XRP LedgerBeginnerBitnomial has withdrawn its lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), coinciding with its plans to launch XRP futures contracts in the United States. This move follows closely on the heels of news that the SEC is no longer pursuing its appeal in the legal battle with…
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GeneralBeginnerThe Dubai Land Department (DLD) has launched a pilot program for real estate tokenization, marking a significant step in integrating blockchain technology into the city’s property sector. This initiative aims to digitize property title deeds, enabling fractional ownership and increased liquidity…
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GeneralBeginnerThe EOS Network has announced a significant rebranding, transitioning to “Vaulta” as it shifts its focus towards Web3 banking. This strategic move signifies a major pivot for the blockchain platform, which initially gained prominence during the 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) boom. The…
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BitcoinBeginnerRobinhood has introduced a new prediction markets hub within its trading app, giving users the ability to trade event-based contracts. This marks a major step for Robinhood as it broadens its services beyond traditional stock and crypto trading. The hub’s initial offerings include contracts linked…
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GeneralBeginnerMicrosoft has detected a new remote access trojan (RAT) designed to compromise cryptocurrency wallets stored in 20 different browser extensions for Google Chrome. In a blog post on March 17, Microsoft’s Incident Response Team reported that the malware, named StilachiRAT, was first identified in…
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BitcoinBeginnerA British man’s effort to secure permission to search a landfill for his hard drive—containing private keys for 8,000 Bitcoin—has been denied by the UK Court of Appeal. According to Howells’ March 14 X post, “appeal request to the Royal Court of Appeal was refused.” He also criticized the legal…
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BitcoinBeginnerAn increasing number of crypto users are reporting scam emails that impersonate major exchanges like Coinbase and Gemini. These phishing attempts are crafted to appear as official communications, with scammers urging recipients to create new wallets using pre-generated recovery phrases—phrases…
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StarknetBeginnerStarknet, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, is working on facilitating transaction settlement on both Bitcoin and Ethereum, aiming to merge the two largest blockchains into a single unified layer. In its Bitcoin roadmap released on March 11, the Starknet Foundation said its vision is to make Starknet…
#crypto#layer-2#vitalik-buterin
GeneralBeginnerCoinbase has announced its renewed push into the Indian cryptocurrency market, having secured registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). This move signals a significant step in the company’s efforts to expand its global presence, particularly in a market with substantial growth…
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EthereumBeginnerAn Ethereum developer has denied speculation that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) was responsible for a recent deposit of over 30,000 Ether into Sky, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol previously known as MakerDAO. On March 10, a wallet address deposited 30,098 Ether (ETH), valued at around $56…
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EthereumBeginnerUniswap’s new Ethereum layer-2 network, Unichain, has made a significant debut by becoming the fastest-growing blockchain in its first month, according to Nansen. Unichain launched on February 11 and had 236,452 active addresses in its first month. Although this is impressive for a newcomer,…
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