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Busan is developing an Ethereum-compatible mainnet to become a 'Blockchain City'

The city administration behind the project aims to make Busan a blockchain city and has launched a $75 million development plan to realize the goal.

Optimism to sell $160M in OP tokens to 7 purchasers via private sale

The Optimism Network has revealed that it will sell 116 million OP tokens in a series of planned sales.

Evmos, Swing, Tashi, Wormhole team up to solve Cosmos liquidity problems

Tashi and Swing will integrate Wormhole bridged tokens for USDC, USDT, wETH, and others, potentially making Cosmos DeFi easier to use.

Price analysis 9/20: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, TON, DOT, MATIC

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are likely to witness a pick up in volatility following the Fed’s rate decision on Sep. 20.

‘AI has killed the industry’: EasyTranslate boss on adapting to change

If you’re not transforming your business to take advantage of AI now, you’ll be left behind, says Easy Translate boss Frederik Pedersen.

Grayscale files for new Ether Futures ETF: Official

Grayscale debuted its first two Ethereum futures contracts in 2021, and is now planning to launch the new Grayscale Ethereum Futures Trust ETF.

Wormhole integrates native USDC transfers for four blockchain networks

Wormhole integrated with Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, allowing USDC to be sent between Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Optimism.

Grayscale officially abandons post-Merge PoW Ethereum tokens

One year after the Ethereum Merge, Grayscale has finally taken a decision to abandon all the rights to proof-of-work Ethereum tokens.

Token2049 captivates Singapore, Huobi rebrands on 10th Anniversary: Asia Express

The 3AC saga continues, Token 2049 kicks off in Singapore and CoffeeDAO gives mom-and-pop cafes a leg up on Starbucks.

AI Eye: Real uses for AI in crypto, Google’s GPT-4 rival, AI edge for bad employees

How Maker, The Sandbox and Near are using AI in crypto, plus terrible workers benefit most from AI and Google’s GPT-4 rival nears release.

CoinEx hack - compromised private keys led to $70M theft

CoinEx confirms that compromised private keys gave hackers access to hot wallets, leading to $70 million hack.

Canto, Astar blockchains plan migration to Ethereum ecoystem as layer 2s

By inheriting Ethereum’s security, Canto will be more decentralized and will enable trustless guarantees when bridging assets over, Polygon Labs said.

Bitbuy enters strategic partnership with Canadian crypto ATM firm Localcoin

Localcoin ATM will also be expanding its range of cryptocurrency offerings and launching a wallet app.

Crypto fund outflows reach nearly half a billion over 9 weeks — CoinShares

Crypto investment products have seen over $450 million in cumulative outflows over the past nine weeks.

Price analysis 9/18: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, TON, SOL

Bitcoin and select altcoins are attempting to make a comeback as traders expect the Fed to hold rates steady during their meeting this week.

Idealistic Ethereum community-built zkEVM Scroll launching in weeks

Scroll co-founder Ye Zhang is aiming for a community-driven decentralized immutable scaling solution for Ethereum.

Paxos’ $500K Bitcoin fee, FTX tokens sales set to begin and other news: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 10-16

Paxos makes a mistake, pays $500k in Bitcoin transfer; FTX receives court approval for token sales, and Gemini Earn users receive plan for fund recovery.

3 key Ethereum price metrics suggest that ETH is gearing up for volatility

Network, futures and user data all point toward Ethereum potentially charting a new course.

Ethereum launches new testnet ‘Holešky,' allocates 1.6B ETH for devs

Holešky testnet has a 1.6-billion ETH supply at launch, making it potentially more accessible than the older Goerli network.

Price analysis 9/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, TON, DOT, MATIC

The recovery in Bitcoin and altcoins is facing selling at higher levels, indicating that the overall sentiment remains negative.

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