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On April 19th, Trezor, one of the most popular cold wallets in the crypto community, enabled a new privacy feature for its users through the CoinJoin security protocol. The new update for Trezor is now available for Trezor Model T users, who simply need to add their CoinJoin account to enjoy the security benefits offered by the decentralized protocol. CoinJoin Enhances Users’ Privacy and Anonymity CoinJoin is an obfuscation method in which different wallet addresses perform...

The US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – received approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority to operate on the island. It also intends to establish an offshore derivatives marketplace in the region as soon as next week. CEO Brian Armstong recently said his entity could relocate to other countries if the American watchdogs do not impose an appropriate regulatory framework on the digital asset sector. Next Stop: Bermuda? Coinbase announced in a blog post that it had...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr – the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy – officially announced his candidacy for President of the States. He will run for the Democratic nomination, attempting to prevail over the current leader of the USA – Joe Biden. Kennedy has presented himself as a supporter of Bitcoin, claiming it could offer people an “escape route” amid the financial turbulence caused by the Federal Reserve’s actions. A BTC Fan Running for a President The 69-year-old...

Societe Generale’s crypto arm – SG Forge – has announced the launch of a stablecoin pegged to the euro on Ethereum, dubbed EUR CoinVertible. The latest offering will be accessible to only those institutional investors qualified on the basis of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures. The EURCV Stablecoin According to the official press release, EUR CoinVertible is based on the Ethereum blockchain and will be traded under the ticker symbol EURCV....

Alexey Pertsev, the developer of crypto privacy mixer Tornado Cash, will be released from jail next week and await trial at home, according to a report from Blockworks.  The news reportedly comes from Eléonore Blanc, Pertsev’s wife, who claimed over Telegram that the developer would be coming home next week.  Pertsev was arrested in Amsterdam in August 2022 shortly after the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash, creating...

Move over Shiba-Inu fashioned tokens. There’s a new memecoin in town – PEPE – and this one’s after the internet meme Pepe the Frog. The team behind PEPE declared that “the dog days are over,” while branding PEPE as “the most memeable memecoin in existence.” The token was launched on April 17th and has been rallying ever since. In less than a week, PEPE ascended to a market capitalization of $137 million and gained a tremendous amount during the period. Following the explosive...

Democrats blasted draft legislation regarding stablecoins on Wednesday for not being as “bipartisan” as initially planned. The bill, created by Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) last year, was praised by Republicans, but criticized by their left-wing counterparts as ‘outdated.’ Starting From Scratch The House Financial Services Committee published a draft version of the stablecoin bill on April 15, designed to “provide requirements for payment...

Space and Time – a decentralized blockchain data warehouse – has announced that its service is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.  This will enable the platform’s developers to onboard enterprise data to smart contract applications, alongside new use cases for indexed blockchain data.  Space and Time combines real-time data from major blockchains with off-chan data indexed by customers.  Meanwhile, Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that lets users...

Web3 wallet provider, MetaMask took Twitter to deny claims that a “massive wallet-draining operation” originated from an exploit of its wallet. The update comes after Taylor Mohanan alleged that an attacker was “sending” transactions via MetaMask, draining crypto from long-time users and employees. Mohanan, who also happens to be a MetaMask developer, later confirmed that the attack was not MetaMask-specific. The “sophisticated” heist was first discovered by Monahan early...

SpaceX CEO and Dogecoin enthusiast Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that the company is targeting April 20 for a test flight of its Starship rocket. As it happens, April 20 (4/20) is celebrated by the Dogecoin community as “Doge Day.” April 20 was declared Doge Day by the Doge community back in 2021 with an aim of pushing the coin’s value to new highs. April 2021 was when Doge rocketed to new highs around $0.30, before soaring to $0.70 in early May.  “The team is working around...