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Since 2011, cryptocurrency hacks have made $19 billion, and blockchain-related illegal activity is still expanding.

According to a survey by Crystal Intelligence, since 2011, around $19 billion worth of cryptocurrencies has been lost in thefts, and the sector is still struggling with an increase in blockchain-related criminality. 785 instances of cryptocurrency theft are recorded in the paper, including 220 security lapses, 345 cyberattacks involving decentralised finance (DeFi), and 220 fraud

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Crypto

Zimbabwe is looking for feedback on the cryptocurrency market.

According to media reports on Wednesday, Zimbabwe is looking for feedback on the cryptocurrency market in order to create policies for the industry. By June 26th, the government wants feedback from the committee it established to confer with operators in the digital asset field. Many nations have been attempting to comprehend cryptocurrency and control the

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Crypto

Bitwise claims that cryptocurrency and AI together might be a $20 trillion megatrend.

Asset manager Bitwise stated in a research on Wednesday that by 2030, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence (AI) would boost the world economy by a combined $20 trillion. The senior crypto research analyst Juan Leon stated that “the intersection of AI and crypto is going to be even bigger than people imagine” and that “two industries

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How does blockchain technology function in the gaming industry?

The gaming business has undergone some pretty big changes recently. What was formerly a recreational pastime aimed at children and young adults has grown into a multibillion dollar sector with investments from numerous brands and business owners. According to the most recent reports, the gaming industry’s global revenue increased significantly to $347 billion in 2022.

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Crypto

Zipmex’s licenses are revoked by the Thai SEC for noncompliance with directives.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has withdrawn two of the cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex’s operating licenses following months of regulatory examination. The SEC said on June 11 that, as of May 28, Zipmex was no longer permitted to function in Thailand as a cryptocurrency broker and digital asset exchange. In February, the regulatory body mandated that Zipmex cease providing services to Thai users until it could rectify its financial standing and operational shortfalls. The exchange was, in the Finance Minister’s opinion, “still in contravention” of the directives. “Zipmex is required to return assets to its clients or proceed according to their clients’ requests,” said the SEC. “If any clients do not notify their requests or claim their assets, Zipmex must deposit the unclaimed assets in a trusted and secure system and must report its proceedings, step by step, to the SEC

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Crypto Blockchain

Tether Hopes to Make Over $1 Billion in Deals in the Upcoming Year: Bloomberg

According to CEO Paolo Ardoino, Tether, the company that develops stablecoins, anticipates closing deals worth $1 billion in the upcoming year, as reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday. According to Ardoino in an interview, Tether is concentrating its investments on biotech, AI, and financial infrastructure. In the last two years, the corporation has also invested almost $2 billion in these sectors, and it anticipates that this trend will continue. In order to generate billions of dollars in profit, Tether, the company behind the biggest stablecoin in the world, USDT, invests the majority of its assets in US Treasury bills and other securities. A portion of money will be set aside for deals, according to Ardoino. “It’s all about investing in technology that helps with disintermediation with traditional finance,” he said. “Less reliance on big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft.” Tether’s $200 million majority investment in Blackrock Neurotech, a firm that develops brain-computer interfaces, and its partnership with Northern Data Group, a supplier of data clouds, are two of its most prominent investments to date.

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Crypto

Polygon Establishes New Grants Program, Unlocking 1B POL in Over a Decade

Layer-2 network Polygon Labs announced on Tuesday that it is launching a Community Grants Program to incentivize builders to construct inside its ecosystem.Over the course of the next ten years, the program seeks to give developers ownership of one billion POL, Polygon’s soon-to-be rebranded MATIC token. On Tuesday, the program went live, allowing users to distribute 35 million tokens, which are currently valued at $23 million. This first tranche of tokens will be valued in MATIC, as the network is in the process of switching from its existing coin, MATIC, to the new POL ticker. The program will tap into funds made available by Polygon’s Community Treasury, and the team shared that roughly 100 million POL tokens will be given out each year. There are two paths available to those who want to take part in the program. First, there is a “General Grant Track,” as the company refers to it, for builders who want to construct anything on Polygon. The second is the “Consumer Crypto Track,” which focuses on initiatives like gaming, decentralized social apps, blockchain and AI integrations, and NFT technologies that encourage the adoption of cryptocurrencies. “The grant program follows proposals to ensure that Polygon becomes a strong, community-governed aggregated network of chains,” Polygon wrote in a blog post.

