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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🗣 Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Breaks Silence After Recent Arrest
🕒 TIME Magazine Releases 2024 List of Most Influential People in AI
😱 Crypto in ‘Extreme Fear’ as Arthur Hayes Predicts ‘Sub $50K’ Bitcoin Weekend
🇺🇸 Trump Vows to Make US 'World Capital of Crypto,' Taps Musk for Task Force
💸 MEV Bot Executes $12M Flash Loan for Less Than $20 Profit
📢 Vitalik Buterin Addresses Starknet Transfers
💱 Japan's Big 3 Banks to Use Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments
👍 Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Endorses Kamala Harris for President
🇮🇳 India Reconsiders Foreign Crypto Exchange Registrations
🏛 Coinbase Boosts US Lobbying Efforts
📉 VanEck to Close and Liquidate Ethereum Futures ETF, EFUT
🔮 What Are Decentralized Prediction Markets?
🔮 What are Decentralized Prediction Markets?
Decentralized prediction markets let users bet on future events like elections and sports using blockchain for transparency and security. Smart contracts and oracles handle the transactions and real-world data automatically.
👉 Read the full explanation here
☕️ Rise’n’Crypto: Durov speaks out after arrest, Coinbase boosts US lobbying, Travala partners with Skyscanner and Mastercard to enable crypto spending in non-custodial wallets.
What else made a buzz in crypto over the past 24 hours?
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen endorses Kamala Harris for president, joining former Ripple board member Gene Sperling in backing her 2024 campaign.
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💬 Vitalik Buterin addressed yesterday’s Starknet transfers, reaffirming his August 31st statement: all proceeds from any L2 or project tokens he holds will be donated to support Ethereum public goods or other valuable causes.
He also mentioned he won’t be investing in L2s or token projects in the near future, focusing solely on donations.
🚨 False alarm: Recent reports claimed that Telegram removed a section on privacy and data protection from its FAQ, but it was simply relocated to a different section, with no actual changes made.
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Crypto in ‘extreme fear’ as Arthur Hayes tips ‘sub $50K’ Bitcoin weekend
Crypto market sentiment dropped back into “extreme fear” amid Bitcoin’s price slump, with Arthur Hayes calling that it could drop again.
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⚡️JUST IN: Telegram CEO Pavel @Durov breaks his silence after his recent arrest.
In a recent Telegram post, Durov shares his side of the story.
If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself. Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. Building technology is hard enough as it is. No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools.Читать полностью…
🇺🇸 JUST IN: Donald Trump announces plans to launch a "government efficiency commission" and claims Elon Musk has agreed to take on the role.
Could this be bullish for crypto? 💭
🚨PRICE UPDATE: Bitcoin has just dropped below $56k.
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🚨 The CFTC hits Uniswap with charges for illegal crypto trading, but Commissioner Summer Mersinger fires back, accusing the agency of enforcing without clear guidelines for DEFI.
Could this spark a major fight over DeFi regulation?
Don’t miss it — listen now! 🎧
🧬 Ever wondered about the true value of your DNA data?
Join us on The Agenda podcast with Aldo de Pape, CEO of Genomes.io, as we uncover why giving away your genetic information for free might cost you more than you think.
Listen now on Cointelegraph’s Podcasts page, Apple Podcasts or Spotify! 🚀
🤜🤛 Pavel Durov’s Telegram and Elon Musk’s X are competing for dominance in the crypto space, both advocating for free speech while facing government scrutiny.
While Telegram excels in fostering crypto communities and providing decentralized features, X is primarily known for breaking news and even influencing market trends through Musk’s posts.
Despite their differences, both platforms are pivotal in shaping how users engage with crypto in the social media space.
Which do you prefer?
🐳 - Telegram
⚡️ - X
🔥 - BOTH!
Bitcoin DeFi TVL will top Ethereum’s within 2 years: Core DAO contributor
Core DAO contributor Brendan Sedo says it’s a “no-brainer” that most of the $1 trillion dollars of capital in the Bitcoin ecosystem will make its way into sidechains and DeFi.
