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Median Web3 developer salary stands at $128K in 2023

In a recent Pantera survey, less than 2% of respondents said they worked full-time in an office setting, with the rest working remotely.

Bitcoin lender Ledn to roll out ETH, USDT interest accounts

Spurred on by user requests, traditional Bitcoin lending firm Ledn is rolling out an Ethereum yield product.

Tottenham Hotspur taps Chiliz blockchain for Web3 fan token

Spurs becomes the first Premier League team in two years to issue its own fan token on the Chiliz blockchain.

Coinbase International launches perpetual futures trading for retail customers

The recent regulatory approval for the international subsidiary of Coinbase comes within a month of getting the NFA nod to offer crypto derivatives services to institutional clients in eligible US states.

Europe drives institutional crypto adoption: Blockchain Expo Amsterdam

Conversations with key speakers at the Blockchain Expo in Amsterdam suggest that cryptocurrency exchanges and companies see Europe as a key region for growth.

Minecraft bans Bitcoin P2E, iPhone 15 & crypto gaming, Formula E: Web3 Gamer

Microsoft bans play-to-earn Bitcoin Minecraft server Satlantis, iPhone 15 has big potential for crypto gaming, Formula E preview, and more.

Uniswap Foundation targets $62M in additional funding

The Foundation plans to issue $15 million per year in community grants to fund DeFi projects.

IBM, Microsoft, others form post-quantum cryptography coalition

The coalition includes Google sibling company SandboxAQ and the University of Waterloo.

Hashkey HK opens AVAX trading with $1M portfolio requirement

Only professional investors with a portfolio exceeding $1 million can invest in altcoins through regulated exchanges in Hong Kong.

How AI is changing crypto: Hype vs. reality

In the latest Cointelegraph Report, we assessed the value AI is bringing to the crypto industry, by separating the hype from real use cases.

CBDC frameworks must guard user privacy, monetary freedom of choice - BIS chief

BIS general manager Agustín Carstens stresses the importance of legal frameworks that protect CBDC user privacy and maintain monetary freedom of choice.

Blockchain detectives: Mt. Gox collapse saw birth of Chainalysis

From solving Mt. Gox to tracing crypto used by child abuse syndicates in Korea, Chainalysis has a long but sometimes controversial history.

Cricket World Cup to feature Web3 fan app as ICC taps into NEAR blockchain

The International Cricket Council will leverage NEAR's Blockchain Operating System to power a Web3 fan engagement app during 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.

Hong Kong police recover $11M worth of assets in JPEX case: Report

The JPEX scandal has grown to become one of the largest fraud cases in the country, with over 2,300 victims and losses estimated at over $175 million.

Mixin Network offers $20M bug bounty to hackers in $200M hack

Mixin Network suffered a breach in its third-party cloud server database resulting in the theft of nearly $200 million worth of digital assets.

Bitcoin Ordinals haven’t wrestled blockspace from money TXs: Glassnode

Inscriptions have been acting more as a "packing filler," stuffed into any remaining space once higher-value monetary transfers are packed into blocks, said the firm.

Circle launches native euro stablecoin on Stellar

The EURC stablecoin (formerly EUROC) is now available on Stellar in addition to Ethereum and Avalanche.

Gemini invests $24M for expansion in India

Launched in May, the Gemini Gurgaon Hub has since added over 70 staff.

Bahrain’s Bank ABC using JPMorgan’s Onyx blockchain for cross-border payments

After two years of experiments, JPMorgan and the Bahraini bank will offer U.S. dollar payment settlement in several countries, with plans to expand to euro service as well.

Kraken secures money license registrations in Spain and Ireland

The move follows the crypto exchange's successful VASP registration in Italy.

US gov’t messed up my $250K Bitcoin price prediction: Tim Draper, Hall of Flame

Tim Draper’s first big Bitcoin prediction came off without a hitch, but he says the current administration is making his second one look bad.

MoneyGram to launch non-custodial crypto wallets by Q1 2024

The non-custodial wallet will continue MoneyGram’s remittance focus allowing users to easily convert their digital assets to fiat.

Bitcoin Ordinals creator Casey Rodarmor pitches BRC-20 alternative ‘Runes’

Bitcoin Ordinals inventor Casey Rodarmor says a fungible token protocol like Runes wouldn’t leave as much “junk” on the Bitcoin network as that of BRC-20 tokens.

NASA plans to prove its next Moon landing is real using blockchain

The Isle of Man and Florida-based computing startup Lonestar are partnering with NASA to pioneer a blockchain-verified, data storage solution on the Moon.

$200M Mixin Network hack draws controversy

Xiaodong Feng, Mixin's founder, immediately outlined a compensation plan but would only reimburse up to 50% of users' assets for now.

Huobi Global hacked for $7.9M: Report

HTX crypto exchange has been hacked, but it claims to know the identity of the attacker.

Digital Yuan app adds prepaid Mastercard VISA top-ups for tourists

The Digital Yuan app now allows tourists to top-up e-CNY wallets with Mastercard & VISA payment with 'recharge first and use later' option.

Crypto sees outflows for 6th consecutive week, XRP and SOL gain investor confidence

A Coinshares crypto market flow report reveales that traders are showing more confidence in the likes of XRP and Solana.

Arbitrum DAO takes $56M of unclaimed ARB as airdrop deadline ends

The amount of unclaimed Arbitrum (ARB) tokens accounts for 0.69% of ARB’s total supply of 10 billion.

Tether reportedly shuts USDT redemption for some Singapore customer groups

Tether in its email said they found Cake DeFi to be controlled by “another corporation that resides in Singapore,” and thus they won’t be allowed to redeem USDT.

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