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Flare has announced the onboarding of Hypernative, a leading figure in proactive institutional-grade Web3 security. This initiative aims to offer robust protection to Flare ecosystem participants against zero-day cyber attacks, emerging risks to digital assets, protocol/dApp vulnerabilities, and evolving threats to Web3 users. Web3 attacks are evolving in complexity and originating from a wider array of exploit vectors. As the Web3 industry expands, it becomes a lucrative target for malicious actors worldwide. By joining forces with a renowned Web3 security expert like Hypernative, Flare is bolstering safety measures for all users, dApps, and institutions within its ecosystem. Hypernative’s Cutting-Edge Security…
Puffverse, a gaming project built around NFT characters minted on Binance’s BNB Chain, announced Wednesday that it will migrate its collections to Ethereum gaming network Ronin, and launch a play-to-earn party game called PuffGo on the network. Alongside the migration news, Puffverse announced a $3 million funding round led by metaverse investment giant Animoca Brands, with participation from Ronin creator Sky Mavis along with Arcane Group, Spartan Group, Foresight Ventures, HashKey Capital, and Xu Family Office. The funds will support development of the flagship party game PuffGo, as well as the creation of a cloud gaming platform for building personalized…
Tim Draper Expects Bitcoin to Transform El Salvador Into One of the Richest Countries in the World
Tim Draper, a venture capitalist famous for his bitcoin price predictions, has praised El Salvador’s vision of embracing this new technology and talked about the benefits of this decision for its people. According to Draper, bitcoin will make El Salvador one of the richest countries in the world in the next 30 or 40 years. Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Praises El Salvador’s Bitcoin Allegiance Venture capitalists and financial analysts are starting to appreciate the view of those who invested in bitcoin in its early stages. Tim Draper, an investor and founder of several venture capital organizations, recently pondered over the…
Data shows the Ethereum Open Interest has been trading at relatively low levels recently. Here’s what this could mean for the asset’s price. Ethereum Open Interest Has Been Moving Sideways Since Its Plunge As explained by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake post, the ETH Open Interest has followed a similar trajectory as the price of the cryptocurrency recently. The “Open Interest” here refers to the total number of derivative-related contracts open for Ethereum on all exchanges. Related Reading: Dogecoin To $1: Analyst Thinks Dream Milestone Could Be Hit In Coming Weeks When the value of this metric goes up,…
In a significant crypto transaction, a whopping 670,442 Solana (SOL), equivalent to $123.1 million, were transferred between two unknown wallets. The transaction was flagged by the popular crypto tracking service, Whale Alert, via a tweet on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 670,442 #SOL (123,129,096 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallethttps://t.co/ThKvlN1MNp — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) April 4, 2024 While the exact rationale behind this massive SOL transfer remains shrouded in mystery, industry experts speculate that this could be indicative of strategic moves by major Solana whales. These whales may be reallocating their assets,…
Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to monitor the use of crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for money laundering during a speech last Wednesday at the 22nd Anniversary of the National Movement for Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prevention at the State Palace, Jakarta. The president said he is aware of indications of money laundering through crypto assets amounting to $8.6 billion (139 trillion IDR) in 2021, referring to data from the 2022 Crypto Crime Report by Chainalysis, “This amount, equivalent to Rp 139 trillion globally, is not just large – it is…
Bitcoin cheered crypto fans around the world when it hit yet another new all-time high of $72,085 yesterday. With the new ATH came an intriguing post from Watcher.Guru on X: Bitcoin is now the 13th largest currency in the world, in terms of market cap. This means that, with a market cap of 19,654,328 BTC, Bitcoin is larger than the Swiss Franc (formerly number 13), the Mexican Peso, the Singapore Dollar and several other currencies, according to CoinMarketCap. According to Invezz.com’s own research and CoinMarketCap, this means that Bitcoin has roughly 9,000 BTC in market cap to accrue before it…
Ethereum price is gaining pace above the $3,120 resistance zone. ETH could continue to move up unless there is a daily close below the $3,030 level. Ethereum extended its increase above the $3,150 resistance zone. The price is trading above $3,150 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $3,160 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move up unless the bears push it below the $3,030 zone. Ethereum Price Extends Increase Ethereum price started a recovery wave and was able to clear…
Binance’s founder and former chief executive, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, should spend three years in prison for his role in enabling the crypto exchange to violate federal sanctions and money laundering laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday night. Attorneys with the DOJ filed a sentencing memo arguing he should spend 36 months in prison and pay a $50 million fine after he pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act last November. “The sentence in this case will not just send a message to Zhao but also to the world. Zhao reaped vast rewards for his violation of U.S.…
The approval of US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could enhance Ethereum’s market valuation. However, even if these ETFs are rejected, it may merely be a bump in the road rather than a roadblock, suggested Jupiter Zheng, Head of Research at HashKey Capital. “If the ETF is denied, it will not be that bearish, as the market is not pricing in it yet, and we still have Bitcoin ETFs as the entrance for traditional funds,” Zheng told Cointelegraph earlier this month. Zheng also expressed optimism about the potential bullish effect of an approved ETF, especially one that includes staking, which…