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The metaverse is coming straight to your web browser: Here’s how

Layer-1 blockchain and metaverse protocol Somnia has launched the Metaverse Browser, aiming to make Web3 exploration and custom content creation more accessible and user-friendly.

Post-FTX crypto industry needs education before regulation: Former Biden advisor

“What I preach for is regulation that protects and prevents but does not cripple and destroy [innovation],” the senior adviser told Cointelegraph.

Circle shifts legal home to US ahead of IPO

Circle’s strategic shift away from Ireland could increase compliance costs, but the tradeoff suggests improved investor confidence.

Bitget Wallet launches $10M ecosystem fund alongside Onchain Layer

The ecosystem fund is denominated in Bitget Wallet’s native token, BWB, which is scheduled for debut this quarter.

Solana-based Cypher developer confesses to gambling away $300K of user funds

The insider’s exploit went unnoticed for months, despite over 36 individual transactions.

El Salvador mines 474 Bitcoin using geothermal volcanic energy

El Salvador currently holds 5,750 BTC worth $354 million, accumulated over three years.

Bitcoiner who called pre-halving all-time high predicts $95K BTC price

BTC price records will come thick and fast, BitQuant says — but no one can say when exactly Bitcoin will break to new all-time highs.

$20M exploit cripples Sonne Finance, hacker in no mood for negotiation

Sonne Finance halted operations after a hack drained $20 million in cryptocurrencies, including WETH and USDC. Efforts to recover the funds are ongoing.

4 things Google Gemini users will be able to do soon

Google boss Sundar Pichai unveiled that its AI model Gemini is getting put into a slew of the company’s products and services, including its flagship Search product.

Bitcoin could top $100K but only if ‘high-yield rate’ falls below 7% — Analyst

Bitcoin needs the high yield rate to fall as low as 6% to reach a “sustainable all-time high,” says crypto analyst Timothy Peterson.

More than one million new tokens have been launched since April

Nearly half of the one million new tokens launched since April 1 have been memecoins created on the Solana network.

Vanguard names Bitcoin-friendly former BlackRock exec as new CEO

Salim Ramji spoke highly of Bitcoin and blockchain technology when overseeing BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF filing.

Degens pumped GameStop memecoins because they're ‘bored’ — Traders

Crypto investors have flocked to unofficial GameStop memecoins because they're jumping on any “sign of hope they can,” say traders.

Layer-3 network Degen Chain hasn’t produced a block in 53 hours

Degen Chain says it’s working to resolve an issue that has seen its network stop producing blocks for more than two days.

OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist departs AI firm

Illya Sutskever said he’s leaving OpenAI for a “personally meaningful” project with research director Jakub Pachocki now moving into the role of chief scientist.

Cypher core contributor admits to stealing $260K and gambling it away

The contributor, “hoak,” said their actions were due to a “crippling gambling addiction” and “psychological factors that went by unchecked.”

Bitcoin will stay in $55K to $75K zone for now: Novogratz

Mike Novogratz says crypto is in a “consolidation phase” and predicts that prices will bounce higher at the end of the current quarter.

UK closes ‘trust me bro’ crypto firm that gave horrible advice to clients

It comes just two weeks after the Insolvency Service secured a winding-up order against Amey’s firm in the United Kingdom High Court on April 30.

Here’s why US debt is out of control — and Japanese debt isn’t

Japanese debt might be high, but it isn't comparable to American debt, which is set to trigger a financial implosion — and light a spark under Bitcoin.

SEC tries again for Debt Box suit dismissal with option to refile

The SEC says case dismissal without prejudice is “normally granted” when a plaintiff requests it, but the court has criticized the agency’s current suit.

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