Hinman documents suggest SEC is the wrong agency to govern digital assets, crypto lawyer says
On June 13, the long-awaited Hinman documents were finally unsealed and released to the public. The unveiled documents offer valuable...
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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...
Crypto yield platform Haru suspends transfers after investigation
On June 13, South Korean yield platform Haru Invest announced that it would be suspending deposits and withdrawals effective immediately....
Apple to delist Nostr-based Damus app over Bitcoin tip feature
Decentralized social media app Damus could face the axe from the Apple App Store over its Bitcoin (BTC) tipping feature.On...
Unfazed by SEC tumult, top banks work to make blockchains interoperable
Amid all the tumult in the crypto world, some of the world’s largest banks have been quietly reflecting on ways...
Board member Yat Siu answers community concerns on ApeCoin DAO salary payouts
Leaders of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governing the ApeCoin (APE) ecosystem have been criticized by community members for what...
Ripple expands Canadian engineering activities with U of Toronto XRP validator
The University of Toronto plans to launch an independent XRP Ledger (XRPL) validator, Ripple announced June 12, as the university...
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...
Tether CTO clarifies $1B USDT mint on Ethereum is for chain swaps
Tether minted a fresh batch of $1 billion worth of its Tether (USDT) stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain on June 12. The...
Reddit crypto community goes offline: Here’s why
Numerous sub-communities on Reddit – including popular crypto subreddits – unanimously decided to go private for 48 hours as a...
How Bitcoin can help secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocols
The Bitcoin network’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockchain...
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...
Hong Kong legislator invites Coinbase to the region amid SEC scrutiny
With its progressive stance on cryptocurrencies, Hong Kong's legislator invites Coinbase and other crypto exchanges to establish operations in the...
Nigeria to tax crypto, digital assets 10% on capital gains — Experts react
On the eve of his departure from office on May 28, former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Finance Act,...
Scammers steal nearly $1M after hijacking 8+ prominent crypto twitter accounts
Over the past few weeks, a group of scammers has hijacked more than eight Twitter accounts belonging to prominent figures...
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 from June...
EU starts countdown to crypto legislation, adds MiCA to official journal
On June 9, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)....
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...
Crypto ads face stricter rules, referral bonus ban by UK FCA
In a June 8 announcement, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that from Oct. 8, advertisers of crypto...
Ankr–Microsoft partnership continues with blockchain creator tool debut
On June 8, decentralized blockchain infrastructure provider Ankr announced the launch of its enterprise blockchain creator tool on Microsoft’s Azure...
World Mobile eyes African rollout after decentralized wireless field tests
Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator World Mobile said on June 8 it has completed field tests of its DeWi technology...
EOS turns 5, celebrates the community’s effort to rebuild
Celebrating the 5th anniversary of the EOS Network, the team behind the protocol highlighted the importance of the community as...
