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Lawyer for Cryptoqueen’s OneCoin compliance chief asks for time served

The attorney cited Irinia Dilkinska’s role as a “loving wife and mother,” claiming time served was an appropriate sentence for her role in the OneCoin scheme.

Web3 games must be ‘fun and engaging’ to be sustainable — OKX exec

OKX chief innovation officer Jason Lau urged blockchain gaming firms to focus on educating gamers on the benefits of Web3 technology.

Bitcoin trader says sub-$57K BTC price would help sustain bull market

Bitcoin could use a deeper dip to reset “bull market sustainability,” some of the latest BTC price analysis concludes.

History of Crypto: Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto’s response to the global financial crisis

In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, an anonymous figure named Satoshi Nakamoto proposed Bitcoin, a groundbreaking electronic cash system.

Hacker moves $10M from 2023 phishing incident to Tornado Cash

The funds were taken from a crypto whale in 2023 when the holder signed transactions that allowed the attacker to access the funds.

Why boomers ‘like’ AI pics on Facebook, mind-reading AI breakthrough: AI Eye 

AI can read your mind after a 1-hour scan, Facebook has been overrun with fake AI posts for boomers, NVIDIA robots, and Rejuve.ai: AI Eye.

Greens’ push to end German cryptocurrency tax exemption sparks debate

The Greens think the current one-year holding tax exemption for crypto is unfair and are seeking to abolish it.

Trad Wall Street firms pushing for Ether ETF approval, says former Binance Labs head

Wall Street firms want Ether ETFs more than crypto natives, due to the ETF management fees, Bill Qian told Cointelegraph in an exclusive.

How smart accounts and account abstraction can unlock Ethereum’s full utility

Smart contract wallets promise many benefits to Ethereum users, including enhanced security capabilities and transaction programmability.

Tokenized US Treasurys grew to $845M in 2023 — CoinGecko

The market capitalization of tokenized United States Treasurys grew from $114 million in January 2023 to $845 million by December.

OKX terminates services in India, asks users to withdraw funds by April 30

OKX was among the nine foreign crypto exchanges blocked in India after the local regulators issued compliance notices.

Aussie corporate regulator to build ‘outcome-based’ crypto policies

ASIC Commissioner Alan Kirkland highlighted the need to solve the “regulatory trilemma” when it comes to financial innovations, such as consumer protection, market integrity and encouraging financial innovation.

BTC price gains 12% post-FOMC while Bitcoin ignores $260M ETF outflows

Bitcoin wastes no time liquidating shorts as a BTC price rebound follows the latest Federal Reserve economic policy meeting.

FTX victims will ‘never’ be whole thanks to SBF’s ‘dumpster fire’ — John Ray

FTX chief John Ray III wrote a scathing victim impact statement on the exchange's co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried ahead of his sentencing date.

Layerswap overrides website hack that drained $100K

According to Layerswap, domain registrar GoDaddy’s sluggish intervention allowed the hacker to retain longer control of the domain.

Pundits worry SEC’s Ethereum probe could be used to hold back ETFs

The SEC’s reported investigation into the Ethereum Foundation could explain why the regulator hasn’t been forthcoming with prospective spot Ether ETF issuers, some suggest.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs suffer third straight day of net outflows, $261M bled

United States-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have now bled around $742 million in just three trading days.

Ethereum core devs launch ‘pump the gas’ effort to raise gas limit

The devs argue that raising the gas limit to 40 million will cut Ethereum’s layer-1 transaction fees by around 15 to 33%.

Honduras gains new support in $11B tussle with crypto island Próspera

Economists wrote a letter to “commend” Honduras’ decision to withdraw from an international court where it has been fighting the U.S.-based firm behind Próspera.

Bitcoin bull cycle is ‘far from over’ thanks to the halving — CryptoQuant research

Sharp double-digit corrections in Bitcoin price are par for the course, as data shows BTC remaining in a strong bull cycle.

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