Project takes off with $31.6M in alleged exit scam
    25 May 2023
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    On-chain detective ZachXBT believes that the project has “likely exit scammed” after bridging $31.6 million to multiple addresses on Tron and Ethereum. A crypto project called Fintoch, which claimed to be backed by investment banking firm Morgan Stanley, seems to have taken off with almost $32 million of its users’ funds, according to on-chain detective…

    Multichain token plunges 30% on backend upgrade delay
    25 May 2023
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    The Multichain protocol’s TVL remains largely unchanged at $1.6 billion despite a large sell-off in the token. On May 24, the token price of cross-chain router protocol Multichain (MULTI) fell by 30% over 24 hours to trade at $4.97 at the time of publication. The sell-off came after users reported that their multichain funds had…

    Gaming is the ‘largest scale opportunity’ for crypto: Polygon co-founder
    25 May 2023
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    Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal says that speculation has been both the “boon and bane of crypto,” but genuine use cases will eventually rise to the surface. Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of the Ethereum scaling platform Polygon, believes Web3 gaming will eventually become one of the biggest drivers of mass crypto adoption. In a May 25…

    South Korea’s lead party wants crypto disclosure laws to apply earlier: Report
    24 May 2023
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    The proposed bill would require top government officials and lawmakers to declare all personal crypto holdings over $760. A new bill mandating South Korean lawmakers and high-ranking government officials to declare their cryptocurrency holdings is expected to take effect within the next two months, said the floor leader of the country’s ruling party. On May…

    Crypto should mimic TradFi rules: Global securities regulator IOSCO
    24 May 2023
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    According to the U.S. SEC, IOSCO members together regulate more than 95% of the world’s securities markets. A major global securities watchdog, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), is working to help policymakers regulate cryptocurrency more effectively. IOSCO on May 23 released a set of crypto-related regulatory recommendations as part of a consultation report developed by…

    Solana integrates AI into blockchain, raises grants fund to $10M
    24 May 2023
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    The ChatGPT plugin integrated into Solana is open source and can be downloaded from GitHub. On May 23, the Solana Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to maintaining and developing the layer-1 Solana blockchain, announced that it has integrated artificial intelligence (AI) using a ChatGPT plugin developed by Solana Labs. As told by developers, the ChatGPT plugin is available…