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⁠How not to Bitcoin: User pays 1000X fee to send 4 BTC What could have inspired a Bitcoin user to overpay by 1,000 times the asking price to move roughly $63,000 in Bitcoin?

⁠Pan-African crypto exchange Yellow Card wins virtual asset license Yellow Card CEO said that the Botswana VASP license is the first license for African crypto exchanges established by an African country.

⁠Ethereum at the center of centralization debate as SEC lays claim Ethereum’s transition to PoS was celebrated as a key upgrade. However, a month after the move, centralization concerns are mounting high.

⁠Fireblocks launches crypto payment engine with Checkout.com and Worldpay as pilot partners Checkout.com settled $1 billion in stablecoin transactions during its initial pilot phase of Payments Engine.

⁠The Madeira Bitcoin adoption experiment takes flight An update on the Bitcoin rollout on the Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, which according to entrepreneur Jeff Booth is “a bigger Bitcoin Beach but in the EU.”

⁠S. Korean watchdog goes after crypto whales to ensure AML compliance The South Korean regulator noted that popular stablecoins used by the public might become a primary tool for laundering using digital assets.

⁠Santander bank trials blockchain platform for used cars in Brazil Santander Brasil is also reportedly planning to launch crypto trading services to its customers, CEO Mario Leao announced in July.

⁠Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC Japan Credit Bureau will develop its CBDC infrastructure in collaboration with IDEMIA and Softspace.

⁠Web3 grows in online searches as interest in Bitcoin declines: Google Trends Online searches for the term ‘Bitcoin dead’ reached an all-time high owing to peak anxiety among investors amid ongoing selloffs at the time.

⁠FTX to give a 'one-time' $6M compensation to phishing victims FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the exchange won’t be “making a habit of compensating” users that are “phished by fake versions of other companies.”

⁠Ripple's lead engineer to exit after nearly a decade with the firm Nik Bougalis primarily worked on open-source code projects for the payments-focused XRP Ledger, with the recent push to introduce NFTs being a key imple…

⁠Fidelity to beef up crypto unit by another 25% with 100 new hires The Digital Assets division within Fidelity Investments will have around 500 total staff members by the first quarter of 2023, according to a spokesperso…

⁠Mango Market exploiter brags after rug pulling Mango Inu 'shitcoin' Avraham Eisenberg is at it again, following up his exploit of Mango Markets by deploying a new 'shitcoin' named Mango Inu to purportedly swipe liquidit…

⁠Crypto platform Freeway halts services citing 'unprecedented volatility' Cryptocurrency platform Freeway has halted transactions and services related to their “Supercharger” high-yield product until further notice.

⁠Nifty News: OpenSea dominance fades, Azuki skateboards fetch $2.5M and more The largest NFT marketplace is facing headwinds from its competition as OpenSea sees its market share slip whilst its rivals gain significant g…

⁠A stablecoin's rise in market share has ignited the ‘Second Great Stablecoin War’ Since Binance announced it would auto-convert USDC, USDP and TUSD into BUSD on Sept. 6, BUSD’s share of the total stablecoin market has r…

⁠Crypto incubators have a responsibility to maintain fiscal discipline Incubators provide a foundation for many crypto companies and have a responsibility to ensure they’re taking steps to survive in a bear market.

⁠Bitcoin will surge in 2023 — but be careful what you wish for Depending on who you listen to, Bitcoin’s price is headed for either $3,500 or $1 million in the year ahead.

⁠Celsius users concerned over personal info revealed in bankruptcy case A website revealing personal information from Celsius creditors has created stress and chaos for many, leading some to question the privacy of centr…

⁠Bitcoin price hits $19.5K into weekly close as trader predicts 'green week' There's reason to stay bullish on BTC as the weekly candle close approaches and price action breaks a dull status quo.

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⁠Small Bitcoin investors stop whales from crashing BTC price below $18K Bitcoin price has avoided a bigger plunge below $18,000 in recent months, raising expectations that a market bottom is forming.

⁠How CZ built Binance and became the richest person in crypto CZ first came across Bitcoin in 2013 and was a bit hard by the BTC bug, which led him to sell his house in Shanghai and go all-in.

⁠3Commas issues security alert as FTX deletes API keys following hack 3Commas and FTX conducted a joint investigation in relation to reports from users of unauthorized trades on the DMG trading pairs on FTX.

⁠Kazakhstan among top 3 Bitcoin mining destinations after US and China The top three countries contributing to the Bitcoin hash rate continue to eat away the share of other players, such as Malaysia, Germany and Iran.

⁠Web3 to inject $1.1T in India's GDP by 2032, following 37x growth since 2020 The explosive Web3 growth in the country is supported by several factors, including a large talent pool, a high adoption rate and product deve…

⁠Japan is losing its place as the world's gaming capital From regulation to taxation, Japan has been hostile to cryptocurrency gaming. That stance is threatening the country's position as a global leader in gaming

⁠VC Roundup: Web3 dev, EVM sharding and crypto banking headline blockchain funding deals WWVentures, Shardeum, Myna Swap, Antic, Juno, Zerion and thirdweb attract venture capital interest in latest funding blitz.

⁠Bitcoin will shoot over $100K in 2023 before 'largest bear market' — trader New all-time highs are closer than many might think, says Credible Crypto, but so is a brutal bear market unlike any other.