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Cathie Wood's ARK Sells $12M Coinbase Shares as COIN Nears Yearly High

[Jul 11, 2023 11:44 PM] ARK currently owns 11.03 million shares of Coinbase.

BIS Survey: 93% of the World’s Central Banks Are Engaged in CBDC Work

[Jul 11, 2023 11:30 PM] The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), an organization that seeks to support the international cooperation of the world’s central banks, has released the results of its 2022 survey on central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and crypto…

First Mover Asia: Crypto Market Is on ‘Standby’ as Release of June Inflation Data Nears

[Jul 11, 2023 6:23 PM] PLUS: A Freely Convertible Yuan is a Requirement for a CNY Stablecoin

Tokenized U.S. Treasurys Surpass $600M as Crypto Investors Capture TradFi Yield

[Jul 11, 2023 5:06 PM] Crypto investors now effectively lend $614 million to the U.S. government via different tokenized Treasury products, according to real-world asset data firm RWA.xyz.

UK Regulator Continues Crackdown on Crypto ATMs, Checks 18 New Sites

[Jul 11, 2023 3:30 PM] The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proceeding with efforts to shut down all bitcoin ATMs “illegally operating” in the country. After more inspections in the past couple of months, the watchdog vowed to continue to take action against…

Custodia's Lawsuit Against The Fed Exposes The Fractional Reserve Banking Model

[Jul 11, 2023 3:26 PM] Custodia, an innovative bitcoin and cryptocurrency bank seeking to establish a charter in Wyoming, took a bold step by filing a groundbreaking lawsuit against the Federal Reserve on June 7, 2022. The legal action stemmed from the Fed's inexplicable…

Tim Draper Still Thinks Bitcoin Can Reach $250K – Just 2 Years Later Than He Expected

[Jul 11, 2023 2:23 PM] Even though billionaire investor and venture capitalist Tim Draper was clearly wrong when he predicted bitcoin (BTC) would reach $250,000 in June 2023, he said he still believes that it will happen eventually, maybe in 2025.

Aptos Voting to Enable Fungible Assets With Network Upgrade

[Jul 11, 2023 2:14 PM] Aptos is holding a vote on upgrades to its blockchain, its tokenomics and its ability to handle fungible assets.

US Senator Expresses Concern Over Prometheum Co-CEO’s Congressional Testimony

[Jul 11, 2023 1:30 PM] On Monday, U.S. senator Thomas Tuberville (R-AL) published an open letter to U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler expressing concern over allegations that Prometheum, Inc., a…

Arkham CEO Defends ‘DOX-to-Earn’ Program, Says Public Blockchains ‘Worst’ for Privacy

[Jul 11, 2023 12:43 PM] “Publicly available blockchains are probably the worst possible way of keeping one’s private information private,” said Arkham CEO Miguel Morel.

The New Phoenix Lightning Wallet Beta Reimagines The Self-Custodial Experience

[Jul 11, 2023 11:01 AM] Phoenix, a Lightning wallet developed by Acinq, has undergone significant improvements with the introduction of splicing technology, resulting in a more efficient and user-friendly experience. Unlike previous versions, which created multiple…

U.S. Department of Justice Arrests Engineer Over $9M Crypto Theft

[Jul 11, 2023 10:39 AM] The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a security engineer on wire fraud charges, alleging he stole $9 million worth of crypto from an unnamed decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.

AI-Backed Web3 Security Firm Olympix Raises $4.3M

[Jul 11, 2023 10:30 AM] Boldstart Ventures led the round for the startup, which helps developers avoid vulnerabilities in smart contract code.

MATIC Surges 10% as Polygon's 2.0 Upgrade Draws Closer

[Jul 11, 2023 10:29 AM] Matic, the native token of layer-2 blockchain Polygon, has surged by 10% from Monday's low of $0.67 as traders anticipate the upcoming Polygon 2.0 upgrade.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level

[Jul 11, 2023 10:04 AM] An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address.

Unchained Announces New Signature Private Client Service

[Jul 11, 2023 9:36 AM] Unchained, a Bitcoin custodial services company, has announced the launch of its private client service with collaborative custody. According to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine, the new platform called “Unchained Signature” is a…

Coinbase Soars After Reaching Cboe Surveillance Sharing Agreement for 5 Bitcoin ETF Applications

[Jul 11, 2023 9:33 AM] Shares of Coinbase jumped as much as 16% Tuesday after the crypto exchange reached an agreement with Cboe’s BZX Exchange to maintain a surveillance-sharing agreement for five of its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications.

Brevan Howard Joins $12M Round for Liquid Staking Protocol Alluvial

[Jul 11, 2023 9:33 AM] Ethereal Ventures and Variant co-led the round for Alluvial, creator of the enterprise and institution-focused Liquid Collective.

Federal Prosecutors Investigate Former FTX Executive Over Possible Campaign Law Violations: WSJ

[Jul 11, 2023 9:14 AM] Ryan Salame is being investigated for potentially illegally avoiding federal limits on contributions to his girlfriend's congressional campaign last year

Dan Harmon’s Web3 TV Show ‘Krapopolis’ Finally Gets Premiere Date

[Jul 11, 2023 9:03 AM] The animated show, helmed by the “Rick and Morty” creator, has already been renewed for a second and third season ahead of its September release.

Data Startup Space and Time Creates Chatbot Powered by ChatGPT for Database Querying

[Jul 11, 2023 8:00 AM] ChatGPT will enable users to query the decentralized data warehouse using natural language prompts.

EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards, Governance and Funding

[Jul 11, 2023 7:52 AM] The EU isn’t proposing new laws but could spend hundreds of millions on research into virtual worlds.

Index Coop Aims to Improve Limitations of Protocol, On-Chain Structured Products

[Jul 11, 2023 7:36 AM] The infrastructure limitations of this sector include a lack of cross-chain asset support, expense in maintaining products due to high issuance costs and difficulty rebalancing on-chain products due to slippage.

NFT Lender Gondi Goes Live, Raises $5.3M Round Led by Hack.vc

[Jul 11, 2023 7:00 AM] Developer Florida Street's seed round features Hack.vc, Foundation Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures and others.

Cross-Chain Protocol Axelar to Develop Web3 Services With Microsoft Azure

[Jul 11, 2023 7:00 AM] Axelar said further plans with Microsoft include connecting private and public blockchains that use OpenAI services to create Web3 products.

First Mover Americas: GBTC Discount Narrows to Lowest Since May 2022

[Jul 11, 2023 6:45 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 11, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

MetaMask Developer ConsenSys Brings Layer 2 Blockchain ‘Linea’ to Ethereum Mainnet

[Jul 11, 2023 6:00 AM] The rollup chain from ConsenSys, known as a zkEVM, joins a growing field of projects aiming to expand access to Ethereum using zero-knowledge cryptography.

Marex Unveils Bitcoin, Ether-Linked Long Strategy With Dollar Index as Hedge

[Jul 11, 2023 5:45 AM] "The dollar index futures act a robust complement to the long-only portfolio from both a thematic and empirical perspective," Marex's Mark Arasaratnam said.

Aave DAO to Vote on Gho Stablecoin Deployment on Ethereum

[Jul 11, 2023 5:13 AM] GHO has been in the works for over a year and was issued on a testnet earlier this year.

DeFi Protocol Holding 55% of Algorand Value to Shut Down

[Jul 11, 2023 4:42 AM] Algofi, the largest decentralized finance protocol on layer-1 blockchain Algorand, said it will shut down and plans to halt lending, borrowing and trading imminently.