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Korean crypto firm pulls off the biggest raise in Asia this year, AI market in China is now worth $1.4T, and Huobi trademark court battle.

CEO and chairman Pascal Gauthier says the company is working with law enforcement to “find this bad actor, bring them to justice.”

Shakeeb Ahmed was arrested for hacking an unspecified DEX, and then admitted to the Nirvava Finance hack too.

Wallet provider MetaMask was also affected by the incident. Ledger released a patch to resolve the issue but warned users to wait 24 hours before using its connector library again.

Ledger has since attributed the exploit to a phishing attack on a former employee.

The hacker behind the attack on Ledger's connector library had stolen at least $484,000, according to blockchain analysis platform Lookonchain.

NFT collector J1mmy.eth trades like Warren Buffett, his collection peaked at $150 million, and he once minted 420 Bored Apes with Pranksy.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back says 2023 presented a unique investment opportunity with Bitcoin’s price doubling amid low ASIC miner prices on secondary markets.

Blockchain tokenization provides an alternative means for SMEs to raise capital and liquidity while building diversified investment opportunities.

Multiple decentralized applications using Ledger’s connector library have been compromised, including SushiSwap and Revoke.cash. Ledger claims the issue has been fixed.

Some crypto-linked ETFs like the VanEck Digital Transformation ETF and Global X Blockchain ETF have surged as much as 200% and higher in 2023.

Tapping into underlying blockchain infrastructure, Nodle’s Click application allows users to authenticate media content for various use cases.

Immutable’s blockchain protocol will allow the game studio to cut out gas fees for users, which are widely cited as a significant barrier to Web3 gaming adoption.

Both in-game Checkmate token rewards and NFT gameplay modes will be disabled.

The amount allocated is down from a budget of $40 million in 2023.

The Iota Foundation wants to capitalize on institutional demand for real-world asset tokenization, which reached $342 billion in September.

Coti will look to provide privacy-focused functionality to the Ethereum ecosystem as a new layer-2 protocol.

Anti-crypto politicians in Washington are weaponizing disputed claims about crypto funding Hamas to try and pass draconian new legislation.

Nym co-founder Harry Halpin and security and hardware consultant Chelsea Manning chat with The Agenda about privacy and the benefits of a decentralized VPN.

More than a third of survey respondents believed the blockchain gaming industry benefited most from traditional game studios adopting Web3 tech in 2023.

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs credits this decline to enhanced security measures, law enforcement and industry coordination.

BTC proponents argued to Jimmy Wales that banks may work, but they’re not available to everyone, and that storing BTC personally and storing fiat via banks are two different things.

Dfinity founder and chief scientist Dominic Williams told Cointelegraph that blockchain networks could support the creation of trustless infrastructure that incentivizes climate-positive action.

Web3 gaming has remained unfazed by the bear season. But how does the expected bull run impact interest in blockchain-based games?

“Never surrender!” the former U.S. president wrote.

Defendants David Gilbert Saffron and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. allegedly solicited users’ deposits for investment and used them for lavish personal expenditures.

Celestia will become an option for data availability within the Polygon CDK software.

A new Ethereum zero-knowledge proof compiler could address security concerns identified in different zkEVM solutions.

AI Eye: 98% of deepfakes are porn — mostly K-pop stars — Grok is no edgelord, and Fetch.AI boss says OpenAI needs to “drastically change.”

Aside from Wintermute, other leading liquidity providers, including Selini Capital and Black Code Group, also support WOO X.