Privacy-focused blockchain network closes Aztec Connect tool
Privacy-oriented blockchain platform Aztec is preparing to shut down Aztec Connect, the network’s privacy infrastructure serving as the encryption layer...
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Binance CEO announces recovery funds conversion from BUSD to ‘native crypto’
The failure of three major crypto-backing banks, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank caused the stablecoin (USDC)...
Nissan files 4 new web3 trademarks, trials sales in the metaverse
Japanese automotive brand Nissan has become the latest car manufacturer to ramp up its Web3 efforts, filing four new Web3-related...
OpenSea patches vulnerability that potentially exposed users’ identities
Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has reportedly patched a vulnerability that, if exploited, could expose identifying information about its anonymous...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Everything that’s happened until now
Events surrounding Silicon Valley Bank are moving fast. Here is a breakdown of the major developments over the course of...
Silicon Valley Bank down, USDC depegged, FTX billed $34M in Jan
Top Stories This Week Silicon Valley Bank shut down by California regulator, holding over $5 billion for prominent crypto VCs...
Aave freezes stablecoin trading on Avalanche V3 as activity surges on CEXs
Lending protocol Aave has frozen stablecoins trading and set Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio to zero in response to recent price volatility...
ATOM bulls watch closely as Cosmos interchain security prepares for March 15 launch
The Cosmos community has approved a vote to add “replicated security (RS)” to its chain, with 99.99% of votes in...
Curve Finance trading volume reaches $7B historic high after USDC depeg
Stablecoin swapping pool Curve Finance is experiencing the highest daily trading volume in its history, exceeding $7 billion in the...
Aavegotchi bonding curve closes on exact day of DAI depeg
According to play-to-earn nonfungible tokens (NFT) protocol Aavegotchi on Mar. 11, the entity closed the bonding curve defining the exchange...
Maker DAO files emergency proposal addressing 3.1B USDC exposure
According to a forum post from Maker DAO, issuer of the U.S. dollar-pegged DAI stablecoin, on Mar. 11, the firm...
Crypto funding shifts from CeFi to DeFi after major collapses: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you...
Ethereum Shanghai upgrade could benefit liquid staking providers and cement ETH’s layer-1 dominance
Ethereum’s upcoming Shanghai upgrade will allow users to withdraw staked Ether (ETH), increasing the network’s liquidity and competitiveness while also...
Next stop Shanghai — Ethereum’s latest milestone approaches
The Ethereum ecosystem will continue its ongoing metamorphosis as the highly anticipated Shanghai upgrade draws near. The latest preeminent smart...
Hedera confirms exploit on mainnet led to theft of service tokens
Hedera, the team behind distributed ledger Hedera Hashgraph, has confirmed a smart contract exploit on the Hedera Mainnet that has...
Multisig wallets vulnerable to exploitation by StarkEx apps, says developer Safeheron
Certain multisignature (multisig) wallets can be exploited by Web3 apps that use the StarkEx protocol, according to a March 9...
$54B fund partner runs women-only DAO, LatAm blockchain gaming guild – Cointelegraph Magazine
Clara Bullrich must have cloned herself or possibly invoked dark forces that shouldn’t be meddled with. Somehow, she’s managed to...
NFTs Are Not Securities Yet, According to Germany’s BaFin
Several jurisdictions across the world have bolstered efforts to regulate the digital assets industry. In Germany, too, the financial regulator...
German regulator BaFin suggests a ‘case-by-case’ approach for NFTs
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany (BaFin) is not ready to classify nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as securities yet. The Agency...
What are Bitcoin ordinals?
Ordinals are different from traditional NFTs from a technical design perspective. There are several features that make the pricing for...
Binance NFT Announces Integration With Polygon Network
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s non-fungible token arm – Binance NFT – has announced adding support for the Polygon network on March...
Bitcoin NFT auction nets $16.5M in 24 hours: Nifty Newsletter, March 1–7
In this week’s newsletter, read about how Yuga Labs’ first Bitcoin-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs) earned $16.5 million in 24 hours,...
