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Minswap, a multi-pool decentralized exchange, successfully debuted on the mainnet after completing the security audit.

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The Minswap DEX goes live on the Cardano mainnet

Driven by Deca’s “pursuit of beauty,” the Decaverse will feature interconnected NFT galleries and support up-and-coming artists.

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Emerging NFT space Deca builds art-focused metaverse

The giant Dogecoin made up of hundreds of drones appeared in the night sky at the opening event for Tesla Gigafactory in Texas.

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DOGE rallied 5% as Elon Musk reminds of his support for the meme coin with a spectacular drone show

The attacker, who pulled 173,600 ETH and 25.5M USDC off the Ronin bridge, has managed to withdraw a portion of their loot.

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Ronin bridge exploiter starts withdrawing their loot

Zagabond took to Twitter last night to share his story. Instead, he spooked the community with an account of three rugged NFT projects.

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Azuki founder admits to rugging three projects in a year

Musk’s new profile pic could be the most glaring display yet of his support for crypto, or the direct opposite.

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Elon Musk changed Twitter profile pic to BAYC collage, which he doesn't own

BTC dipped under $37,500 on March 7th as the third round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators ended with only “small positive developments” regarding humanitarian corridors.

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Bitcoin in red again as volatility remains high

The MimbleWible Litecoin update will enable confidential transactions and allow for greater speed and scalability.

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Crypto whales are buying Litecoin ahead of the major upgrade

Liquid staking protocol Lido briefly dethroned Curve as the top DeFi protocol in total value locked, according to Delphi Digital.

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Lido overtakes Curve in TVL

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, announced on Twitter that they will issue NFTs to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces as Russia goes ahead with the invasion.

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Ukraine will mint NFTs to fund its military

Over the past 24 hours, the Terra blockchain was halted twice as Terraform Labs frantically searched for ways to weather the storm.

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Terra fights for survival as Do Kwon’s wife requests police protection

Changpeng Zhao, Binance CEO, confirmed that North Korean hackers responsible for the attack started moving their loot, including via Binance.

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Binance recovers $5.8 million of Axie Infinity’s stolen funds

The data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance indicates that China’s hashrate share is rebounding after dropping to near-zero last year.

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Chinese underground crypto mining is alive and well, CCAF data suggests

This Friday, the Polygon team is heading to Amsterdam to announce a new product.

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Polygon prepares to unveil new product at Polygon Ignite conference

The malware installed by cybercriminals disrupted the company’s operations in Assam.

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Hackers demand 196 BTC in ransom from state-owned Oil India

The #CAC22A has just started. It is held on the campus of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and live-streamed. The event lasts from Monday to Wednesday (4-6).

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Traditional and corporate finances meet the world of blockchain. Crypto Assets Conference 2022

The difficulty goes up for the first time since mid-February as more miners join in. 

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Bitcoin mining difficulty hits an all-time high at 28.58 trillion hashes

Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) will purchase 960 MicroBT Whatsminer M31S+ from blockchain services provider TAAL.

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Canadian mining company Hut 8 announced it will focus entirely on independent mining

Revolut CEO Nik Storonsky shed some light on the company’s plans to introduce “Revcoin” and the non-custodial crypto wallet in an interview with The Block.

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Revolut will reward the most active users with a native token

Ethereum Foundation developer Marius Van Der Wijden said that they executed their first mainnet shadow fork.

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Ethereum executes its first mainnet shadow fork, pushing toward the Merge 

The long-awaited airdrop starts today, distributing 15% of the total supply of 1bn ApeCoins.

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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT owners to receive new ApeCoin tokens

On Sunday, ETH/USD briefly tested the $3600 area but was unable to break above.

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Ethereum reaches key resistance as FOMO fuels bullish sentiment

Since January, Ethereum has been trading sideways, trying to get out of the $3,000 range. 

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Recent Ethereum on-chain data reveals the upcoming bull run

Bitmain, the world's biggest manufacturer of crypto mining servers, has officially launched the Antminer X19 XP Hyd.

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Bitmain announces new liquid cooling miner

Baidu became the third Chinese company to launch an NFT marketplace after Alibaba and Tencent. 

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Chinese tech giant Baidu enters the NFT market, airdropping over 20,000 tokens

According to the 2021 report published on April 18th, EF holds $1.3b in crypto (99.1% ETH) and $300m in non-crypto assets.

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Ethereum Foundation publishes an annual financial report, discloses it holds 0.3% of all ETH

The platform announced artists can connect Phantom Wallet to their accounts.

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Adobe Behance users can now display Solana NFTs on their profile

Bitcoin is wrapping up a volatile week, having briefly spiked over $42,000 before another nosedive, which brought it well under $39,000.

