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Fintech company Circle has announced support for Web3 services on the Layer 1 blockchain network, Solana. Circle said that the latest move highlighted the growing significance of stablecoins such as USDC in aiding a more inclusive financial landscape. The company aims to facilitate accessibility to USDC for both enterprises and developers while emphasizing the importance of providing the necessary tools to integrate the stablecoin seamlessly into various applications. With...

For the first time in history, a cryptocurrency firm has used blockchain technology to select an athlete for a brand ambassador sponsorship deal. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the Polkadot community just passed a vote to sponsor IndyCar racing star Conor Daly as Polkadot brand ambassador for the upcoming Indianapolis 500, an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Daly as Polkadot’s Indy 500 Ambassador The Indy 500 race is slated for...

Several sectors within the crypto market are seeing a resurgence. AI and Big Data, Liquid Staking, and DeFi projects managed to secure the most gains in the past week. According to their weekly returns, artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data, which comprised 100 projects, topped the chart with a strong performance and a notable increase of 8.65%, as noted by blockchain intelligence platform Santiment’s latest analysis. The collective market cap of AI and Big Data currently...

Following in the footsteps of Michael Saylor, yet another publicly traded company has decided to make Bitcoin its savings vehicle of choice. Metaplanet, an investment and consulting company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced on Monday that it has purchased 1 billion JPY ($6.5 million USD) worth of Bitcoin for its corporate treasury. Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Strategy Per a company tweet, Metaplanet has chosen to “embrace Bitcoin as the core treasury asset of the...

Chinese mainland-based equity funds are reported to have filed applications to introduce spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) through their Hong Kong subsidiaries. The development comes amid a month-long surge in crypto prices and heightened efforts by Hong Kong to establish itself as a global fintech hub. China Equity Funds Apply for Bitcoin ETFs According to Security Times, a Chinese state-owned newspaper, not all the companies applying have been named. However, it has...

In an effort to protect its decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) against potential security threats, the dYdX community has approved a proposal to stake 20 million DYDX tokens. This decision comes amidst a surge in trading activity experienced by the platform. dYdX Proposes Enhanced Security Measures The proposal presented by dYdX emphasized the necessity of increasing the platform’s security measures in the face of increasing deposits and trading volumes. dYdX stated that it...

An anonymous cryptocurrency investor with the username “Sell When Over” on X has reported a loss of $800,000 due to two allegedly malicious Google Chrome browser extensions. The investor first raised the alarm with a post on X, revealing that they had discovered a loss of $500,000 from multiple wallet applications. Chrome Extension Attack Leads to $800k Loss “Think I got extension attacked, with two suspicious extensions that appeared on my Chrome browser,” they disclosed....

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied roughly 5%, surging past $72,000 in an attempt to retouch its all-time high. This upward trajectory has significantly reduced the number of addresses holding the digital asset at a loss. According to data on IntoTheBlock, there are currently zero BTC addresses at a loss as the cryptocurrency hovers around $72,600. Zero BTC Addresses at a Loss A few hours before writing time, a tweet by IntoTheBlock revealed that over 30,000...

The Southern District of New York announced that Irina Dilkinska was sentenced to four years in prison by US District Judge Edgardo Ramos for her involvement in the extensive OneCoin fraud scheme. Dilkinska served as OneCoin’s former legal and compliance officer who was caught and extradited from Bulgaria to the United States in March 2023. Sentencing According to a statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Dilkinska participated in its day-to-day...

American tech giant Google recently filed a lawsuit against two developers for uploading almost 90 fraudulent crypto investment applications on its online store, Google Play, which they used to defraud unsuspecting victims. Despite the company’s previous attempts to take down fraudulent apps from its Play Store, the alleged scammers found a way to upload more of such bogus apps, with Google stating that their fraud scheme affected around 100,000 users. Victims Promised...