Binance halts Bitcoin withdrawals for the second time in 12 hours
    08 May 2023
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    The crypto exchange said it temporarily closed BTC withdrawals due to a “large volume of pending transactions.” Crypto exchange Binance halted Bitcoin withdrawals for the second time on May 8, citing a large backlog of pending withdrawals. Binance tweeted on May 8 that it closed off BTC withdrawals “temporarily” as there was a “large volume of…

    Pepe’s sudden drop leaves whale 500k in the red
    08 May 2023
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    A memecoin whale who purchased roughly $3 million worth of the Pepe token just days ago is now sitting on an unrealized loss of around $600,000. The price of new memecoin Pepe (PEPE) has plunged more than 42% only days after reaching its all-time high on May 6, leaving at least one investor with hundreds…

    The Ethereum Foundation just sold $30M in Ether — But will ETH price fall this time?
    08 May 2023
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    Ethereum Foundation’s previous big sale of ETH preceded a bear market, but there’s little evidence that such sales affect the general market trend. On May 6, Ethereum Foundation transferred nearly $30 million in Ether to the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange, causing jitters in the market about a potential selloff event. ETH price fell 4.8% to $1,900 on the…

    US Justice Department investigating Binance for violating Russian sanctions: Report
    07 May 2023
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    The DOJ’s national security and crime divisions are both looking at the cryptocurrency exchange’s provision of services to Russians, Bloomberg reports. Binance is under investigation by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) national security division for allowing Russians to use the cryptocurrency exchange in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to a report that appeared in Bloomberg…

    DEUS Finance loses $6M following stablecoin hack
    07 May 2023
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    The attacker targeted both the BNB Smart Chain and the Arbitrum network. CoinMarketCap data shows that DEI price dropped 30% following the security incident. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol DEUS has lost over $6 million due to a security breach on its stablecoin DEI. The hacker exploited a vulnerability in the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) on…

    Stripe tackles ‘cold start problem’ with the launch of fiat-to-crypto onramp
    07 May 2023
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    Web3 companies can utilize the Stripe-hosted fiat-to-crypto onramp to allow their customers to buy crypto at the “precise moment they need it.” Internet payment processor Stripe has introduced a fiat-to-crypto onramp to address the “cold start problem” faced by Web3 companies, as a result of customers not having “crypto in their wallets to carry out…