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Crypto exchange Binance restores euro services after new fiat partners
Euro payments, deposits, and withdrawals are back on for European Binance users months after the severance of services by PaySafe. Crypto exchange Binance has announced it has onboarded new partners to handle euro deposits and withdrawals, months after losing its previous fiat p...
Tesla earnings: Bitcoin bags untouched as firm splashes out on AI
Tesla held onto its sizeable Bitcoin bags in the third quarter and upped its spending on artificial intelligence and research and development. Electric vehicle maker Tesla made no changes to its sizeable Bitcoin BTC $28,312 holdings — the fifth quarter in a row — though it has...
BAYC creator Yuga Labs completes restructuring to focus on metaverse
Yuga Labs, a firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, has completed restructuring to focus on its upcoming metaverse project Otherside. Yuga Labs, a company behind the major nonfungible token (NFT) project, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), has completed restructuring amid the ongo...
Uniswap to charge 0.15% swap fees beginning Oct. 17
Fees will not be collected on inter-stablecoin trades, nor on wrapping Ether. Decentralized exchange Uniswap will begin charging a 0.15% swap fee on certain tokens in its web application and wallet on Oct. 17. According to a post by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, the affected to...
Grayscale GBTC discount falls to 16% as markets bet on Bitcoin ETF approval
Some analysts say GBTC’s discount is narrowing because investors are pricing in the SEC’s approval on several pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications. Grayscale’s Bitcoin BTC $27,915 investment vehicle, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), is trading at its lowest discount in nearly t...
NFTs aren’t dead — they’re just resting
The market for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) might be struggling during this "NFT Winter," but there are signs of life if you know where to look. Headlines predicting the death of Bitcoin are nothing new. Over the past decade, we’ve seen every permutation of why “Bitcoin is dead” im...
Lido Finance discloses 20 slashing events due to validator config issues
The initial impact amounted to 20 Ether, worth $31,000, while the validator involved has now been taken offline. Ethereum staking protocol Lido Finance has disclosed its protocol saw 20 slashing events due to a series of infrastructure and signer configuration issues from valida...
Securities regulators oppose special treatment of crypto in Coinbase case
A body representing North America’s state securities regulators took aim at arguments made by crypto exchange Coinbase in its defense against the SEC. Digital assets should not be seen as “somehow special,” nor should action against Coinbase be seen as “novel or extraordinary,”...
Ordswap urges users to recover keys after losing control of website
Before it was taken down, Ordswap users said the compromised website directed users to a phishing link. Ordswap, a marketplace that allows users to inscribe, auction, and trade Bitcoin Ordinals, has devised a method for users to retrieve their private keys as it scrambles to reg...
Bitcoin is a ‘super logical’ step on the tech tree: OpenAI CEO
During an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Altman expressed his excitement for Bitcoin and also said he was “super against” CBDCs. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called Bitcoin BTC $27,880 a "super logical" step on the tech tree, which is both free of government control while h...