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Charles Hoskinson points to 2 major upgrades amid Cardano ‘dunking’
The Cardano co-founder is fighting FUD again following a BitBoy video claiming ADA is dead. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has his eye on two major upgrades — at least one of which is slated this year — for the Cardano network amid a recent flood of criticism over its nati...
Crypto giants push to get Bitcoin an emoji
Nexo and over 35 crypto organizations are petitioning to secure a Bitcoin emoji, garnering worldwide support and aiming for 50,000 endorsements. Crypto platform Nexo and more than 35 organizations in the cryptocurrency space have joined forces to push for an official Bitcoin BTC...
Restaking could introduce ‘hidden risks’ to Ethereum — Coinbase
Ethereum restaking will form a “core part” of the network in the future — but there are still risks that come along with the new yield-bearing mechanism, say Coinbase analysts. Ethereum restaking could form the “bedrock” for a wide range of new decentralized applications on the...
Bitcoin 5% flash crash leads to $165M in leveraged crypto liquidations
Leverage traders are nursing losses of over $165 million as the price of Bitcoin tumbled 5%. A sudden 5% drawdown in the price of Bitcoin BTC $66,894 on Tuesday has seen traders with leveraged exposure to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rack up over $165 million in losses in...
Thailand’s biggest crypto exchange goes on hiring spree ahead of IPO
Bitkub targets to go public on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2025 and is planning to hire 1,000 employees by IPO launch. Bitkub Capital Group Holdings, the owner of Thailand’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is hiring financial advisers to facilitate its planned initial pub...
Web3 ad service Everyworld reaches 225K users within a month of launching beta
The service is currently available in beta for select markets. Web 3 advertising service platform Everyworld has reached a total user base of 225,000 as of March 28. According to a press release from Everyworld, this milestone for the service occurred within a month of its init...
Over $1B in US Treasurys have now been tokenized on-chain
The new milestone was reached shortly after the launch of BlackRock's first tokenized asset fund — BUIDL, which joined 16 other tokenized government securities funds last week. More than $1 billion worth of United States Treasurys now exist across Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, and...
Munchables hacker returns $62.8M Ether without ransom
On March 27, 4:40 am UTC, Munchables identified the hacker as one of its developers. An hour of negotiations led to the former developer agreeing to return the hacked funds. It took nearly eight hours for the Munchables hacker — a Munchables developer — to have a change of heart...
Ethereum client diversity improves, non-Geth clients now account for 34%
While the reduced reliance on Geth is good news, “we can’t declare victory yet,” says Lachlan Feeney, founder and CEO of Ethereum infrastructure firm Labrys. The market share of Geth — a major Ethereum execution client — has fallen from a high of 84% in late January to 66% follo...
Goldman Sachs hedge fund clients are piling back into crypto this year
Institutional clients of Goldman Sachs’ Asia Pacific arm are showing renewed interest in Bitcoin, Ether, and other crypto assets. Goldman Sachs’ clients have reportedly started to make the jump back into crypto this year, with appetite renewed by the approval of spot Bitcoin BTC...