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Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange OKX has implemented the 20th round of its Buy-Back and Burn program, burning nearly 5.5 million OKB tokens this time. According to a blog post, the total number of OKB tokens bought back from the secondary market and burned was 5,497,312.77, worth $258 million at a 90-day average. OKX Burns 5.5M OKB Tokens The crypto exchange launched the Buy-Back and Burn program in May 2019. It started repurchasing OKB from the original supply of 300...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes Ethereum still requires “three major technical transitions” to fully mature as a tech stack – and anything less will be insufficient.  In a Friday blog post, the developer highlighted what’s needed to implement each of his ideal improvements, which could include “deep changes from applications and wallets.” Scaling, Security, and Privacy According to Buterin, Ethereum’s three transitions include layer-2 scaling (rollups), enhanced...

The largest banking institution in Russia by assets value – Sberbank – will reportedly enable private investors to buy and sell digital currencies in the following weeks. The entity jumped on the bandwagon a few years ago, attempting to launch several cryptocurrency projects. For one, it sought approval to issue its own digital currency and introduced the first blockchain-focused ETF in Russia.  Sberbank Pushes Forward As reported by a local media outlet, the bank will let...

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Dan Sunghan – Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Bureau at the Seoul Southern District Prosecution Service – claimed that the former crypto mogul Do Kwon had moved nearly $30 million in digital currencies to an unknown wallet shortly after his arrest in Montenegro. The 31-year-old South Korean has faced huge criticism and was blamed for having a hand in the massive LUNA/USD collapse last year that triggered multi-billion investor losses. He allegedly spent several...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Aria DiMezzo has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was charged with running an unlicensed crypto exchange. The platform was ultimately used by scammers who defrauded elderly individuals in ongoing romance scams. Aria DiMezzo Will Serve Her Time in Prison DiMezzo was one of six people charged...

What a week… There’s absolutely no need to beat around the bush, so let’s kick it off directly … the United States Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance. That’s right, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is under siege. Binance, Binance US, and Changpeng Zhao are all named in the lawsuit, as the SEC is out for blood. The Commission has asked the court to freeze the assets of Binance US and has also issued a summons for CZ. Since he’s not a US citizen,...

[PRESS RELEASE – Podgorica, Montenegro, June 9th, 2023] At EDCON 2023 in Montenegro, the Ethereum Reserve Dollar (“ERD”) team introduced their innovative decentralized lending platform and USDE stablecoin to the industry. ERD is a lending platform that allows users to borrow USDE, a USD-pegged stablecoin native to the platform, using liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) and blue-chip DeFi tokens as collateral. The protocol maintains a minimum collateralization ratio of 110%,...

This week, we take a closer look at Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, Solana, and Polygon. Ripple (XRP) Ripple continues to surprise the market with its strength, considering that in the past week, most altcoins ended up in red. More so, XRP has managed to close in green with a 2.6% increase in price, making it the best performer on our list today. This resilience has taken the price just under the key resistance at 53 cents. Volatility also increased this week, and buyers...

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