The CoinList staking fund offers US accredited investors an opportunity to earn a yield on their digital assets through investment in a private fund. CoinList, an established launchpad for crypto-related projects, has announced the launch of its staking fund meant for the US select customers. According to the announcement, the CoinList staking fund will offer accredited investors in the United States to earn different yields from their digital assets. Some of the supported digital assets...
Read More »China Launches Its First Industrial Park for Digital Yuan CBDC Development
Currently, there are nine residents of the park. All of them will get access to ten government initiatives introduced to “boost the development” of the digital yuan ecosystem. The initiatives include payment solutions, smart contracts, hard wallets, and digital yuan promotion. The first industrial park has been opened in the Luohu district of Shenzhen, China, with a focus on developing China’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – digital yuan or e-CNY. The official launching ceremony of...
Read More »Coinbase Urges IRS to Reconsider Proposed Tax Rules, Citing Privacy Concerns
Aside from Coinbase has raised concerns about the potential adverse impact of the proposed law across various sectors within the digital asset ecosystem. The recent proposal from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding crypto tax regulations has drawn strong criticism from Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Expressing deep concern, the exchange emphasized that the proposed IRS rule could pose a significant threat to both the crypto industry and the...
Read More »Flash Loan Attack on BNB Chain Nets $1.57M in Record-Breaking Profit
The most significant flash loan attack in the BNB Chain was reported on Oct. 11 when an MEV bot made a massive arbitrage profit of $1.575 million. The attack, which passed through the Pancakeswap DEX network, only cost the perpetrating bot a fee of $4.16, leaving them with humongous profits. Large Single Flash Loan Attack on BNB Chain As per reports, the MEV Bot with address 0x216Ccf on the BNB Chain emerged as the record holder of the most significant single arbitrage profit...
Read More »Redefining Crypto Standards with Bitcoin Spark, Avalanche, Stellar, and Monero
The crypto landscape has evolved significantly since the inception of Bitcoin (BTC). And market observers suggest Bitcoin Spark (BTCS), Avalanche (AVAX), Stellar (XLM), and Monero (XMR) are redefining crypto standards. Avalanche Avalanche is a blockchain platform that seeks to tackle the blockchain trilemma of scalability, security, and decentralization with its unique Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Avalanche supports smart contracts and decentralized applications...
Read More »Whistleblower Alleges Alameda Research Lost $190M to Avoidable Scams
A former engineer at Alameda Research, the sister hedge fund of FTX, alleges that the firm incurred losses exceeding $190 million due to preventable scams. Aditya Baradwaj, the whistleblower, emphasized the frequent “significant security incidents” resulting from the firm’s fast-paced operations. These allegations were documented in a post titled “The Hacks” on the platform X. Baradwaj reported a significant incident where a trader at Alameda lost more than $100 million of...
Read More »Trezor Marks 10th Anniversary with New Products Launch
As part of its celebration, the Czech-based firm has launched three new self-custody products. Hardware crypto wallet provider Trezor is in the mood for celebration after reaching the milestone of being in business for ten years. As part of its celebration, the Czech-based firm has launched three new self-custody products. The new Trezor products are a new wallet, a proprietary private key backup solution, and a Bitcoin BTC-only wallet. Trezor Unveils 3 New Products In its official...
Read More »BlackRock Seeks Court-Approved Crackdown on Potentially Fraudulent Copycat Sites
According to the filing, “over 95% of the 500 most popular sites on the Internet are the subject of typosquatting”. The New York-based investment giant BlackRock Inc has called for a crackdown on dozens of domain names that have been registered to imitate the investment firm as they could potentially be used to defraud investors. Blackrock is seeking a court-ordered strike on the domains and “typosquatting” sites, some of which are crypto-related. According to an October 10 legal...
Read More »ARK Invest’s Updated Spot Bitcoin ETF Prospectus ‘Good Sign’ for Future Approval
One notable adjustment pertained to the Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations, which ARK Invest acknowledged were not aligned with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the accounting standard endorsed by the SEC. Eric Balchunas, an ETF analyst at Bloomberg, recently took to the social media platform X to reveal that ARK Invest’s latest amendment to its spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) filing may signify a positive step toward future approvals for a Bitcoin ETF. It’s worth...
Read More »JPMorgan Debuts Blockchain Collateral Transaction on TCN
JPMorgan has announced a significant milestone, revealing that it successfully conducted its inaugural live blockchain-based collateral settlement transaction involving BlackRock and Barclays. This transaction utilized JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based Onyx blockchain and the bank’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN). BlackRock employed this system to tokenize shares from one of its money market funds, which were subsequently transferred to Barclays Plc to serve as collateral in an...
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