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Crypto

Metaplanet announces a $1.6 million Bitcoin purchase, sending shares up 10%.

Japanese investment company Metaplanet revealed that it had acquired another bitcoin (BTC) for 250 million yen ($1.6 million), increasing its total holdings of the largest cryptocurrency to 141 BTC, or roughly $9.4 million. Metaplanet’s stock increased 9.9%. Tuesday after it went public with the acquisition, which is its third since April 2024. The business stated

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Crypto

Democrats opines that Fed Should Lower Interest Rates Since Their Restrictive Approach Increases Inflation .

Three Democratic senators wrote a letter to Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Monday stating that the Fed has held interest rates too high for too long and that a reduction is necessary. “Today, we write to the Federal Reserve (the Fed) pleading with them to lower the federal funds rate from

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Crypto

Cryptocurrency Trading Crypto.com Gains Listing on Ireland’s Registry of Virtual Assets Service Providers

The Irish government approved Crypto.com’s application to register as a virtual asset service provider, enabling the cryptocurrency exchange to conduct business there. According to the Central Bank of Ireland website, the company was listed on the registry as of June 7 under the name Foris DAX. According to a statement from the company, Crypto.com will

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Crypto

Understanding the concept of crypto Market Sentiment.

When working with cryptocurrencies, it is essential to comprehend the sentiment of the crypto market, also known as the sentiment of the crypto investor. It provides you with an overview of the opinions and sentiments of the majority of the cryptocurrency community. Because it influences the number of people who wish to purchase or sell,

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Crypto

Macron Calls Surprise French Election That’s Unlikely to Stir Crypto, But Will Shake Up Government

French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament and ordered a quick election after his ruling Renaissance party received only around half of the seats won by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in the European Parliament elections. The two rounds of voting are scheduled to take place on June 30 and July 7. The election is unlikely to reverse the country’s gains in the cryptocurrency business. It registered 74 cryptocurrency companies last year, with the number anticipated to increase to 100, and French officials have recently tried to recruit more digital asset companies.The United Kingdom, whose government has stated that it aspires to be a crypto hub, now has only 44 registered cryptocurrency enterprises. Macron, who was initially elected president in 2017, called the election after the National Rally, also known as Rassemblement National, won 31.4% of the seats available to French candidates. That surpassed the performance of Besoin d’Europe, the EU’s spokesperson for Renaissance. France, the EU’s second-largest member by population, was granted 81 seats out of 720. Germany, the largest, receives 96 seats. “I have heard your message,” Macron said in a televised address, “and I will not let it go without a response.” Last year, the EU, a trading union of 27 nations, passed a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind crypto package known as the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation.The laws enable crypto firms to operate throughout the EU if they obtain a crypto asset service provider license in any member country. The package will go into effect for stablecoin issuers on June 30, with the remainder of the legislation becoming effective by the end of the year. “I have heard your message,” Macron said in a televised address, “and I will not let it go without a response.”

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Fireblocks, a cryptocurrency custody company, teams up with Coinbase International Exchange to provide more “reliable” trading.

The firms announced on Monday that Fireblocks, a cryptocurrency custody company, has partnered with Coinbase International Exchange, the non-U.S. division of the trading business that offers spot trading and perpetual futures to institutional and retail clients in qualifying jurisdictions. Customers of Fireblocks can now use Fireblocks’ governance and policy guidelines to safeguard exchange operations, including deposits and withdrawals, by connecting to their Coinbase International Exchange accounts, the company announced. In May 2023, Coinbase International Exchange obtained a regulatory permission to provide its services from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Prior to adding spot cryptocurrency trading for ordinary users, it solely functioned as an exchange for derivatives for institutions. Secure hardware enclaves are paired with Fireblock’s usage of Multi-Party Computation (MPC), a cryptographic key sharing technology, to eliminate a single point of compromise from API credentials and thwart further threats including insider collusion attempts. To prevent an insider from taking funds out of an exchange account unilaterally, users can set up user roles, governance policies, and approval procedures for exchange deposit and withdrawal activities using Fireblocks’ policy engine. As per a press release, they may also check the balances of all associated accounts and make deposits, withdrawals, and rebalances via the Fireblocks Console or API. “As we continue to expand our offerings for institutional and retail clients, this collaboration underscores our commitment to providing a robust and reliable trading infrastructure for our global clientele,” said Usman Naeem, CEO of Coinbase International Exchange, in a statement.

