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Japan’s largest conglomerate – Toyota Motor Corporation – will sponsor the world’s first global Web3 hackathon. Polkadot’s leading parachain, Astar Network, has been roped in to make Web3 use cases for Toyota’s employees. According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the car giant is looking to embrace the Web3 space in a bid to improve the company’s operations. The latest online hackathon is expected to serve as an initial step in the process. Toyota –...

NFT marketplace SudoSwap said it debuted its native governance token called SUDO with an airdrop of coins to early supporters. The move comes amid a recent resurgence in NFT trading volume after a lull that was part of a broader downturn in crypto activity. SUDO Tokens to Be Airdropped to SudoSwap LPs SudoSwap announced the launch of its SUDO token on Monday, Jan. 30. The token release, updated earlier today, included an airdrop for early supporters of the project. The SUDO...

A cohort of the United States Senate is questioning crypto bank Silvergate about its knowledge of the FTX fraud, after finding responses to prior questioning “evasive” and “incomplete.” The senators suspect that Silvergate may have played a role in illegally transmitting FTX user funds to Alameda Research through the trading firm’s accounts with the bank.  Silvergate and FTX According to BNN Bloomberg, the senators sent a letter to Silvergate on Monday questioning the bank...

Celsius abandoned its promise of transparency from its start, according to former prosecutor Shoba Pillay who was appointed as an independent examiner by United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn. In a filing, Pillay stated that the bankrupt crypto firm conducted its business in a starkly different manner than how it marketed itself to its customers in every key respect. The report claimed that Celsius lacked a sufficient risk management function and was unable to track its...

UK’s Charity Commission announced inquiring into a charity called – Effective Ventures Foundation over its ties with FTX. According to the official press release, the charity reported its association with FTX as a serious incident because the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange was its “significant funder.” The non-ministerial department asserted that trustees submitted an RSI and sufficiently performed their duties and responsibilities. While trustees have not been involved in...

Strike – a Bitcoin payment company and wallet provider – has expanded its “Send Globally” feature to the Philippines, allowing locals to receive lightning-based remittances directly to their bank account.  This marks the second-wave rollout for Send Globally after its initial release to Africa in December.  Fixing the Remittance System In a press release published on Tuesday, Strike explained that its new feature enables “fast, secure, and low-cost” money transfers between...

Huobi Global – one of the world’s biggest digital currency exchanges – has announced that it’s going to release approximately 20 percent of its staff due to the ongoing volatility and speculation of the digital currency industry. Huobi Global Is Parting with Several Staff Members A Huobi spokesperson said: With the current state of the bear market, a very lean team will be maintained going forward. Huobi employed about 1,600 people in October of last year. With the 20...

A New Hampshire district court judge has clarified that a security injunction ruled earlier in the legal battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and decentralized content-sharing and publishing platform LBRY applied only to direct sales of the project’s tokens. The ruling came during an appeal hearing on January 30, 2023, settling an agelong debate between the SEC and the crypto community. Judge Clarifies Ruling in LBRY v. SEC Case The court...

Boston-based communications firm Media Shower has unveiled its new BMJ Reward Token, a blockchain-focused reward system that provides digital rewards to the paid, premium subscribers of its Bitcoin Market Journal (BMJ) newsletter. Media Shower Is Delivering a New Kind of Digital Rewards Token Media Shower has spent the last several months developing real-time rewards for its users. Many of these rewards include uniquely branded clothing items like hoodies, shirts, socks,...

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