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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.

One crypto wallet launched 114 dodgy memecoins in two months

According to ZachXBT, one alleged scammer in particular launched around 114 projects in the past 45 days alone.

MeWe social network with 20M users to integrate with Polkadot parachain

The integration is built on DSNP, a protocol created by Project Liberty.

Web3 social media protocol launches ‘layer 3’ to provide instant posts

The new layer relies on Bundlr, a decentralized storage platform built on Arweave, for mass storage of social media data.

CertiK, zkSync to launch compensation plan for $2M Merlin DEX exploit

The Web3 security firm urges the rogue developer to return 80% of the stolen funds and offers 20% as a white hat bounty.

Arbitrum decentralized exchange IAO cancelation draws controversy

Xirtam token's scheduled initial airdrop offering was canceled at the eleventh hour following an alleged pricing dispute.

Binance.​US enables free Web3 domain creation for American users

Binance users based in the United States are now able to create Web3 domains that serve as digital identities in a new partnership with Unstoppable Domains.

Shirtless shitposting and hunting SBF on the meme streets: Gabriel Haines, Hall of Flame

Gabriel Haines can most likely be found screaming about crypto with his shirt off in public or at home. Why is that and who is he?

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