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Technology

Squads Labs raises $10 million in Series A funding and unveils its smart wallet for public testing on iOS.

Squads Labs, a technology firm that promises to help businesses transact and manage digital assets, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Electric Capital. Squads Labs confirmed in an email on Monday that RockawayX, Coinbase Ventures, L1 Digital, and Placeholder participated in the fundraising round.Squads has also announced a smart wallet geared at individuals for public testing on iOS. The startup already offers a Solana-based business wallet. This has resulted in over $10 billion in worth. The new wallet, Fuse, is intended to eliminate the need to learn seed phrases, which are streams of 12 to 24 random syllables used to restore access to a user’s assets, in favor of wallet recovery and two-factor authentication. Individual users are frequently the focus of efforts to attract additional players to the cryptocurrency business. While Squads’ focus has historically been on recruiting enterprises to the digital asset world, with the launch of Fuse, it appears to be broadening its appeal to both sides of the market. Squads intends to use the new funds to enhance its smart account technology and products, as well as expand its personnel.

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Crypto

Canaccord reports that the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies has increased in recent months.

Broker Canaccord Genuity raised its price objective for cryptocurrency financial services company Galaxy Digital (GLXY) on Monday, citing the company’s significant institutional exposure as a reason for its favourable position to profit from the structural uptake of digital assets going forward. Canaccord kept its buy recommendation on Galaxy shares but increased its price objective to

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Crypto

Bitstamp Acquisition by Robinhood Increases Company’s Global Presence.

According to a report released on Friday by investment bank Architect Partners, Robinhood (HOOD) is increasing the size of its cryptocurrency business and is still growing it despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sending it a Wells Notice last month. The bank stated that the acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp is indicative of

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Crypto

Money Market Fund on JPMorgan’s Blockchain is Tokenized by Fidelity International.

JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based private blockchain network, Onyx Digital Assets, was used by London-based funds management company Fidelity International to tokenize shares of a money market fund (MMF). According to Fidelity International, a distinct company from the US-based Fidelity Management and Research, tokenization happened almost instantly thanks to link between the fund’s transfer agent (JPMorgan’s transfer agency

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Crypto Ethereum

$215 million in ARB tokens will be distributed by Arbitrum for innovative gaming

The developers of the Ethereum rollup-based layer-2 network Arbitrum, the Arbitrum Foundation, have made significant financial contributions to the growth of the gaming sector inside its ecosystem. A total of 225 million Arbitrum (ARB) tokens, worth around $215 million, are put aside under the plan and will be distributed over the course of three years

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Technology Tech Africa

AfDB and Intel to teach AI to millions of Africans

Together, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and tech behemoth Intel are aiming to providesophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) skills to three million Africans and 30,000 governmentofficials. The partnership intends to transform the African digital environment, per a statementon the AfDB website. The effort seeks to provide many Africans with modern technology skills, such as data science,robotics,

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Technology

Wealth fund in Norway will vote against Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation proposal.

Next week, shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation plan, which was declared illegal earlier this year by a Delaware judge.On Saturday, Norway’s $1.7 trillion national wealth fund announced that it will not support theratification of Musk’s pay package. LSEG data shows that the fund is

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Crypto

The executives of Ethereum are caught in a “massive contradiction.”

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy criticised Vitalik Buterin, Hayden Adams, and the Ethereum community, saying, “You are either building capitalism or planned socialism.” Evgeny Gaevoy, CEO of Wintermute, a startup that makes digital assets, claims that Ethereum leaders are forced to choose between promoting a socialist or capitalist economic system. Either you are constructing planned socialism

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Crypto

The volatility of bitcoin is currently 6% below its all-time lows.

Prior to the June 7 price drop, the 15-day volatility of Bitcoin fell into “the bottom 6% of occurrences.” The 15 days preceding the steep drop on June 7 saw so little fluctuation in the price of Bitcoin that it was close to all-time lows for the cryptocurrency. According to Rapha Zagury, chief investment officer

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Crypto

Users are perplexed by Friend.tech’s ambition to create its own blockchain.

