Breaking: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov taken to court in ParisTelegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was taken to court from custody on Wednesday, several reports suggested.Aug 28, 2024Helen Partz
Blockchain ‘conjuring’ fails to improve humanitarian aid — StudyMargie Cheesman investigated a blockchain charity project for more than a year but found that the technology seemed to cause more problems than it solved.Aug 28, 2024Allen Scott
ICP project achieved a first by hosting ‘fully onchain’ AI modelAn AI company deployed OpenAI’s GPT-2 on the ICP blockchain aiming to test new ways to train, maintain and deploy AI models.Aug 28, 2024Stephen Katte
Lemniscap secures $70M to back early-stage Web3 startupsThe new fund will back startups working on blockchain-based solutions, including zero-knowledge infrastructure and emerging Bitcoin ecosystems.Aug 28, 2024Ana Paula Pereira
Bitcoin holdings of publicly listed firms increased to $20B in one year: DataA survey showed that 26% of institutional investors and wealth managers support Bitcoin’s use case as a reserve asset.Aug 28, 2024Ezra Reguerra
OpenAI supports California bill on marking AI content — ReportAfter previously opposing another AI-related bill, SB 1047, OpenAI has expressed support for AB 3211, which would require watermarks on AI-generated content.Aug 28, 2024Helen Partz
Telegram CEO and brother’s arrest warrants were issued in March: ReportThe news comes hours after a report revealed that Durov’s phone was hacked back in 2017, a year before he met with the French president.Aug 28, 2024Zoltan Vardai
BNB Chain to grow stablecoin ecosystem with new cross-chain bridgeBNB Chain will also create a liquidity pool to allow transfers from other chains as part of its efforts to grow its stablecoin ecosystem.Aug 28, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin price at 11x S&P 500 signals BTC is ‘rolling over’ — AnalystBitcoin may still be the “fastest horse” in the risk asset race, but its signals are anything but encouraging for bulls, says Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone.Aug 28, 2024William Suberg
South Korean crypto CEO stabbed in court during Haru Invest fraud trialThe courtroom stabbing comes weeks after a Chinese gang robbed over $2 million worth of crypto at gunpoint in a luxury estate in Thailand.Aug 28, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Fed’s ‘sugar high’ may propel Bitcoin surge — Arthur HayesArthur Hayes connects Federal Reserve actions to a short-lived economic boost with ripple effects on Bitcoin and broader crypto markets, underscoring risks from Japanese yen carry trade unwinding.Aug 28, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
Starknet rolls out parallel execution in latest updateStarknet’s v0.13.2 upgrade brings faster transactions with parallel execution, redefining Layer 2 scaling on Ethereum.Aug 28, 2024Josh O'Sullivan
Durov’s phone hacked in 2017, a year before meeting with Macron: ReportPavel Durov was reportedly offered to move Telegram to Paris during his meeting with the French president in 2018.Aug 28, 2024Zoltan Vardai
Bitfarms assumes control of 120 MW mining mega-site in USBitfarms assumes control of its first U.S. mega-site, marking a significant expansion in its power capacity and mining operations.Aug 28, 2024Pradipta Mukherjee
India mulls cross-border CBDC interoperability systemRBI Governor Shaktikanta Das advocates a plug-and-play system to enhance cross-border payment efficiency and CBDC interoperability.Aug 28, 2024Pradipta Mukherjee
Telegram CEO Durov visited Russia repeatedly since 2014: ReportThe Important Stories investigation seemingly contradicts Durov’s public claims.Aug 28, 2024Alex O’Donnell
TON is back online after block production outage triggered by DOGSThe TON Foundation assured users that all crypto transactions would be processed and no assets would be lost due to the brief block production disruption.Aug 28, 2024Helen Partz
Bitwise Bitcoin ETF to absorb $120M Osprey Bitcoin TrustSubject to closing conditions, the agreement will see Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF scoop up all the Bitcoin from the Osprey Bitcoin Trust.Aug 28, 2024Felix Ng
$1.3T in tokenized RWAs by 2030 more likely than $30T — AnalystOne analyst says a Wall Street forecast may be overestimating the amount of money that could flow into tokenized real-world assets by 2030.Aug 28, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Maker, now Sky’s, new stablecoin lashed over ‘freeze function’The new USDS stablecoin from Maker, now Sky, has a freeze function which the project's founder claims won't be part of the token at launch.Aug 28, 2024Martin Young
Long-term Bitcoin holder buys hit $10B mark as price slips below $60KBitcoin held in long-term holder wallets has topped $10 billion amid its price falling below $60,000.Aug 28, 2024Ciaran Lyons
Aussies lost $122 million to crypto scams in the last 12 months: AFPThe Australian Federal Police revealed that scammers are using deepfakes and pig butchering as their primary methods to defraud victims.Aug 28, 2024Stephen Katte
Trump adds RFK Jr to transition team as former president faces new indictmentThe pro-crypto ex-Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined Donald Trump’s team, which will help to form a government if Trump wins the presidential election in November.Aug 28, 2024Jesse Coghlan
TON struck by outage, no new blocks produced in 3 hoursThe Open Network is no longer producing blocks following a frenzy of trading activity for a new memecoin called DOGS.Aug 28, 2024Martin Young
Crypto is down, but FET and AI tokens are up — Here’s whyFET and other AI tokens are outperforming the wider crypto market this week, but is the rally purely driven by investors’ earnings expectations for Nvidia?Aug 28, 2024Antonio Oliveira
Sony debuts Soneium Minato testnet, Web3 developer incubatorDevelopers on the new blockchain will have a chance to receive investment and other forms of support from a wide range of Web3 firms.Aug 28, 2024Derek Andersen
Critical bug identified and remedied in Circle’s Noble-CCTPBlockchain security firm Asymmetric Research privately disclosed the vulnerability to Circle, which has since been addressed.Aug 27, 2024Vince Quill
Ondo’s USDY yield coin expands to ArbitrumTokenized treasury products are gaining widespread adoption on blockchain networks.Aug 27, 2024Alex O’Donnell
US lawmaker reports AERO, GRT and VELO investments in 2024Georgia Representative Mike Collins previously disclosed purchasing up to $65,000 in ETH, but seems to have moved onto altcoin investments.Aug 27, 2024Turner Wright
Watchdog alleges Super Micro is riddled with accounting, sanctions scandalsHindenburg Research has uncovered evidence of big problems with a major AI hardware provider.Aug 27, 2024Derek Andersen