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FBI, Ukraine seize 9 exchange domains on money laundering allegations

The authorities claimed the exchanges allowed cybercriminals to flout anti-money laundering measures.

Retail CBDCs bring unknown 'consequences' to financial system: IMF director

The IMF's Kristalina Georgieva said wholesale CBDCs, on the other hand, have “fairly little space for undesirable surprises.”

Sports Illustrated launches Polygon-based NFT ticketing platform

SI's new service, called "Box Office," will allow event organizers to issue commemorative nonfungible token tickets, including pre-attendance and post-event audience perks.

The ABCs of Crypto: Teaching the next generation of Web3 users

This latest report presents an overview of two of the most popular use cases for blockchain technology — DeFi and NFTs — to help onboard the next generation of crypto users.

Blur NFT lending surpasses $16M in loans, led by Machi Big Brother

The milestone comes just one day after the protocol's launch on May 1.

Student interest in ChatGPT skills on Udemy increased by 4,419% since 2022: Report

The latest topic consumption report from Udemy shows an increase in interest in ChatGPT as well as skills related to cloud computing and blockchain.

Crypto and AI: Control the robots, incentivize the humans

Does AI need blockchain and crypto to incentivise the humans in the loop — or to help keep the robots in line?

Darknet hackers are selling crypto accounts for as low as $30 a pop

Prices of hacked cryptocurrency accounts still fetch the highest prices among hacked online accounts, according to online data security provider Privacy Affairs.

Level Finance confirms $1M exploit due to buggy smart contract

An attacker manipulated a “claim multiple” bug in a Level Finance smart contract to steal more than 214,000 LVL tokens from the exchange.

Liquid staking solutions now have more TVL than DEXs: DefiLlama

From April 13 to May 1, TVL on decentralized exchanges declined by $1.66 billion while it increased on liquid staking protocols by $280 million.

Blur introduces NFT perpetual lending protocol

Borrowing positions automatically roll their expiry, and can be refinanced should one party unilaterally decide to terminate.

Justin Sun issues apology after Sui LaunchPool clash with Binance CEO

Nearly $4 billion has been staked in Binance's Sui farming pools in anticipation of the layer -1 blockchain's airdrop.

More TPS, less gas: Ethereum layer 2 Starknet outlines performance upgrades

Starknet makes performance improvements top priority in 2023, aiming to increase throughput, lower latency and reduce transaction costs.

AI Eye: Is Hollywood over? ETH founder on AI, Wes Anderson Star Wars, robot dogs with ChatGPT brains

Does AI technology spell doom for Hollywood? Joe Lubin on AI, Wes Anderson’s Star Wars, and AI tasked with destroying humanity goes dark.

Jack Dorsey’s nano Bitcoin mining chip heads to prototype

Block has completed the design of its new prototype ASIC chip which it says will fast-track its plan to bring “open source” Bitcoin mining rig design to market.

2 reasons why Bitcoin Ordinals are ‘positive’ for the BTC: Grayscale

Ordinals have been a controversial topic within the Bitcoin community but crypto investment firm Grayscale says there’s two main reasons to be optimistic.

Visa stablecoin plan, debt’s ceiling effect on Bitcoin price: Hodler’s Digest, April 23-29

Circle launches cross-chain transfer protocol, Visa shares plans for stablecoin product, Kraken fights back in court, and more.

Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors

Mastercard’s new solution revolves around providing “secure transactions between users, verified according to standards” set by the company.

UK Treasury seeks input on taxing DeFi staking and lending: Finance Redefined

The UK Treasury is seeking input on taxing the DeFi space, and on provisions around staking and lending.

Cointelegraph accelerator program welcomes Brickken: A new step in asset tokenization

By participating in Cointelegraph’s Accelerator Program, Brickken aims to support companies through the entire tokenization cycle.

Google Cloud to optimize Polygon zkEVM scaling performance

Polygon Labs and Google Cloud will team up in a multi-year agreement to drive the development and adoption of the Ethereum scaling protocol’s infrastructure and developer tools.

Binance to reenter Japan via acquired regulated exchange SEBC

Although no official date is mentioned for the launch of Binance Japan, the notice stated that the exchange could start after June.

KuCoin confirms an exchange user is behind alleged daily rug pulls

A community member identified a wallet address that allegedly launched several memecoin rug pulls daily for almost two years.

China’s wave of ChatGPT rivals, Alibaba goes multichain: Asia Express

Huawei unveils latest in wave of Chinese ChatGPT rivals, Alibaba’s multichain bridge, Hong Kong crypto exchange regulations imminent.

Decentralized file storage pricing differentials persist despite market growth: Report

Depending on the metrics, the cost of decentralized file storage can be very low or significantly higher than Web2 counterparts.

California approves blockchain-based digital wallet for gov't services

Santa Cruz voted to approve the use of a blockchain-based digital wallet for government services and official documentation and is set to begin a pilot program in July 2023.

Whatever happened to EOS? Community shoots for unlikely comeback

The EOS community took on the centralized company behind the blockchain — and won. Now comes the fight to get back into the top ten.

Bitget pledges $10M for Fetch.ai ecosystem amid ChatGPT boom

The move comes amid a surge in popularity for artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT.

Google Ads data: $4M stolen through crypto phishing URLs

Unsuspecting cryptocurrency users have lost over $4 million to phishing websites promoted using Google Ads.

Circle CEO warns of active and accelerating de-dollarization

The U.S. must capitalize on the “high demand” for digitally native U.S. dollars, particularly from those in emerging economies with weak local banking systems, the Circle CEO said.

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