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Turbulent week and glimmer of hope for Bitcoin

"There is no place for Russian political criminals in the blockchain industry" - says Ukrainian government.

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Ukraine determined to cut the enemy off from the crypto market

UMA is set to help Polygon launch a liquid mining incentive that rewards active managers.

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Polygon to launch a new liquidity mining program with UMA

A new record was set on Saturday, April 23, at block 733,197. The network's hashrate indicates how many hashes are generated by miners trying to solve the block puzzle.

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Bitcoin hashrate reached a new all-time high at 271.19 EH/s

The Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) announced its international product called the Spartan Network, allowing customers to deploy blockchains into the cloud. 

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China’s state blockchain to launch international version in August

According to the Chainalysis report, investors’ profits grew 5x to the previous year, as Ethereum narrowly beat Bitcoin in total realized gains. 

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Ethereum was the most profitable cryptocurrency for investors worldwide in 2021

 The blockchain data platform Chainalysis will deploy an API and an on-chain oracle to identify transactions by sanctioned entities. 

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Chainalysis announced the upcoming of two free sanctions screening tools 

The blockchain analytics company Chainalysis completed Series F financing round, more than doubling its valuation.

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Chainalysis raises $170 million in fresh financing round, bringing its valuation to $8.6 billion

The peg of the new stablecoin will be sustained by the mint-and-burn mechanism and USDD/TRX arbitrage. 

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The TRON–based decentralized algorithmic stablecoin USDD goes live on May 5

The integration enables traders on Kraken to move Bitcoin on and off the platform quickly and inexpensively.

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Kraken announces support for the Lightning Network

ZkSync announces on Twitter that the new protocol will accept payments for gas fees in any ERC-20 token.

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ZkSync Ethereum rollup upgrades to the 2.0 version

Ethereum co-founder made two transactions to the Aid For Ukraine and Unchain funds, each worth 750 ETH.

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Vitalik Buterin donated almost $5m in ETH to two Ukrainian charity funds

The expected “uncontroversial hardfork” will start from block 2668888.

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Monero community agreed to have a hardfork on July 16th, 2022

Someone bought six coins out of a list of 50 different tokens the exchange plans to list in Q2 2022.

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Coinbase accused of inside trading as ETH address buys $400,000 worth of tokens before listing announcement

The Financial Conduct Authority expressed concern about a strategic partnership that will see a Binance subsidiary advance a $36 million convertible loan to EQONEX.

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Binance under renewed scrutiny in the UK following a deal with EQONEX

Yuga Labs claimed on Twitter that all gas fee refunds following the Otherside mint have been issued, but users are far from content.

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Exorbitant Otherside mint gas fees refunded, Yuga says

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Coinpaper’s social media activity: April 2022. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

The Coinbase NFT team has already met with over a hundred creators and continues the work on their product, the company announced on Twitter.

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Coinbase pledges to launch NFT marketplace “soon”

CEO Brian Armstrong said in a blog post that Coinbase will improve the asset listing process and invest more in screening tools. 

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Coinbase announces changes to the platform following the accusations of insider trading

Granted by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), it’s the first licence issued to Binance by a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

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Binance licenced as cryptoasset service provider in Bahrain

Blockchain security company Chainalysis premiered its new product, Chainalysis Storyline.

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Chainalysis launches smart contract, fund tracing tool

Igor Chuprin, the founder of Zotobi Management Limited, who invested $1 million in the TON, demanded the return of funds.  

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The London Court rejected the claim against Telegram Open Network (TON) project

Argo projects that the new mining facility will boost its hash rate from the current 1.6 EH/s to 5.5 EH/s by the end of 2022 and 20 EH/s in the coming years. 

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Argo Blockchain announces the opening of its flagship data center in Texas

Citigroup issued a report that paints a bullish picture for the future of Metaverse, even as it points out unexpected challenges.

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Metaverse economy could grow to $13 trillion by 2030, report says

FTX and AZA announced their plans to expand the adoption of web3 and cryptocurrencies throughout Africa in hopes that the continent will become the avant-garde of the digital economy. 

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Crypto exchange FTX and AZA Finance team up to build web3 infrastructure in Africa

The liquidations rush coincided with a 4.7% surge in Bitcoin price, plus a brief trip beyond the resistance level that saw the price climb to $41,500.

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Massive Bitcoin liquidations as market awaits US Fed rate hike

European Union’s digital currency could be operational by 2026, according to a senior board member of the ECB.

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Digital euro could be ready in four years, ECB official says

Bitcoin briefly reaches $25k as the crypto market sell-off continues, and investors’ sentiment is in “Extreme Fear” territory.  

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