Crypto exchange Binance has reopened registrations and access to its products and services for its Belgian crypto users again — three months after the exchange was ordered by Belgium’s finance regulator to cease cryptocurrency-related services. “New registrations of Belgian residents are welcome on our platform once again,” Binance confirmed in a Sept. 25 post on X (formerly Twitter). Binance said…
By now, most of the cryptosphere has heard of Privacy Pools — a project launched this year by Ameen Soleimani, a well-known developer and founder. As a former contributor to Tornado Cash, Soleimani aimed to “fix” the popular open-source solution for anonymising Ethereum transactions in order to make it regulator-friendly. The original teaser, shown in March, was based on an…
Bitwise filed an amendment to its Bitcoin spot ETF application on Monday to include fresh arguments it says invalidate regulators’ explanations for depriving American investors of the product. The firm asserted that the CME Bitcoin futures market leads the spot market in Bitcoin’s price discovery, for example, and may thus serve as a “regulated market of significant size” for market…
Minecraft recently updated its usage guidelines to ban play-to-earn models and token-gating functionality on fan-operated game servers, clearing the way for developer Mojang to reportedly threaten action against a server that paid players in Bitcoin. A prominent figure has now come out in support of Mojang’s move: Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson. Notch, who sold Mojang and the Minecraft IP…
HTX crypto exchange has been hacked, but it claims to know the identity of the attacker. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/huobi-global-crypto-exchange-hacked-report
The United States government could be shut down in the next 7 days with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy facing political pressure from members of his own party on how to handle spending plans — a decision that could adversely affect how lawmakers move forward with crypto bills awaiting a vote. In July, U.S. lawmakers with the House Financial Services Committee…
The announcement of yet another top figure departing Binance coincided with an increased outflow of funds from the crypto platform. But can one executive resign… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/binance-exit-aftershock-can-one-resignation-tip-the-crypto-trust-scales
HTX crypto exchange has been hacked, but it claims to know the identity of the attacker. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/huobi-global-crypto-exchange-hacked-report
HTX, the Seychelles-based crypto exchange formerly known as Huobi, has lost $7.9 million worth of ETH to a hacker less than one month after the company’s rebranding. “HTX has suffered a loss of 5,000 ETH due to a hacker attack,” confirmed Tron founder and HTX advisor Justin Sun on Twitter on Monday. “HTX has fully covered the losses incurred from…
What is AI Arena? Decrypt’s Kate Irwin dives into the upcoming video game in an interview with the game’s founders, AI Arena CEO Brandon Da Silva and COO Wei Xie. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/qTBh0ayt/train-your-own-ai-powered-fighter-inside-ai-arena
