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US government moves 30,175 Bitcoin confiscated from Silk Road to Coinbase
The US government transferred 30,175 Bitcoin (BTC), approximately worth $2 billion, to a wallet linked to crypto exchange Coinbase on April 2 The move occurred amid a major dip in Bitcoin that took
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Bitcoin surpasses tipping point – Hyper-Bitcoinization and the future of financial sovereignty
On the latest episode of the SlateCast, CryptoSlate welcomed Samson Mow, CEO and founder of Jan3, a pioneer in nation-state Bitcoin adoption Mow, the man behind Aqua Bitcoin and the architect of the
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Aave considers dropping DAI as collateral over contagion concerns from MakerDAO’s USDe move
Marc Zeller, the founder of the Aavechan Initiative, has proposed to the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) overseeing Aave to remove DAI stablecoin’s collateral status within the
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CoinList’s spring 2024 batch shines a spotlight on next-gen crypto projects
CoinList, a leading Web3 launchpad platform, has selected ten promising crypto projects for its 2024 spring batch Seed projects, according to an April 2 statement shared with CryptoSlate The projects
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Polygon spin-off Avail partners with dWallet to bring programmable Bitcoin to Web3 rollups
Avail, a modular blockchain focused on unifying Web3 and optimizing data availability for scalable applications, has partnered with dWallet Network to introduce programmable native Bitcoin to rollups
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FixedFloat reportedly suffers $2.8 million theft, Tether freezes $400,000 from attackers
Decentralized exchange FixedFloat’s Ethereum-based hot wallet saw several suspicious transactions that led to the withdrawals of $28 million during the past day, according to the Web3 security
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Bitcoin ETFs experience first outflow since March 22 at $85.8 million
Quick Take Data from BitMEX shows that the Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a net outflow of $858 million, equivalent to 1,2303 BTC, marking the first outflow since March 22
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Singapore revises Payments Service Act to include cross-border transfers
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has significantly amended its Payments Service Act (PSA) to enhance its jurisdiction and bolster user protection within the crypto industry, according to an
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Bitcoin realized gains soar to $3.3 billion amid profit taking
Quick Take The digital asset market experienced a notable increase in profit-taking from Bitcoin on April 1, with realized profits reaching $33 billion, according to Glassnode, marking the highest
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Vitalik Buterin’s ‘Degen Communism’ and his vision for reducing Ethereum technical debt
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin spent April Fools’ Day writing both serious and playful content across the Ethereum website and his personal blog Across the two posts, he advocated protocol
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Bitcoin tumbles to $66,000 triggering over $240 million in market liquidations
Quick Take Bitcoin’s price took a tumble on April 2, briefly dipping just to $66,000 before recovering slightly to around $66,500 as of press time This drop from the digital assets’s
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Burkett Financial Services buys Bitcoin via ETFs
Burkett Financial Services, a South Carolina-based financial planner, disclosed investments in two Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on April 1 Burkett’s latest Form 13F filing indicates it