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⁠GameFi and crypto 'natural fit' for game publishers: KBW 2022 Korean experts believe that crypto would play a major role in the gaming ecosystem, and within the next 3 years, the majority of games might have an in-game…

⁠Bitcoin.com to introduce Bitcoiners to decentralized finance: KBW 2022 Corbin Fraser, an executive at Bitcoin.com, told Cointelegraph that they are also planning to release a prepaid debit card that rewards users with c…

⁠Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 9: Second-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team Discussions about the Metaverse dominated the final day of Korea Blockchain Week’s mainstage conference.

⁠BitMEX former executive pleads guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act Gregory Dwyer becomes the last one from the exchange’s management to enter a plea.

⁠Ready Player One gave us the misconception that the Metaverse is VR — Everyrealm CEO, KBW 2022 Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ presents an unrealistic glimpse into life in the metaverse, Everyrealm CEO Janine Yori…

⁠KBW 2022: Digital property rights key to thriving Web3 economy — Animoca’s Yat Siu Robust property rights in the physical world are one of the key indicators of a wealthy economy — and that’s exactly what digital proper…

⁠Axie Infinity looking to 'double-down' on Korean market: KBW Sky Mavis co-founder and growth lead Jeffrey Zirlin says Axie Infinity wants to double down in South Korea, which they see as one of the most important gaming…

⁠Institutions flocking to Ethereum for 7 straight weeks as Merge nears: Report "Greater clarity" around the Merge has driven institutional inflows into Ethereum products, according to a CoinShares report.

⁠F2Pool co-founder responds to allegations it's cheating the Ethereum POW system The response comes after researchers in Israel alleged the mining pool has been manipulating Ethereum block timestamps to obtain higher min…

⁠20M JavaScript devs can now build applications on NEAR: KBW 2022 “A student can build an app without needing to learn new languages without needing to learn new skills,” said NEAR founder Illia Polosukhin.

⁠Trend Micro calls out vulnerabilities in metaverse security development "Illegal or criminal activities are likely to flourish in the darkverse since it will be difficult to track and monitor," says Trend Micro.

⁠Australia-based crypto miner doubles hash rate after energizing Canadian rigs Daniel Roberts, Iris Energy co-founder, said the firm had energized the facility on time “despite the current market backdrop and ongoing int…

⁠Dave Portnoy's SafeMoon position is down 94%, claims he's being sued by project The Barstool Sports founder panic-sold Bitcoin in 2020 and has expressed fleeting interest in digital assets ever since.

⁠Circle freezes blacklisted Tornado Cash smart contract addresses Stablecoin issuers can blacklist interactions with the Tornado Cash dApp on the Ethereum smart contract level.

⁠Tornado Cash co-founder reports being kicked off Github as industry reacts to sanctions OFAC issued a statement implying prohibited transactions with Specially Designated Nationals could include "downloading a software…

⁠Bitcoin likely to transition to a risk-off asset in H2 2022, says Bloomberg analyst As the global economy moves into a recession in the second half of 2002, Bitcoin will likely rally alongside gold and treasury bonds, a…

⁠Price analysis 8/8: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, AVAX Bitcoin price aims to break from its current range and flip $24,000 to support, while altcoins are following the upside move by attempting to conf…

⁠Two more lawsuits for Coinbase: Law Decoded, Aug. 1-8 Both plaintiffs claim that Coinbase made fraudulent and deceptive representations regarding the company’s business.

⁠White hat hackers have returned $32.6M worth of tokens to Nomad bridge The cross-chain bridge was drained of its assets in less than three hours.

⁠Vitalik Buterin proposes stealth addresses for anonymous NFT ownership “You would be able to eg. send an NFT to vitalik.eth without anyone except me (the new owner) being able to see who the new owner is,” said the Ethe…

⁠Fed reverse repo reaches $2.3T, but what does it mean for crypto investors? Investors avoid risk assets during a crisis, but excessive cash sitting in financial institutions could also be good for the cryptocurrencies.

⁠Binance sides with Indian regulators in WazirX fallout, to cease support for off-chain transfers Binance denied any equity ownership in the India-based crypto exchange after the latter came under regulatory scrutiny.

⁠Bitcoin price targets 8-week highs as Ethereum reaches $1.8K Optimism and expectations increase around crypto markets, but U.S. inflation data looms large this week.

⁠US Treasury sanctions USDC and ETH addresses connected to Tornado Cash The protocol was at the center of some recent hacks and exploits in decentralized finance, including a $375-million attack in February and a $100-mi…

⁠Metaverse housing bubble bursting? Virtual land prices crash 85% amid waning interest The virtual real estate market is crashing despite a McKinsey report predicting a $5 trillion market by 2030.

⁠US ethics advisory on federal employee's crypto has basis in legislation The Office of Government Ethics reminded federal agency ethics officers of current law and extended its interpretation of the law to mutual funds.

⁠A slice of the punk: Cryptopunk NFT to be split into 56,000 pieces A valuable Cryptopunk nonfungible token is set to be fractionalized as more than 56,000 addresses sign up for a share of ownership.

⁠Ethereum Name Service founder reflects as 2 million registration mark nears As the Ethereum Name Service edges closer to 2 million domain registrations, its founder reflects on the parallels with the internet’s Domain N…

⁠Crypto lending platform Hodlnaut suspends services due to liquidity crisis Hodlnaut avoided 3AC exposure and earlier denied ever buying UST, but several reports and on-chain data have shown that the lending firm at one…

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