Binance net outflows hit $778M on Ethereum since SEC charges: Nansen
    06 Jun 2023
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    The SEC lawsuit against Binance led to outflows of over $750 million on Ethereum in the past 24 hours, with outflows still exceeding inflows. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Binance — accusing the crypto exchange of violating various securities laws — has directly impacted the crypto market and the exchange’s…

    Ethereum gas fees cool down after May memecoin frenzy
    06 Jun 2023
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    Besides Ethereum, Bitcoin’s meme frenzy via Ordinals has steeply declined from its high in May. The average gas fee — transaction fee — on the Ethereum network has cooled substantially in the first week of June after reaching a multimonth high in May, owing to the memecoin frenzy and much maximal extractable value (MEV) bot…

    Apple’s Vision Pro headset reveal swaps metaverse for ‘spatial computing’
    06 Jun 2023
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    The tech giant finally dropped details of its new pricey mixed-reality headset during the Worldwide Developers Conference, though it made no mention of the word “metaverse.” Apple’s newly revealed mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro, has both turned tech-enthusiast heads and raised eyebrows after its unveiling at the WWDC on June 5. There was however,…

    US Congressmen blame crypto firms for ‘tax gap’ in letter to Treasury
    06 Jun 2023
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    In a letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, Congressmen Sherman and Lynch raised concerns about the tax compliance practices in crypto. Members of the United States Congress — Brad Sherman and Stephen Lynch — have penned a letter to the heads of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service…

    Bitcoin Ordinals rolls out upgrade to rectify ‘Cursed Inscriptions’ issue
    05 Jun 2023
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    Previously unrecognized Ordinals inscriptions will be indexed by the protocol following the upgrade, which will allow them to be traded. Developers behind the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol have rolled out a new upgrade that aims to cure over 71,000 invalid or “cursed” inscriptions — allowing them to be traded. “Cursed inscriptions” was the name given to…

    Atomic Wallet hack losses top $35M, on-chain sleuth reports
    05 Jun 2023
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    Security teams are investigating the cause of the attack. Reports have surfaced of tokens being lost, transaction data being erased, and even entire crypto portfolios destroyed. At least $35 million worth of crypto assets has been stolen from Atomic Wallet users since June 2, according to an analysis from on-chain sleuth ZachXBT. The five largest losses account…