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legal news
- German And We officials, supported by europol, belgium, polandAnd Switzerlandremoved cryptocurrency mixer chipmixer for its alleged involvement in money laundering activities, and they seized B T c 1,909.4. “The investigation by the Criminal Service reveals that the platform may have facilitated the laundering of 152 000 bitcoins (about 2.73 billion euros in current estimates) in crypto assets,” Europol Said, “A large portion of this is linked to dark web markets, ransomware groups, trafficking of illegal goods, purchase of child sexual abuse material and stolen crypto assets,” he added.
blockchain news
- crypto Tax software connelly released Part 1 of its “State of the Crypto Market 2023” report, identifying a key change – the rise in cold storage and ETH Layer 2 usage, Said Press release. The report highlights the behavior of hundreds of thousands of global crypto investors following the collapse of FTX, the announcement said. Koinly found that:
- Ethereum Layer 2s saw a massive 80% increase in integrations on Koinly from September to December, as well polygon, optimismAnd Mediation leading the pack;
- Ethereum remains the most popular blockchain for crypto investors on Koinly;
- Layer 1 protocols (excluding BTC and ETH) saw a 53% increase in integrations with Coinly in October 2022 alone, suggesting their popularity among crypto investors and traders;
- In November, centralized crypto exchanges experienced a 60% drop in usage, with December rebounding binance And KuCoin Seeing the biggest gains, an average increase of 33% month over month;
- Using Koinly’s integration feature, investors can quickly add cold storage and self-custody wallets to their accounts, with wallets like Treasure And Ledger Seeing an increase of 33% month-on-month.
- filecoin virtual machine (FVM), an execution environment for smart contracts on filecoin The network is live on the Filecoin mainnet. Per In the press release, the FVM launch adds smart contracts and user programmability to the Filecoin blockchain, enabling developers to write and deploy custom code to run on the blockchain, as well as connect, enhance and innovate around the building blocks of the Filecoin economy. Does: Store, retrieve, and compute large amounts of content-addressed data.
payment news
- SinalcomA French Merges with Mobile-First Payments Fintech, an electronic payment solutions and service provider Corey to start silk, enabling crypto transactions (as well as payments by card and bank) in one action, it said in a press release. This means that 20,000 older traders across Europe will be able to join web3 “At the switch of a button,” it added. Sylq will supply, personalize, support and maintain the terminals europe,
- WartThe payment solutions provider enabling fiat payments in Web3 announced that its nft An announcement said that the checkout tool has been upgraded to accept all NFT purchases virtually alongside fiat forms of payment such as credit cards. Vert’s NFT checkout uses a separate merchant category code to ensure a higher approval rate. “With a 95% approval rate for fiat payments such as credit cards, more customers can now purchase NFTs without any payment being declined,” the team said.
mining news
- Luxor TechnologiesA Bitcoin Mining software and services company, is Free LuxosOne Antminer The announcement states that the firmware has been designed and engineered from scratch in North America. Firmware allows bitcoin miners To adjust the performance of the ASIC chips in their bitcoin mining rigs to optimize hash rate and power efficiency. LuxOS is now available for the Antminer S19 and S9 series bitcoin miners. The team said that miners using Luxor will receive discounted fees for using Luxor’s bitcoin mining pool.
investment news
- bitcoin mining company werewolf Said that it currently has approximately $250,000 in cash deposits signature bank, which is the FDIC-insured limit, along with the company’s bank deposits held at other financial institutions. He said he neither had any cash nor any account Silicon Valley Bank Or Silvergate CapitalAnd “the signatory considers its exposure to any liquidity concerns at the bank to be insignificant.”
- blockchain node network rockx announced the launch of BaseAn AML- and KYC-compliant, institutional-grade Ethereum (ETH) Liquid Staking Platform. An announcement said it is a non-custodial, on-chain and independent liquid staking solution, with built-in KYC/AML processes to enable institutions to verify all customers seeking to stake more than ETH. Enables large scale liquid staking. 32, but allows anonymity to retail stackers. Amber GroupRockX, a digital asset manager and lead investor, will be one of the platform’s first institutional customers.
exchange news
- bitfinex derivatives said it listed perpetual contracts for popular global commodity indices – UK Crude Oil (UKOIL), Palladium (XPD) and Platinum (XPT). The new contract went live today and will offer users 100x leverage, with settlement Tether (USDT)said in the press release.
nft news
- auction house sotheby’sEuropean Blockchain Conference Paris Blockchain WeekAnd metaverse platform rlty Joining hands to introduce the first non-fungible token (nft) auction in the Metaverse next week. Paris Blockchain Week will simultaneously host its flagship Web3 event in the customizable Metaverse RLTY World, while the live NFT auction will feature 66 pieces of artworks by Beepal, Julien Rivoire, Brinkmann and many more, the press release said.
career news
- ton foundationa non-profit association working to advance open network ,ton), said Anthony Sivarev has been hired as Director of Developer Relations. According to the announcement, Shivrev, who previously served as a senior partner First Stage Labs, a TON Ecosystem Venture Builder, will lead the development of the TON ecosystem in decentralized applications, wallets, gaming and social. He will oversee internal and external developer relations across the TON community, grants, developer communities, and developer activities.