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⁠Binance.US awarded money transmitter license in Puerto Rico The new license from Puorto Rico further strengthens Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao's vision to be licensed everywhere.

⁠Beanstalk Farms offers plea deal to perpetrators of $76M exploit Beanstalk Farms offered a whitehat bounty to exploiters and outlined its plans moving forward should it be unsuccessful in its plea.

⁠Brain drain: India’s crypto tax forces budding crypto projects to move Several Indian cryptocurrency projects are planning to move their bases to more crypto-friendly jurisdictions.

⁠Crypto focused SPAC raises $115M in Nasdaq IPO The Aura FAT SPAC listed on Nasdaq and ended its IPO with $115 million in funds after finishing an over-allotment round.

⁠Australia’s first Bitcoin ETF could attract $1 billion after launch next week Australian investors will be able to trade its first Bitcoin spot ETF starting next week when the Cosmos Asset Management Bitcoin ETF launche…

⁠Optimism-based projects spike on rumors of token airdrop “We’re nearing the end of a chapter and the beginning of the next — one driven by community ownership and governance,” noted Optimism.

⁠Monero crypto of choice as ransomware ‘double extortion’ attacks increase 500% A surge in ransomware in 2021 has also resulted in a surge in Monero usage as the method of payment as more criminal groups want only XMR.

⁠Agent Smith says Secret Service seized $102M in crypto in 254 cases since 2015 The U.S. Secret Service says the immutable and transparent aspect of the blockchain ledger allows the agency to track transactions made by c…

⁠More volatile than Bitcoin? Netflix shares plunge 25% The streaming service’s stock price took a major hit after releasing disappointing user numbers, making some in the crypto community cry foul at the volatility.

⁠400 new projects and 100K new wallets in a month on Cardano The number of ADA wallets has increased by 100,000 since March 22, with the total figure standing at 3.268 million as of April 19.