PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland – September 16, 2024 – TRON DAO took center stage as a Title Sponsor at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), an annual global blockchain and Web3 festival in Seoul, South Korea. Dave Uhryniak, Community Spokesperson at the TRON DAO, delivered a compelling keynote on the fast-growing meme coin ecosystem within the TRON […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/tron-dao-featured-as-title-sponsor-at-kbw-showcases-growing-meme-coin-ecosystem/
Month: September 2024
Argentine Exchange Ripio Announces Defi Credit Card
Ripio, a leading Argentine exchange, has announced that it has created a Visa-backed decentralized finance (defi) credit card allowing users to put crypto in a liquidity pool as collateral for purchases. The card, currently in the testing phases, will not sell the cryptocurrencies owned automatically but will instead borrow up to 30% of the capital […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/argentine-exchange-ripio-announces-defi-credit-card/
Base DeFi project disappears after rug pull
BaseBros Fi, a DeFi protocol on the Base blockchain, vanishes after stealing user funds via an unaudited contract. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/basebros-fi-defi-rug-pull-smart-contract-base?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Hedera contributes entire codebase to Linux Foundation
Hedera shifts toward open-source decentralization, transferring its codebase to Linux Foundation’s Decentralized Trust for global collaboration. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hedera-linux-foundation-hiero-decentralized-trust?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Cybersecurity concerns grow after Delta Prime hacked of $6M
The ongoing hack has already netted the attackers over $6 million worth of stablecoins, which have been swapped to ETH by the attacker. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/delta-prime-defi-hacked-6-m-arbitrum?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Weekend Wrap: Circle blacklists Lazarus, Ethereum researcher exits and more
Circle is the fourth stablecoin issuer to blacklist Lazarus Group-linked wallets, but a blockchain analyst has called out the firm for doing so months after other stablecoin issuers. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-crypto-this-weekend?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
US lawmakers urge top crypto ATM operators to tackle fraud
Seven Democratic US Senators have sent letters to ten of the country’s biggest Bitcoin ATM operators urging them to address fraud against elderly Americans. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-senators-bitcoin-atm-firms-address-elderly-fraud?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
ETH falls 6% amid Trump assassination attempt, looming rate cuts, ‘FUD’ wave
Ether’s price in Bitcoin terms has also fallen to its lowest level since April 2021. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/eth-falls-6-percent-trump-assassination-attempt-rate-cuts-fud-wave?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bank of Russia to Launch Digital Ruble Payment Infrastructure by July 2025
The Bank of Russia aims to open the payment infrastructure for the Russian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital ruble, by July next year. Larger banks will offer digital ruble accounts and services by this deadline, with smaller institutions following later. The initiative seeks to enhance payment efficiency and reduce costs, with retailers also […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/bank-of-russia-to-launch-digital-ruble-payment-infrastructure-by-july-2025/
Circle partners with Sony’s blockchain lab on USDC expansion
The firm says it wants to make its stablecoin the standard for Web3 creators using Sony’s new layer-2 blockchain. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/stablecoin-issuer-circle-partners-sony-blockchain-lab-usdc-expansion?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound