Day: 20 April 2023

Solana Labs, the creators of the Solana blockchain, is set to release its highly anticipated Saga Android mobile phone with built-in cryptocurrency capabilities on May 8. This release is expected to improve the accessibility of crypto products and services by making them available via mobile phones rather than the traditional ...

After two consecutive delays, the European Parliament has finally held a final vote on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA). The regulation, originally proposed in 2020, now needs to be approved by the European Council to become an official regulation.  Following the vote on April 20, Stefan Verger, MiCA's rapporteur ...

A Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) bot has earned over $1 million this week by conducting "sandwich attacks" on buyers and sellers of two new meme coins, Pepe (PEPE) and Wojak (WOJAK).  Sealaunch, a non-fungible token (NFT) data platform, reported on April 19, 2023, that a wallet address associated with the ...

Bankrupt crypto lender, Voyager Digital, has reached an agreement with the US government, allowing the sale of its assets to Binance US for $1 billion. The agreement, documented in an April 19 filing in a New York District Court, involved Voyager, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, and the US ...

Former Thodex cryptocurrency exchange CEO Faruk Fatih Ozer has been extradited from Albania to Turkey to face fraud and money laundering charges. According to a report by Anadolu Agency, Ozer left Tirana, the capital of Albania, and arrived in Istanbul on Thursday, where the Istanbul Airport Police Department took him ...

BitGet, a cryptocurrency trading platform headquartered in Seychelles, has officially registered as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) in Lithuania, allowing the company to conduct operations within the European nation.  The Baltic state is regarded as one of Europe's emerging digital asset markets and a safe haven for cryptocurrency and ...

According to a report, Silvergate Bank, which is no longer operational, is facing three lawsuits from former investors who allege that the bank aided FTX, a now-bankrupt crypto exchange, in defrauding investors.  The lawsuits have been consolidated by California Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the Northern District since they involve ...

LootMogul, an AI-driven Web3 Gaming and E-commerce platform designed by athletes for athletes, has partnered with SuperWorld to empower athletes and fans in the metaverse. SuperWorld is a virtual world that is mapped onto the physical world, allowing athletes and sports enthusiasts to generate, locate, and monetize content and experiences ...

Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, has announced that he intends to sue Microsoft, alleging that the company has "unlawfully" trained its artificial intelligence using Twitter data. On April 19, 2023, Musk responded to a post announcing that Microsoft would be discontinuing its support for Twitter on April 25, which includes Smart ...