The US CFTC launches a pilot program that allows bitcoin, ether, USDC, or other payment stablecoins to be used as margin collateral in US derivatives markets
So Why's BTC Stuck At $90,000? Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoinist.com : New CFTC Crypto Initiative: Bitcoin, Ethereum, To Serve As Collateral In Derivatives Trading Oluwapelumi Adejumo / CryptoSlate : The C...
A $242M+ Polymarket bet on whether President Zelenskyy would wear a suit before July 2025 closed as “No” despite claims he did, raising governance concerns
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Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered”
Then It Got Complicated The Guardian : World's largest crypto exchange hacked with possible losses of $500m Ephrat Livni / New York Times : Binance Blockchain Hit by $570 Million Hack, Exposing Crypto...
Coinbase launches its NFT marketplace in beta with Ethereum-based NFTs and ETH payments; 1.5M+ joined the waitlist after the service's unveiling in October 2021
We're building a social marketplace powered by web3. You won't need a username and password. 0x Blog : Coinbase partners with 0x to power their new social marketplace for NFTs Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDes...
Sources: Exxon has a pilot with Crusoe to use excess natural gas from North Dakota oil wells for crypto mining and is considering expanding the test globally
I'll hold my breath this morning as to not jinx the moves we've seen … Audrey Carleton / VICE : Exxon Considering Expanding Bitcoin Mining Pilot to 4 Countries: Report Sebastian Sinclair / Blockworks ...
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...
Matrixport, led by Bitmain founder Wu Jihan, which offers crypto financial services, raises $100M+ Series C, and says a second tranche is to come
Two Years After its Founding Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt : Matrixport Joins Growing List of Crypto Unicorns After $100M Investment Gladis Monteiro / Coinspeaker : Matrixport Becomes Unicorn in Just Two Y...
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has officially launched Sand Dollar, its national digital currency, the first of its kind in the world to be fully deployed
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Cloud computing blockchain startup Dfinity opens platform to outside devs, debuts a decentralized TikTok-like service, CanCan, written in under 1K lines of code
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