Day: 13 April 2023

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has presented an argument to a federal judge, stating that a recent court decision has dealt a blow to a key defence strategy employed by Ripple Labs in its ongoing legal battle with the agency. In a letter dated April 11, 2023, ...

On April 12, 2023, the Shapella upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet was completed successfully, enabling Ethereum validators to withdraw their staked Ether (ETH) from the Beacon chain.  According to Beacon Chain, validators have withdrawn a total of 126,955.07 ETH. Around 44% or 248,043 validators out of the 559,549 active validators ...

Last month, Garante, Italy's data protection authority, issued instructions to OpenAI on how to comply with GDPR regulations and revoke an operation-halt order placed on ChatGPT. The watchdog had raised concerns that the AI chatbot service violated GDPR rules and had ordered OpenAI to stop processing data belonging to Italian ...

Blockchain security company PeckShield has reported a multi-million dollar loss caused by an exploit that targeted yUSDT, a stablecoin produced by Yearn Finance, a decentralized finance platform. The attack affected Aave V1 and several stablecoins, including DAI, USDT, USDC, BUSD, and TUSD, all of which are pegged to the US ...

Fonbnk, an African Web3 platform that facilitates the acquisition of cryptocurrency assets through airtime credit swaps, has partnered with Tanda, an East African merchant network platform, to create an airtime trading marketplace. Fonbnk partners with @Tanda_HQ - one of the largest independent agent & merchant platforms in East Africa - ...

Twitter, a popular social media platform, is reportedly teaming up with fintech firm eToro to introduce new features that will enable users to trade cryptocurrency and stocks.  According to a CNBC report, this feature will be available on the Twitter app from Thursday, April 13, allowing users to access market ...

Montana's House of Representatives has approved a bill that aims to establish the rights of crypto miners in the state. The bill has now passed the third reading and is awaiting the governor's signature to become law. With 64 votes in favour and 35 against, the bill aims to prevent ...

Argentina's securities regulator has given the green light for the launch of a Bitcoin-based futures index on the Matba Rofex exchange. The trading of the Bitcoin futures contract is scheduled to commence in May, marking the first regulated Bitcoin futures index in Latin America.  Matba Rofex's deputy general manager of ...

LimeWire, a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, formerly a peer-to-peer file-sharing platform, has launched a new game that combines nostalgia for music piracy with the opportunity to win cryptocurrency prizes. LimeWire was a popular music downloading service in the early 2000s. On April 13, it was reintroduced as a historical music ...

VAF Compliance, a well-known firm specializing in financial and virtual asset compliance solutions, has launched a Telegram bot service that analyzes the potential risks associated with accepting cryptocurrency payments. This state-of-the-art service is the most recent addition to VAF Compliance's comprehensive range of compliance services, which include transaction monitoring and ...