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
📉 Over Half a Trillion Dollars Erased in Market Cap by the Magnificent 7
🏛 Pro-XRP Attorney John Deaton Wins Republican US Senate Primary
📈 Trader Turns $5K into $670K on Ethereum Pump Rival Ethervista
⚖️ Maker’s Stablecoin Freeze Process Could Be Decided by Decentralized Court
📱 Samsung Next Enters Crypto
📉 Bitcoin's Price Shows 'No Clear Direction' Amid Active Address Decline
🇯🇵 Japan’s FSA Proposes Aligning Crypto Tax Rates with Traditional Assets
💵 Ripple Nearing Launch of USD-Pegged Stablecoin
🏦 Zürcher Kantonalbank Launches Crypto Trading for Retail Clients
⚠️ Solana Scam Warning: Tokens Disappearing in Seconds
🌐 Former Mt. Gox CEO to Launch EllipX Crypto Exchange in Europe
🚫 CFTC Issues Order Against Uniswap Labs for Illegal Trading of Digital Asset Derivatives
If Bitcoin breaks $50K this weekend, will you:
🐳 - Buy the dip
⚡️ - Sell
🔥 - HODL
🌚 - Watch from the sidelines
🚨 BREAKING: VanEck will close and liquidate its Ethereum futures ETF, EFUT.
VanEck will replace their ethereum ETF with their new spot ethereum ETP.
🇮🇳 NEW: India reconsiders foreign crypto exchange registrations, reviewing requests from four offshore platforms previously banned for AML violations.
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🇯🇵 JUST IN: Japan's big 3 banks MUFG, Mizuho & SMBC plan to use stablecoins for cross border payments.
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🤖 MEV Bot executes $12M flash loan for less than $20 profit
An MEV bot took out a $12 million flash loan and performed 14 transactions, ending with a profit of just over $20 after covering gas fees. The bot's actions involved a user swapping $5,000 of $SHFL to $WETH, demonstrating the lengths some bots go for minimal returns.
Trump vows to make US 'world capital of crypto,' taps Musk for new task force
“Instead of attacking industries of the future, we will embrace them,” said Donald Trump in reference to the crypto industry in America.
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TIME Magazine released its 2024 list of the Most Influential People in AI, based on interviews with industry experts. But one major name is missing—Elon Musk.
The cover spotlights actress Scarlett Johansson, while notable figures like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Ilya Sutskever are not featured.
Despite his work with xAI and Tesla’s self-driving tech, Musk didn’t make the list. Why do you think he was left out? 🤔
🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🛡 Angel Drainer Upgraded, Deploying 300+ Malicious DApps in 4 Days
📊 Bitcoin DeFi TVL to Top Ethereum’s Within 2 Years: Core DAO Contributor
📈 WIF Open Interest Jumps 16% as Trader Warns of Reversal
🤼♂️ Durov’s Telegram vs. Musk’s X: The Fight for Crypto Dominance
💸 Robinhood Reaches $3.9M Settlement Over Blocked Crypto Withdrawals
🧬 Ever Wondered About the True Value of Your DNA Data?
💳 Mastercard Enables Non-Custodial Crypto Spending in New Partnership
🚫 CFTC Hits Uniswap with Charges for Illegal Crypto Trading
✈️ Crypto-Native Travala Integrates with Skyscanner for 2.2M Hotels
📉 Bitcoin Dropped Below $56K
🗣 Mark Cuban Talks to Kamala Harris Administration “3 or 4 Times a Week”
🏛 Donald Trump Plans "Government Efficiency Commission," Elon Musk to Lead
🗣️ On CNBC, Mark Cuban says he talks to the Kamala Harris administration “3 or 4 times a week about the best approach to taxing the wealthy ...” and adds, “she came out yesterday and said 28% for capital gains ... which when I talked to them, I thought was fair.”
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🌐 JUST IN: Crypto-native travel platform Travala integrates with Skyscanner, gaining access to 2.2M hotels and 110M monthly users, marking Skyscanner's first crypto partnership.
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💳 JUST IN: Mastercard’s new partnership with Mercuryo introduces a euro-denominated crypto debit card, allowing users to spend from self-custodial wallets at over 100 million merchants.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Robinhood reaches $3.9 million settlement with California Department of Justice over blocked crypto withdrawals from 2018 to 2022.
$HOOD is up around 54.5% so far this year, driven by a retail trading rebound that followed the return of veteran meme stock trader Keith Gill earlier this year, who hadn’t publicly posted since 2021.
👀 Dogwifhat open interest has surged 16% as traders anticipate a potential price reversal, with the asset currently down 66% from its March all-time high.
Despite stagnant prices, analysts suggest a rebound could push the price back up to $2.40, representing a 52.80% spike.
Angel Drainer upgraded, deploying 300+ malicious dApps in 4 days
Notorious crypto phishing app Angel Drainer is back with a new system dubbed “AngelX” and it's easier to use and stealthier than ever before.
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🚨 The CFTC has issued an order against Uniswap Labs for offering illegal digital asset derivatives trading.
The order requires them to pay a $175,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.