The decentralised social media network Friend.tech has revealed that it will be working with Conduit to create Friendchain, a blockchain of its own. The decision to create Friendchain, the decentralised social media site Friend.tech, which is based on the Coinbase layer-2 network Base, has many users wondering, “Why?” Crypto trader Dr. Jojipup responded to Friend.tech’s

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Crypto

Crypto traders anticipate a “bullish” recovery, viewing the decline as a swift shakeout.

After US job statistics beat forecasts on June 7, there was a decline in Bitcoin, Ether, and the whole altcoin market. Traders, however, think that this is just a temporary “shakeout” before the rising trend keeps going. robust sell-off into backing. On June 7, anonymous cryptocurrency dealer il Capo of Crypto said to their 848,000

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Crypto

Why is today’s price of Bitcoin lower?

In the past day, the price of bitcoin has decreased by almost 3.25%, reaching $3,690 on June 8. The value of the entire cryptocurrency market has decreased by 3.75% over the same time period, but the BTC/USD pair is outperforming it.A minor reduction in the amount of Bitcoin held by its wealthiest whales and better-than-expected

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Crypto

Price of bitcoin closes at $69K following a fall $1.3 billion in open interest for Bitcoin

According to data, the price of bitcoin stabilized throughout the weekend. The biggest cryptocurrency had abrupt fluctuations during the previous Wall Street open due to what was called “schizophrenic” job data from the United States. Subsequently, a collapse in altcoins intensified, resulting from market responses to a livestream featuring investor Roaring Kitty, an alias. On

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Crypto

Donald Trump strengthens his support for cryptocurrencies during a fundraising event

Following a recent event where he raised $12 million, Donald Trump reportedly declared his intention to become the “crypto president.” As part of his 2024 presidential campaign, former US President Donald Trump is ramping up his support for cryptocurrencies and announcing his intention to become the “crypto president,” per a recent Reuters story. Trump allegedly

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Crypto

Cryptocurrency aficionados caution against exchanges banning the trading of naira.

The Nigerian government has shifted its attention to platforms that offer cryptocurrency services as a result of the naira’s sharp depreciation and the nearly three-decade-high inflation rate of 29.9% that followed. The move by the government to stop trading naira on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to several Nigerian cryptocurrency aficionados, is expected to make things worse

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Crypto

$3.5 million rug pull alleged in ZkSync’s Gemholic project

The address of the Gemholic contract developer, who is purportedly supported by Binance, is currently being sought after by community members. A potential rug pull incident involving the Gemholic project and the zkSync network has the cryptocurrency world abuzz. To spread awareness, a number of people impacted by the purported Gemholic fraud have turned to

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Blockchain

The Zilliqa 2.0 update improves interoperability with other chains and performance.

The much awaited version 2.0 upgrade of blockchain network Zilliqa has now released its white paper and roadmap. The upgrade will go live on the mainnet later in 2024. As per the network, the next version of the platform is expected to enhance its functionality by increasing its speed, efficiency, and interoperability with other blockchain networks. The sharding architecture, or x-shards, of Zilliqa 2.0 is pivotal. This feature enables users to build anything they can imagine on the Zilliqa platform, allowing businesses and developers to create blockchain experiences tailored to their needs. One technique for improving the scalability and performance of blockchain networks is sharding, which is used to database and blockchain systems. They are able to process more transactions faster and with greater efficiency as a result. Beyond x-shards, the white paper replaces the energy-intensive proof-of-work system with a new proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. With ultra-fast finality and enhanced security made possible by this modification, the network becomes more ecologically friendly. It is also possible to modify block times as needed. The average block time on the root mainnet shard is only two seconds. A cross-chain communication hub is another feature of the network update that facilitates communication between x-shards, the Zilliqa mainnet, and other blockchains that are compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Zilliqa 2.0 is EVM-compatible, allowing it to run smart contracts written in languages like Solidity and work seamlessly with popular wallets like MetaMask. The network will keep supporting Scilla and enable seamless communication between the two contract languages. It will also have features like smart account functionality and simple token conversions for gas fees, as well as account abstraction that is compatible with EVMs. The tokenomics of the network have also been modified to facilitate the proof-of-stake transition. This modification lowers inflation while offering token holders enticing and long-lasting incentives. The publication of Zilliga’s white paper and plan comes after a number of mainnet operational hiccups that affected block production. All network functionality has been restored, though. The number of daily Zilliqa blockchain transactions dropped by over 50% in December 2023 due to a “interruption to block production,” from nearly 61,000 to 30,906.

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