Skyscanner integrates with Travala, enabling hotel bookings in over 100 cryptocurrencies — link | tl;dr
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Vaibhav Chellani announced the Socket Protocol Whitepaper, a chain-abstraction framework that simplifies blockchain interactions by minimizing intermediaries. It focuses on an "application-centric" approach where applications manage on-chain execution, using "chain-abstracted packets" (CAPs) to handle cross-network transactions. Socket previously received investment from Framework Ventures and Coinbase. — link
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Justin Drake argues that the Ethereum Foundation's offloading of ETH enhances decentralization, with the foundation holding 0.226% of Ether’s supply, making it the 19th-largest holder. - thedefiant.io
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Mastercard partners with Mercuryo to introduce a euro-denominated crypto debit card, allowing users to spend crypto from self-custodial wallets at over 100 million merchants. - CoinTelegraph
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs see $37 million in net outflows, with Grayscale’s GBTC leading at $34.25 million. - Sosovalue
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Synthetix has introduced SNAXchain, a new blockchain developed on Optimism’s infrastructure in collaboration with Conduit. - blog.synthetix.io
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Bitcoin transactions drop 30% in six months as price stagnation persists, but analysts suggest a potential breakout from the "unstable" range. - CoinTelegraph
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EigenLayer plans to distribute 86 million tokens to stakeholders in season 2 ‘stakedrop’ — link | tl;dr
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Bitcoin spot ETFs had a total net outflow of $37.2875 million on September 4, and continued to have net outflows for 6 consecutive days. Grayscale ETF GBTC had a net outflow of $34.2471 million, and the current historical net outflow of GBTC is $19.936 billion. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest net inflow in a single day yesterday was Bitwise ETF BITB, with a net inflow of $9.4585 million in a single day. — link
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The Fed slapped the crypto-friendly bank United Texas Bank with a cease-and-desist order on Wednesday, citing “significant deficiencies” in its adherence to anti-money laundering laws related to the bank’s dealings with crypto customers, among other alleged infringements. — link
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According to Fortune, Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas said on Wednesday that U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is using the company's Commerce platform to accept cryptocurrency donations; Harris' official super PAC "Future Forward" has been launched through Coinbase Commerce. — link
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ICYMI: 🏀 Former NBA player for the Chicago Bulls, Scottie Pippen feeling the #Bitcoin spirit of Satoshi 😂
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YubiKeys have an unfixable security flaw — but it’s difficult to exploit: Verge
⊷ The vulnerability was discovered within the Infineon cryptographic library used by most YubiKey products, including the YubiKey 5, Yubikey Bio, Security Key, and YubiHSM 2 series devices.
⊷ The attacker would need physical possession of the YubiKey, Security Key, or YubiHSM, knowledge of the accounts they want to target, and specialized equipment to perform the necessary attack,” the company said in its security advisory. “Depending on the use case, the attacker may also require additional knowledge including username, PIN, account password, or authentication key.” But those aren’t necessarily deterrents to a highly motivated individual or state-sponsored attack.
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JUST IN: 🇪🇺 Mastercard launches crypto debit card in Europe, allowing users to spend from self-custodial wallets at 100 million merchants.
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Halo Capital raised $25 million to invest in crypto projects — link | archive
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ZachXBT criticizes block explorers on L1 chains, highlighting quality gaps and calling for major improvements. - 𝕏/@zachxbt
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Ether CME futures volume drops as ETH ETFs disappoint and crypto market shuns risk, indicating lower-than-expected institutional interest, according to CCData. - Coindesk
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The Federal Reserve has issued a cease and desist order against crypto-friendly United Texas Bank, citing governance and oversight deficiencies after a May 2023 examination, marking the second enforcement action against a crypto-adjacent bank in a month. - federalreserve.gov
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Robinhood Crypto settles for $3.9 million after California Attorney General Rob Bonta finds it restricted cryptocurrency withdrawals and failed to disclose trading practices, violating the California Commodities Law. - oag.ca.gov
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f2pool launched our Aleo mining pool alongside the mainnet and supported NVIDIA GPU devices for Aleo mining, implementing a 1% PPLNS payout scheme. Aleo is a novel layer-1 blockchain platform that enables the creation of scalable and private applications using zero-knowledge cryptography. — link
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Upbit, the largest exchange in South Korea, announced the launch of the BIGTIME Korean Won trading market. Bitgtime is a free multiplayer role-playing action blockchain game. Bithumb, the second largest exchange in South Korea, announced the launch of the JTO and ETHFI Korean Won markets. Binance Futures announced the launch of the BSWUSDT perpetual contract with a maximum leverage of 75x. — link
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Since May 24, the multi-signature address 0xe7…4F08 marked by Nansen as Aave founder Stani Kulechov has transferred a total of 37,907 AAVE (worth about $4.51 million) to Cumberland and sold them in exchange for ETH or USDC, with an average selling price of $119. The multi-signature address currently holds 242,429 AAVE, worth about $32.4 million. According to @EmberCN — link
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According to CoinDesk, New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the regulatory offensive against Uniswap. In the past month, James' office has sent subpoenas to some venture capital firms that invested in Uniswap, including a16z and Union Square Ventures. — link
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Senator Cynthia Lummis says her #Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill is the "only viable solution that positions us to cut our national debt in half by 2045." 👀
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Future Forward, a top Democratic PAC, has onboarded with Coinbase Commerce to accept crypto donations — link
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NEW: 🇺🇸 Senator Lummis says, “wouldn’t it be fun if the US is buying #Bitcoin and it scares China and Russia so they start buying Bitcoin and we have an arms race over Bitcoin instead of over weapons.”
Softwar thesis being discussed at the policy arena 👀
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JUST IN: NVIDIA $NVDA says "we have not been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice."
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Binance has barred former CEO Changpeng Zhao aka CZ for life from running the company confirmed by CEO Richard Teng — The DOJ agreement doesn't explicitly prevent CZ's future return as CEO, but Binance states he's barred from management under the terms of the agreement.
⊷ Following the plea deal, Zhao said he had no intention of being a CEO of any sort going forward and that he will focus on investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech companies.
⊷ Some original reports of the plea deal said he would be barred for three years due to language in a DOJ memo.
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