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Montenegro High Court may extradite Do Kwon to South Korea after appeal — Report

The co-founder of bankrupt Terraform Labs was first set to be extradited to the United States after lengthy court battles.

Hong Kong launches Project Ensemble to support tokenization with wCBDC

The HKMA’s latest CBDC project will look at tokenized deposits in tokenized asset transactions.

Altseason is coming — or at least data suggests that its close

Crypto traders and several metrics suggest that an altcoin season is about to begin.

Majority of social media posts about metaverse show positive sentiment

A review of 86,565 social media posts related to metaverse technology showed only 14% negative sentiment.

Core Scientific seals $100M deal with CoreWeave as miners diversify cash streams

Core Scientific has leased a former Hewlett Packard data center in Austin, Texas, to host CoreWeave’s infrastructure, delivering up to 16 MW of capacity for HPC expansion.

Showcase your talent: Web3 hackathon at BlockShow festival

Join the Hackathon co-organized with Epic Web3 in Hong Kong on May 8-9, 2024, as part of the BlockShow x BlockDown Festival, co-organized by Cointelegraph and EAK Digital.

BTC price needs 5% dip to liquidate $2B of Bitcoin longs

Bitcoin traders are precariously betting on current sideways BTC price action soon ending.

Hashing It Out: Will 2024 be the best year for DeFi yet?

Sonali Giovino, global head of ecosystems at De.Fi, believes decentralized finance security has gotten more coverage over the years because risks discourage adoption.

Bitcoin retail interest returns, pushing BTC spot trading volume to 12-month high

Along with the growing retail interest, Bitcoin transfers to Coinbase have also started to surge. Are investors preparing to take profit?

Singaporean fintech launches USDC-powered Visa card with Swiss bank Fiat24

After the creation of the bank account, credentials are minted as NFTs on Arbitrum network.

Truth behind AI reply guys, Copilot picture panic, Trump deepfakes: AI Eye

Who’s using AI replies and why? Google’s culture of fear creates Gemini, and is Claude 3 conscious or is that a stupid question? AI Eye.

What is Kelly criterion betting, and how to use it in crypto trading?

Discover how the Kelly criterion betting strategy can enhance your crypto trading performance by optimizing risk management and maximizing potential profits.

DeFi pump-and-dump schemes rake in millions, harm industry credibility

Over 90,000 Ethereum-based projects were likely involved in pump-and-dumps schemes, damaging the industry’s reputation amid liquidity pulls.

Travala’s new Bitcoin rewards program targets top-tier travelers as BTC fever rises

Top-tier members of Travala.com are set to earn 10% cashback rewards in Bitcoin on travel booking payments made with the Singapore-based travel agency.

UAE's RAK DAO and Tencent Cloud ink deal to boost crypto startups

The Memorandum of Understanding includes the establishment of a Tencent Cloud training center for skill development and education at RAK DAO.

Lava launches as decentralized lending market to optimize liquidity across blockchains

Mitigating impermanent loss could help democratize market-making in DeFi, according to Recharge Capital’s John Lo.

Greek stock exchange eyes Sui blockchain for on-chain fundraising tool

The Greek stock exchange, ATHEX, is eying the deployment of its new fundraising mechanism on the Sui blockchain ecosystem.

Pantera launches fundraise to buy $250 million of SOL from FTX estate: Report

The $5.2 billion asset management giant is eyeing FTX’s discounted SOL stack worth around $5.4 billion.

Cryptography startup Zama raises $73M to protect data privacy

Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs led a $73 million raise for a new cryptography startup which aims to make the “entire internet encrypted end-to-end.”

Is Tesla buying Bitcoin again? BTC wallet data sparks curiosity

Some users speculated that Tesla might be buying Bitcoin and could reveal it during its next earnings call, while others believe it could be an accounting error.

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