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Blackrock’s BUIDL Fund Overtakes Franklin Templeton to Become Largest RWA Tokenized Offering
Based on the most recent figures, Blackrock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, also known as BUIDL, has expanded to $381.76 million, overtaking Franklin Templeton’s onchain investment vehicle, BENJI, as the largest real-world…
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Epic Satoshi Spurs Launch of New Runes Tokens With $88M Market Cap
According to onchain data, the ‘epic satoshi’ sold for 33.3 BTC has been inscribed, now linked to a freshly minted Runes protocol coin named “EPIC•EPIC•EPIC•EPIC.” The newly introduced EPIC…
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The Halving Effect: Bitcoin Hashrate Decreases as Miners Prepare for Probable Difficulty Drop
Just over two weeks have passed since the fourth Bitcoin halving took place. During this period, the network’s hashprice dropped from over $100 per petahash to below $45 at the beginning of May. It has since increased to $50 per…
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims Coinbase Operates as Unregistered Broker
A new class action lawsuit was initiated against the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on May 3. The legal action claims that Coinbase deliberately sold securities that are unregistered with regulatory authorities.…
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BTC Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Suffers Heart Attack, Analyst Eyes $300K BTC Price, and More — Week in…
Johann Steynberg, the mastermind behind a South African bitcoin Ponzi scheme, died of a heart attack while under house arrest in Brazil. A technical analyst predicts a significant surge in Bitcoin’s price, suggesting it could reach…
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Bitfinex CTO Dismisses Breach Claims as ‘Pure FUD,’ Says No Group Has Asked for Ransom
Paolo Ardoino, the chief technology officer of Bitfinex, has dismissed claims that Bitfinex has been breached as “pure FUD .” A report by Shinoji Research suggested that the ransomware group, Fsociety, might have access to every…
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Nigeria Mulls Over Banning P2P Crypto Transactions; Labels Crypto Trading as National Security…
Nigerian authorities are reportedly planning to prohibit financial institutions from facilitating peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions. According to a report, Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser has classified…
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South Africa’s FIC Unveils Draft Directive for Travel Rule Implementation; Crypto Industry Leader…
The South African Financial Intelligence Centre recently issued a draft directive calling crypto-asset service providers to implement the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) travel rule. However, key figures in South Africa’s crypto…
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Former Bitmex Chief Expects Bitcoin to Trade Within $60K-$70K Range Until August
Former Bitmex CEO Arthur Hayes predicts bitcoin will range-bound trade between $60,000 and $70,000 until August. “The slow addition of billions of dollars of liquidity each month will dampen negative price movement from here on…
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Block Is Buying Bitcoin Every Month for Its Balance Sheet
Block Inc. has announced its strategy of regularly purchasing bitcoin for its corporate balance sheet via dollar-cost averaging (DCA). The company plans to allocate 10% of its monthly gross profit from bitcoin products towards investments…
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