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Fear and Greed Index Pulls Back After Hitting 'Greediest' Level Since Late 2021

[Mar 28, 2023 10:28 AM] The index, which measures the current sentiment in the crypto market, reached its highest point since 2021 last week hitting a rating of 68.

Staking Protocol EigenLayer Raises $50M Amid Crypto Winter

[Mar 28, 2023 10:00 AM] Blockchain Capital led the round for the solution that allows Ethereum stakers to reuse those tokens.

Kraken Lands Sponsorship Deal With Williams Racing Despite U.S. Regulatory Crackdown

[Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM] Formula 1 team Williams Racing signed U.S. crypto exchange Kraken as a sponsor after losing one of its most prominent drivers, Nicholas Latifi, who reportedly earned the team a large amount of sponsorship fees.

Paradigm Leads $7M Round for Optimism-Based Startup Conduit

[Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM] The newly announced startup will help developers launch Optimism-based applications.

North Korea Hackers Likely Exploit Cloud Mining to Launder Stolen Crypto, Research Shows

[Mar 28, 2023 9:00 AM] The APT43 group steals crypto to fund operations and launders it through cloud mining services.

Crypto Banking Rules Could Be Modified if Market Reacts, Basel Committee Chair Says

[Mar 28, 2023 8:57 AM] Controversial rules unveiled last year would discourage banks from holding assets such as bitcoin that are deemed risky

Binance Case Is Clear Evasion of Law, Says CFTC Chair Behnam

[Mar 28, 2023 8:46 AM] The CFTC on Monday filed suit against the crypto exchange and its CEO Changpeng Zhao.

Crypto Exchange Mango Markets Considers Raising Interest Rates for Popular Tokens

[Mar 28, 2023 8:14 AM] Only the pool for borrowing and lending SOL tokens would be impacted by the proposed changes.

ConsenSys Launches zkEVM Public Testnet, Renames It ‘Linea’

[Mar 28, 2023 8:10 AM] The release comes in the days after competitors, Polygon and Matter Labs, came out with their own zkEVMs.

Sam Bankman-Fried Faces New U.S. Indictment Over Chinese Bribery Charge

[Mar 28, 2023 7:36 AM] A superseeding indictment was unveiled on Wednesday.

Ticketmaster Launches NFT-Gated Ticketing Service for Avenged Sevenfold Shows

[Mar 28, 2023 7:30 AM] Ticketmaster, the global provider of event ticketing services, has launched “token-gated sales,” allowing fans access to concert tickets using non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The first to use the service is the metal band Avenged…

ZEBEDEE Introduces Instant Global Payments Using The Bitcoin Lightning Network

[Mar 28, 2023 7:00 AM] Along with the ability to earn bitcoin, users will now be able to easily and instantly transfer their bitcoin across jurisdictions.Users in the U.S., UK and EU can now instantly send money using the ZEBEDEE platform to the Philippines and Brazil…

Zero Hash Taps Former Stripe, Coinbase Exec as President and COO

[Mar 28, 2023 7:00 AM] Cyril Mathew previously led business development teams at Stripe and Coinbase.

AllianceBlock Strikes Deal With Crunchbase to Bring Traditional Business Data to DeFi

[Mar 28, 2023 7:00 AM] AllianceBlock, a blockchain-agnostic platform, has signed a deal with business data provider Crunchbase to import traditional finance data into the DeFi ecosystem.

Binance's BUSD Stablecoin Sees $500M Outflows After CFTC Lawsuit

[Mar 28, 2023 6:27 AM] Some analysts say Binance’s recent decision to include other stablecoins in its zero-fee trading program could have contributed to lesser dependence on BUSD.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops on CFTC’s Suit vs. Binance

[Mar 28, 2023 6:24 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 28, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

EU Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Payment Limits on Anonymous Crypto Wallets

[Mar 28, 2023 5:58 AM] Crypto rules form part of a money-laundering overhaul supported by the European Parliament Committees

CFTC-Binance Lawsuit Could Worsen Crypto Market Liquidity, Pull Bitcoin Down to $25K: Observers

[Mar 28, 2023 4:48 AM] Low liquidity means wave of buy or sell orders can have an outsized impact on bitcoin's market price.

Steve Hanke Blasts Bitcoin: It Is ‘Not a Currency’ and Has a ‘Fundamental Value of Zero’

[Mar 28, 2023 4:00 AM] Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has criticized bitcoin, stating it is not a currency. The economist, known for his vocal opinions about crypto and for the promotion of dollarization initiatives in Latam…

Newly Formed ZeroSync Association Brings Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Bitcoin

[Mar 28, 2023 4:00 AM] The association has received sponsorship from crypto investment firm Geometry Research and StarkWare Industries – the software company behind StarkNet, a layer 2 Ethereum zero-knowledge rollup scaling solution.

EU Money Laundering Law Won’t Prevent Crypto Payments, Lead Lawmaker Says

[Mar 28, 2023 2:53 AM] The new legislation, which will be put to vote on Tuesday, is set to impose new restrictions on transactions from self-hosted wallets.

Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers, Prosecutors Agree on Proposed Bail Conditions

[Mar 28, 2023 2:31 AM] The FTX founder will be given a new phone without internet access and a laptop with limited functionality.

President Nayib Bukele Touts El Salvador as the ‘New Land of the Free’ in Vintage Americana Poster Featuring Bitcoin as Legal Tender

[Mar 28, 2023 2:30 AM] President Nayib Bukele is promoting El Salvador as the “new land of the free,” as part of an invitation for foreigners to move to the Latam country. Bukele tweeted a poster in vintage American style that included several advantages that…

EOS Ethereum Virtual Machine Testnet Goes Live Ahead of April Mainnet Deployment

[Mar 28, 2023 2:08 AM] The network is the final testnet before a mainnet deployment in April as part of a broader revival plan for EOS.

CFTC Could Force Binance to Cease U.S. Operations as Part of Settlement: Bernstein

[Mar 28, 2023 1:43 AM] The crypto exchange will look to safeguard its dominant international business, which is its cash cow, the report said.

Hacker Behind $200M Euler Attack Apologizes, Returns Millions in Ether, Dai to Protocol

[Mar 28, 2023 1:42 AM] The attacker sent over 7,000 ether to Euler Tuesday and seemingly apologized for their actions in a transaction message.

XRP Surges to Five-Month High as Some Point to Bitcoin Commodities Mention

[Mar 28, 2023 12:58 AM] The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) accuses XRP of being an unregistered security in a court case that’s expected to be completed soon.

Binance Experiences Significant BTC, ETH, and Stablecoin Withdrawals Following CFTC Lawsuit

[Mar 28, 2023 12:00 AM] After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Binance for alleged violations of trading and derivatives rules, a significant amount of cryptocurrency was withdrawn from the exchange. Data from analytics provider Nansen shows $400 million…

Disney Lays Off Metaverse Team: WSJ

[Mar 27, 2023 11:32 PM] Fifty people have lost their jobs as Disney disbands its next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences unit as part a company-wide staff reduction.

First Mover Asia: China’s State-Owned Banks Are Soliciting Hong Kong Crypto Business, but Opening an Account Is Hard

[Mar 27, 2023 8:09 PM] Are bitcoin traders shrugging off the CFTC's action against Binance? Or is there just not enough liquidity to go around?