Maple Finance announces direct lending to fill the void left by BlockFi, Celsius
Web3 lending platform Maple Finance has announced the launch of a direct lending program, according to a June 28 fact...
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Worldcoin confirms it is the cause of mysterious Safe deployments
Worldcoin is the cause of a slew of Safe deployments to the Optimism (OP) network over the past week, according...
Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen
Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade, according to a June 26 Twitter thread...
Bitcoin’s ‘Great Accumulation,’ Binance.US resumes withdrawals…
Top Stories This Week ‘The Great Accumulation’ of Bitcoin has begun, says Gemini’s Winklevoss Recently renewed optimism for an approved...
Cryptopay EU card provider loses license, company says card funds are safe
The European Union debit card provider for Cryptopay has lost its Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license, according to a June...
Bitcoin think tank rejects science behind ‘limited adoption problem’ paper
A team of researchers from the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, have roundly rejected the conclusions reached in...
Polygon co-founder proposes zkEVM ‘validium’ upgrade to improve security
Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic has proposed upgrading the Polygon proof-of-stake (PoS) network to a “zkEVM validium” version, according to a...
Web3 usernames may see greater adoption due to recent advancements
Ever since the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) was launched in 2017, Web3 users have been able to replace the long...
Apple to fix gaming? SEC hates Metaverse, Logan Paul trolled on Steam – Cointelegraph Magazine
Gaming on Macs to suck less Is Apple’s reign as the worst platform for gaming coming to an end? Amidst...
Gary Gensler’s job at risk, BlackRock’s first spot Bitcoin ETF…
Top Stories This Week US lawmakers file ‘SEC Stabilization Act’ to fire Gary Gensler United States Representative Warren Davidson has...
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT sued for libel after claiming plaintiff drained funds from project
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has been sued for libel by one of the people he accused of fraud, according to a...
Fed, SEC investigate Goldman Sachs over Silicon Valley Bank’s securities portfolio: Report
Goldman Sachs is currently facing scrutiny from the Federal Reserve and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its involvement in the...
Haru Invest files criminal complaint against consignment operator
B&S Holdings, formerly known as Aventus, a consignment operator, has been alleged by South Korean yield platform Haru Invest of...
North Korean hackers swipe over $100M from Atomic Wallet users
Atomic Wallet, a noncustodial decentralized wallet, has been hit by a staggering exploit, leading to users reporting losses of their...
Polygon 2.0 introduces upgrades to tap into ‘Value Layer’ of internet
On June 12, Polygon Labs announced “Polygon 2.0,” a set of upgrades that seeks to establish the “Value Layer” of...
SOL is not a security, says the Solana Foundation
The Solana Foundation took to Twitter to address for the first time the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's classification of...
Binance, Coinbase head to court; the SEC labels 67 crypto-securities
Top Stories This Week U.S. SEC sues Binance and Coinbase amidst crypto crackdown Binance and Coinbase have been targeted in...
Crypto.com suspends US institutional exchange service
Crypto.com will no longer serve institutional clients in the United States after announcing the suspension of the service starting June...
Quantum miners would yield ‘massive’ energy savings for blockchain: Study
A pair of scientists from the University of Kent’s School of Computing in the United Kingdom recently conducted a study...
Cumberland Labs unveils SaaS API for public blockchains and DeFi protocols
Cumberland Labs, the incubator arm of Chicago-based crypto trading company Cumberland has launched the beta version of a new API...
Optimism successfully completes ‘Bedrock’ hard fork, reducing deposit times, layer-1 fees
The Optimism network concluded its “Bedrock” upgrade on June 7, reducing deposit times, lowering layer-1 fees and enacting additional security...
Tether invests in El Salvador’s $1B renewable energy project
Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced that it will be partnering with Bitcoin-friendly nation El Salvador to invest in a planned...
