Long-time leading NFT marketplace OpenSea has debuted a new tactic in its battle against upstart rival Blur, today announcing the launch of OpenSea Pro—a marketplace with more robust trading tools than the standard version, plus zero marketplace fees (for now) and plans for NFT-based trading rewards. OpenSea Pro is a rebranded and expanded version of Gem V2, the upgraded version…
Both Ishan and Nikhil Wahi pleaded guilty to criminal insider trading charges after being arrested by U.S. authorities in July 2022. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/sec-reaches-agreement-in-principle-to-resolve-insider-trading-case-of-coinbase-product-manager
Sentiment, an undercollateralized lending protocol, appears to have been exploited on April 4 for over $500,000 in crypto. Ethereum blockchain data shows a transaction that transferred 536,738.410031 USD Coin (USDC) from the Synapse Bridge, and this links up with a series of Arbitrum transactions draining coins from the Sentiment protocol. The wallet performing the attack has been labeled “Sentimentxyz Exploiter” by…
Bitcoin (BTC) might have shown strength after successfully defending the $28,000 support amid unfounded rumors regarding Binance, but an interesting development to note is BTC is becoming less correlated to traditional markets after the U.S. Federal Reserve elected to provide emergency liquidity to banks. This change in attitude from the central bank has caused a shift in the trajectory of…
Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful announced on April 4 that it was suspending operations. Paxful founder and CEO Ray Youssef said in a blog that “key staff departures” and the regulation environment were behind the decision. “We are not sure if it [the marketplace] will come back,” Youssef wrote. He added that all customer funds are accounted for and asked customers…
The Celo Foundation has partnered with Google Cloud to support mission-aligned projects in Celo’s blockchain ecosystem and advance the early adoption of Google Cloud services. The collaboration is set to allow founders building on Celo to access credits for Google Cloud and Firebase usage, thereby enhancing Celo’s mobile-first infrastructure and decentralized applications (Dapps). Firebase is a mobile and web application…
Cross-chain messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs has raised another $120 million, according to an Apr. 4 announcement. The company plans to use the capital to increase its headcount and expand its reach into the Asia-Pacific region. The company had previously raised $135 million in March 2022. pic.twitter.com/mhJgoovYis — LayerZero Labs (@LayerZero_Labs) April 4, 2023 LayerZero Labs is best known for…
After the Twitter logo was changed from the original blue bird to a cartoon image of the famous Shiba Inu Doge, the cryptocurrency dogecoin rose significantly in value and is now up 27% more than 12 hours later. However, a number of bitcoin proponents expressed distaste for the logo change, and a few insisted that Elon Musk was promoting “unregistered…
Arbitrum suffered a big blow during the April 1 to April 2 weekend due to a conflict between the ARB token holders and the Arbitrum Foundation on the allocation of $750 million ARB tokens worth around $900 million. Data from on-chain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence shows that the transfer of $50.5 million out of the disputed allocation of 750 million…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is moving forward with a resolution to the case against a former product manager at Coinbase Global accused of insider trading. In an April 3 filing in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the SEC said it had reached “an agreement in principle” with Ishan Wahi. The former Coinbase employee…
