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Hack

Hacker faked Beeple's NFT sold for $69.3 million

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Hacker Monsieur Personne created fake copies of the most expensive NFT painting Everydays: The First 5000 Days by American artist Beeple to debunk the myth of the uniqueness and safety of tokens. It is about forging cryptographic evidence of ownership of an original work of art. The hacker created...

BaFin

BaFin breaks Binance when launching tokenized stock service

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The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has warned Binance of a potential violation of securities laws when launching tokenized stock trading. On April 12, the crypto exchange announced the launch of a new service. Two weeks later, the Financial Times announced that regulators in the UK...

Securrency

Securrency raises $30 million from top Wall Street players

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Securrency blockchain compliance provider raised $30 million in Series B funding round. The round was attended by WisdomTree Investments, State Street, U.S. Bank, and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners (subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Sovereign wealth fund and Falcon Edge Capital). The company will use the funds...

1inch

1inch Launches 1inch Wallet iOS App

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Liquidity aggregator from decentralized exchanges 1inch has introduced the 1inch Wallet app for iOS. It combined the capabilities of the web version and the functionality of a mobile wallet. At the first stage, the exchange of tokens is available to users. In the future, developers will add...

Hidden mining

Microsoft and Intel have improved search for hidden miners

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The Microsoft Defender enterprise endpoint solution has incorporated Intel's threat detection technology to quickly compute hacker programs for cryptocurrency mining. Intel Threat Detection Technology (TDT) relies on telemetry data to detect any anomalies in CPU performance. Unlike other types of...

Ethereum

Open interest in Ethereum futures on CME approached $300M

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The open interest (OI) indicator for Ethereum futures on the regulated CME exchange is growing rapidly and has already reached the $287 million mark. Along with OI, the trading volume of these derivatives has increased significantly over the past few weeks. Analysts noted that the growth of the...

Bitcoin

American football player will receive his salary in bitcoin

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Kansas City player Sean Culkin is the first in the National Football League (NFL) to receive a 2021 salary of $ 920,000 in bitcoin. Culkin called it "not the wisest financial decision." However, he added that he is counting on long-term investments. Another footballer, Trevor Lawrence,...

Binance

Binance launches NFT marketplace

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Bitcoin exchange Binance will launch an NFT marketplace in June. Existing users of the exchange will have access to the new service. They will be able to create tokens and trade them through their Binance accounts. “Users will be able to create, release and transfer works of art from various...

Antpool

AntPool became the leader in hashrate

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Bitmain's AntPool mining pool has become the leader in hashrate. AntPool leads the hashrate over a 24-hour time frame. On a wider timeframe, the first place is still maintained by the competitor F2Pool. According to journalist Colin Wu, the Chinese ASIC hardware manufacturer has acquired 5nm chips...

Crypto

Cryptocurrency market capitalization exceeded $2 trillion

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Over the past 24 hours, the value of all cryptocurrencies has grown by about 8%. On Tuesday, April 27, market capitalization reached $ 2.083 trillion. Moreover, altcoins are growing in price at a more confident pace compared to bitcoin (BTC). It was this factor that made many traders and analysts...

Caracas Air

Caracas Air accepts Bitcoin as a payment method

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Caracas Air, the largest aviation training center in Venezuela, has begun accepting the first cryptocurrency for training payments. For those who choose the new form of payment, the school is ready to provide discounts and funding plans, said Oliver Laufer, co-founder, and CEO of Caracas Air....

Tim Draper

Tim Draper believes bitcoin will help the global economy

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Renowned financier Tim Draper is on the list of so-called "bitcoin bulls". Back in April last year, he announced that over the next few years, the BTC rate would reach $ 250,000. Draper attended the Collision Online Summit late last week. During his speech at this event, the financier...

Rarible

Rarible to release NFT collection with Oscar winners

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Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has unveiled its Nomine(eth) collection in honor of the Academy Awards. Winners in the five major Oscar 2021 nominations will each receive one of two NFTs. The second token will be put up for auction for everyone. Among the...

Paxos

Paxos received a conditional license from the national bank

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The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) under the US Treasury has approved Paxos's application for a nationwide trust bank license. The company has a year and a half to comply with all regulatory obligations. The OCC will then issue a permanent license to the organization to operate in all...

Cuba

Cuba has included cryptocurrencies in economic policy

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The Cuban government has included cryptocurrency in the "guiding principles for the economic and social policy of the party and revolution" until 2026. The initiative is designed to support the economy in the face of US sanctions. Specific details are not mentioned. The idea has been...

Coinswitch

CoinSwitch Kuber raises $25 million from Tiger Global

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Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch Kuber raised $25M from US investment firm Tiger Global Management in a Series B funding round. As a result, the company was valued at $ 500 million, the statement said. According to CoinSwitch, since launching in 2020, the exchange’s team has grown from 20 to...

Binance

Binance Smart Chain daily transactions exceed 9 million

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On April 21, the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network recorded a new record for the number of transactions per day - 9.13 million. This is almost six times higher than the corresponding indicator of the Ethereum blockchain. At the same time, the network of the second-largest crypto in terms of...

Coinbase

Coinbase launches internal project "Idea Factory"

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Crypto exchange Coinbase announced the launch of the 10 Percent project, which implies the allocation of 10% of free resources to support the modernization program. The initiative aims to create a “culture of reproducible innovation” and unleash the creativity of the workforce. The project...

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