exchange for Ethereum
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