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The Ripple stablecoin would help attract more institutional participants into the crypto ecosystem and help establish robust regulatory controls.

The South Korean manufacturing conglomerate also plans to invest up to $45 billion in expanding its Texas facility by the end of the decade.

OKX users can now deposit Dogwifhat (WIF) and the Cat in a Dog’s World (MEW) memecoins, while the first withdrawals are coming tomorrow.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT identified scammers providing liquidity funds to several fake projects across multiple blockchains, including Base, Solana, Scroll, Optimism, Arbitrum, Ethereum and Avalanche.

The Solana Foundation claimed ongoing network congestion could be attributed to the high demand for Solana block space and increased network activity.

The Landesbank Baden-Württemberg will start offering crypto custody services to institutional clients starting in the second half of 2024.

Solana Foundation strategy lead Austin Federa unpacks the reasons for Solana’s recent network congestion issues.

BTC price volatility is the name of the game this week as macro pressures combine with the incoming Bitcoin halving.

Tensions in the Middle East ramped up over the weekend following an Iranian drone and missile attack, which saw the price of PAX Gold and Bitcoin reacting very differently.

Bitcoin miner selling could last for four to six months after the halving, amounting to as much as $5 billion worth, according to an analyst.

The price of Bitcoin has grown 54% since the start of 2024, and only six altcoins from the top 50 have done any better.

Crypto executives from Ripple, Gemini and Kraken were top bankrollers of John Deaton’s Senate campaign last quarter.

IRS criminal investigation chief Guy Ficco said his agency has become more aggressive and capable of dealing with crypto-related tax crimes amid tax reporting season.

Celisa Morin, the head of legal at Reed Smith and a former executive at Grayscale, says traditional financial institutions will likely follow BlackRock’s lead in using public blockchains.

The group has been linked to several rug pulls, among them Magnate, Kokomo, Solfire and Lendora.

Bitcoin finds support slightly above $60,000, possibly giving altcoins the green light to move higher in the short term.

This edition of Cointelegraph’s VC Roundup highlights Monad, Auradine, Sapien, HYCHAIN, Web3Firewall and Alpen Labs.

According to Uwakwe, the head of Nigeria’s crypto intercommunity working group, investors worry about potential repercussions similar to Binance’s fate when investing in local Web3 companies.

This group has a history of launching numerous projects that attract significant TVL but later abscond with the funds.

The Nigerian government is collaborating with Interpol and Kenyan police to bring Arjarwalla back to Nigeria to face charges leveled against him.