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📰 In Case You Missed It 📰 ⁠⁠🐝 DApp activity rises 3.7% in August for the first time since May: Finance Redefined ⁠⁠🎉 Ethereum ready for The Merge as last shadow fork completes successfully ⁠⁠⁠⁠💰 MicroStrategy to rei…

⁠Norwegian central bank uses Ethereum to build national digital currency The prototype infrastructure for Norway’s central bank digital currency is based on Ethereum, the Norges Bank officially stated.

⁠Indian authorities unfreeze millions in locked WazirX bank accounts The Indian crypto exchange was under investigation by local authorities for money laundering allegations which caused a freeze on over $8.1 million in…

⁠The Fed, the Merge and $22K BTC — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week A bullish weekly close sees Bitcoin tackle realized price while analysts speculate on major volatility in the coming days.

⁠Fireblocks records $100M+ revenue in subscriptions amid bear market As a software-as-a-service provider, Fireblocks witnessed overwhelming interest in decentralized finance, blockchain, and Web3 technologies.

⁠Exchanges criticized for 'nothingburger PR' posts on upcoming LUNC tax burn KuCoin, Gate.io and MEXC Global were in the crosshairs of community members as they expressed their support for the upcoming on-chain LUNC tran…

⁠Aussies already lost $242M to investment and crypto scams in 2022 People over 55 and under 64 years of age represent the largest age bracket who have fallen prey to scams.

⁠Crypto insurance a ‘sleeping giant’ with only 1% of investments covered With over $2 billion lost in decentralized finance this year, there exists a huge market opportunity for crypto insurance providers, according to a…

⁠State Street: Institutional investors undeterred by crypto winter A State Street exec says there is an institutional “belief that the asset class is here to stay” and to expect further product launches from traditional…

⁠Google gets in on Ethereum Merge excitement with nifty easter egg The new feature has been added with just days left until the long-awaited Ethereum Merge.

⁠Algorand Foundation outlines $35M exposure to crypto lender Hodlnaut The Foundation stated that it is “pursuing all legal remedies to maximize asset recovery.”

⁠Ethereum Merge makes network more vulnerable to attack — Security expert The security expert said that while PoS isn’t “theoretically” as secure as PoW, he admits it still has “sufficient practical security.”