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The Solana network has not suffered any outages in the last five months and has been 100% uptime since February. The enhanced network performance marks a striking transformation from the previous year when layer-1 network outages caused severe disruptions. A new report released by Solana Foundation stated that the subsequent upgrades, including the rollout of QUIC TPU, Stake weighted QoS, and localized fee markets, have helped the network to handle high traffic and demand....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States plans to reinforce its team responsible for investigating cryptocurrency-related crimes with more prosecutors. The unit will also have a new leader, with Claudia Quiroz replacing Eun Young Choi at the helm. The team has played a major role in many of the DOJ’s crypto cases, such as bringing charges against Bitzlato and the investigation into Binance. Bringing NCET to ‘the Next Level’ The DOJ disclosed that it will more than...

The bipartisan legislation introduced earlier this week – titled the Crypto-Asset National Security Enhancement (CANSEE) Act – that seeks to regulate the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has caused quite a stir. Cypto advocacy groups are voicing objection to the bill arguing that such an approach would stifle innovation in the United States. Coin Center, for one, lashed out at the bill and called it a messy, arbitrary, and unconstitutional approach to DeFi. CANSEE: A...

The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius, its creditors, and its Series B holders have reached a settlement with regard to the distribution of $25 million in proceeds from the sale of crypto custodian GK8. According to the filing, the settlements seek to deploy $24 million for legal expenses while allocating the rest of $1 million among the Series B holders. The court document also states that the settlement agreement was born out of the “mutual desire” to prevent costly...

The American authorities have reportedly arrested Brandon Austin and his father, Eugene “Hugh” Austin, over accusations that they run a massive crypto fraud, embezzling over $10 million from investors. Brandon, who has already pleaded guilty, will hear his sentence on September 6. Conning Investors to Fund a Lavish Lifestyle According to recent coverage, federal agents detained the 27-year-old Brandon Austin in April and his dad on July 5. US Attorney Damian Williams said the...

Several traditional media outlets reported recently that Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has or will have to dismiss thousands of employees in the wake of its legal battle with US regulators. The company’s CEO confirmed the layoffs but disagreed with the “FUD” reported numbers of terminated staff members. CNBC, WSJ Reports Citing a person familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal claimed on Friday that Binance had already dismissed over 1,000 people as...

The landmark decision by Judge Torres in the legal battle between Ripple and the US SEC could positively impact the entire crypto industry, said the former’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse. He also hopes that the ruling will serve as a wake-up call to US Congress for the upcoming regulations. A Win for Everyone Nearly three years after the SEC sued Ripple for allegedly selling its native cryptocurrency (XRP) as unregistered security, Judge Analisa Torres, presiding over the case,...

The crypto market has recovered a lot of the losses sustained in 2022, with BTC rising by over 80% YTD and many altcoins performing even better. This led to questions and analysis within the community about whether the bear market is over and the industry is preparing for yet another bull cycle. Moreover, the BTC halving is scheduled to take place in less than a year, which is typically regarded as a catalyst for upcoming price increases. However, the recent developments from...

Bitcoin dipped toward $30,000 but managed to bounce off that level and stands a few hundred dollars above it now as well. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red today, with ADA, SOL, MATIC, and DOT dropping the most from the larger caps. BTC Defends $30K The primary cryptocurrency experienced enhanced volatility at the end of the business week, alongside the rest of the market, following Ripple’s landmark victory against the SEC. Following the judge’s ruling that almost...

A crypto wallet service – Klever – revealed that an already known exploit caused by low entropy mnemonic affected several users. The incident first came to light when users reported suspicious activity within their wallets earlier this week. As per the company’s update, the algorithm called Random Generation, used by Bip39 implementation, was previously used by numerous cryptocurrency wallet providers. However, a flaw in the algorithm compromised the security and...