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Community-driven protocol Antelope has forked and rebranded the EOSIO 2.0 codebase through a coalition of four EOSIO protocol-based blockchains led by the EOS Network Foundation. The coalition, established in January, consists of EOS, Telos, WAX, and UX Network. Each chain will share Antelope’s underlying blockchain codebase while working together to accelerate the development of the core protocol. EOSIO Coalition Unveils Antelope According to a press release shared with...

Japan’s SBI Remit will use RippleNet Technology to enable instant money transfers between Japan and Thailand. The new partnership also brings Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) on board, Ripple said in a PR on Tuesday. Japan-Thai Remittance Service As part of the arrangement, both SBI Remit and SCB will use Ripple’s enterprise blockchain solution RippleNet to process real-time remittance services. Right now, Thai recipients use local agents to retrieve cash sent by their...

Celsius Network’s latest court filings depicted a grim forecast for the crippled crypto lender. The documents revealed that the actual debt currently stands at $2.85 billion, as against their bankruptcy filing claims of a $1.2 billion deficit. The firm is expected to run out of cash by October as per the filing with the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York. By then, Celsius would hit negative liquidity of approximately $34 million. Celsius...

Coinbase – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States – will temporarily suspend Ethereum-based deposits and withdrawals during September’s “merge” upgrade.  The exchange posted a blog post on Tuesday explaining what to expect from both Coinbase and Ethereum following the network’s long-awaited transformation.  Ensuring a Smooth Transition Per Coinbase’s announcement, the suspension – which will impact all on-chain ETH and ERC-20 token movements – is to ensure...

Compound Labs has announced the first smart contract deployments for Compound III, which will create a USDC market on Ethereum.  The contracts await activation by Compound governance but are now open to review by the community.  According to the latest update from Compound’s protocol development log, the deployment brings Compound III “just a governance proposal away from being live.” One of the smart contracts involved is a ‘configurator’, which will allow Compound to set...

A week after suspending its services, the crypto lending platform Hodlnaut filed for an application to be placed under judicial management with the Singapore High Court. Under judicial management, the financially distressed crypto lender will be able to “rehabilitate its business.” As such, an independent officer of the Court will be appointed in place of Hodlnaut’s directors to oversee the company. This process is also expected to offer some respite as it provides a...

Cryptocurrency exchange giant Huobi will cease offering its derivatives trading services to New Zealand customers two months after the company obtained registration from the country’s regulators. In an announcement on Tuesday (August 16, 2022), Huobi said it would restrict users in New Zealand from accessing derivatives trading services starting from August 23, 2022. According to Huobi, its action was in “commitment to local compliance policies.” Consequently, affected...

As per Ripps’s filing on Monday, the artist has asked a Los Angeles federal court to stop a trademark lawsuit brought against him by the BAYC creator. He further argued that his NFTs of the apes were a type of “appropriation art” meant as criticism and protected by the First Amendment. His NFTs of Bored Apes reportedly aimed to bring Yuga Labs’ attention to alleged racism. He also called it an “act of protest” against the NFT giant. For context, Ripps has been a vocal critic...

The Solana Foundation recently released its first report evaluating the health of the Solana network.  Its initial report digs into key metrics assessing the health of its validator network. These include its total validator count, Nakamoto consensus, and distribution.  Breaking Down the Nodes Per the foundation’s report on Wednesday, Solana currently consists of more than 3400 validators across six continents. Validators are responsible for independently verifying new...

Digital banking platform, Revolut has been awarded authorization by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) to expand its crypto services across the European Economic Area (EEA). According to a new report, Revolut has become the first entity to be awarded crypto-asset service provider (CASP) from the regulator of the island country. The news comes amidst its ongoing hiring spree despite a lackluster market. Cyprus’ Crypto Authorization With the new...