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The approaching presidential vote in the United States in 2024 promises to be intriguing and contested as more and more well-known candidates announce their participation in the election. Both the Democratic and the Republican parties have amassed serious figures who put the economic welfare of Americans, the improvement of the domestic health sector, the US immigration policies, and other aspects at the center of their campaigns. Some of the candidates have also touched upon...

NFT sales have had a rocky start in 2023 but the underlying technology still holds plenty of utility. Ticketing is an interesting yet underdeveloped facet of the NFT space. It stands out as a promising frontier for NFTs in the ever-evolving world of digital advancements. As a noteworthy application of NFTs, NFT tickets play a significant role in signifying ownership and facilitating access to exclusive experiences and events. These digital tickets serve as tangible proofs of...

Bankrupt crypto lender, BlockFi revealed that the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey has conditionally approved its disclosure statement. The development essentially demonstrated that the reorganization process of BlockFi continues to make gradual progress eight months after filing the voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. In an official statement on August 2nd, Mark Renzi – BlockFi’s Chief Restructuring Officer,...

zkSync creator and Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski refuted allegations of plagiarizing code without appropriately crediting zero-knowledge scaling firm Polygon Zero. Gluchowski called the accusations “unfounded, misleading, and extremely disappointing” from a team the exec “highly respects.” The comments are in response to Polygon Zero’s lengthy blog post accusing the developers of Matter Labs of copy-pasting “a substantial amount of source code” from performance-critical...

Decentralized exchange Curve Finance has teamed up with Metronome and Alchemix to offer a 10% bug bounty to the attackers behind the recent exploit that saw more than $50 million siphoned off the platforms’ pools. According to an on-chain message on one hacker’s Ethereum address, the protocols are willing to cease the pursuit of the case if the attackers return 90% of the stolen funds, keeping 10% for themselves. Curve, Metronome, and Alchemix Offer Hacker 10% Bounty Recall...

While anticipation over a potential Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETF has gripped investors, an Ethereum (ETH) ETF approval may also be waiting in the wings. Bloomberg analysts are now assigning 75% odds of one such product being approved in the United States this year. Ethereum ETF On The Horizon As tweeted by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart on Friday, the organization’s approval odds are the same as those it assigned for a Bitcoin futures ETF in early September 2021. The very...

America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has submitted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The motion, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that crypto assets are neither investment contracts nor securities and so fall outside the SEC’s delegated authority as set by Congress. Coinbase Seeks to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Recall that the SEC sued Coinbase on June 6, a day after...

In the midst of a lackluster price movement across the wider cryptocurrency market, XRP experienced an unusual downward trend. The cryptocurrency recently became the fifth-largest crypto by market cap owing to Ripple’s partial but impressive win against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The asset even briefly surpassed BNB as the fourth-largest last month. After posting double-digit gains for quite some time, the bulls appear to have entered a phase of...

Heather Rhiannon Morgan (aka “Razzlekhan”, 33) pled guilty to a money laundering conspiracy in connection with the 2016 Bitfinex hack on Thursday, which saw more than 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC) robbed from customers. This came moments after her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein (35), pleaded guilty to being the man behind the hack itself. Bitfinex Hacker Confirmed In Washington, D.C., federal court, Lichtenstein confessed to both stealing and laundering the funds, officially...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) filed a lawsuit against the trading platform eToro, alleging that its contract for difference (CFD) product could harm investors. That type of monetary tool is a leveraged derivative contract that enables customers to speculate on the prices of equities, commodities, stock market indices, and digital assets.  The platform was among the first in its field to hop on the cryptocurrency bandwagon, allowing trading...