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⁠$7.8B lost in crypto ponzi and pyramid schemes in 2022: Report Illicit activities related to crypto increased across the sector in 2022 despite an overall market downturn. 👉🏼 Read More

Girlfriends, murdered kids, assassin androids — is AI cursed? The rise of AI chatbots as virtual partners reveals a societal trend that raises questions about human connection and emotional well-being. [Opinion]

⚡️💸⁠ MicroStrategy buys $347M worth of Bitcoin amid market thaw "DCA works," wrote Binance CEO in response to the purchase. 👉🏼 Full Story

​​NFTs backed by real-world items: The new gold standard in AI-based gaming? Elusive NFTs are often delivered as prizes in play-to-earn games — but what if they were accompanied by real-world items? (AD) 👉🏼 Read more

⁠🤔 Open source: Buzzword or real security for crypto wallets? Open-sourcing crypto wallet designs offers some benefits, but there are trade-offs as well. 👉🏼 Read More

⁠Bitcoin no longer crypto of choice for illicit crypto activity: TRM Labs While fiat channels remain the dominant tool for criminal financing, Bitcoin appears to have fallen out of favor for criminals as far as cryptocur…

🚀 ⁠BlackRock has ‘50% chance’ of getting spot Bitcoin ETF approved: Analyst Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst believes BlackRock has an even chance of getting its Bitcoin ETF green-lit, as Grayscale looks more likely to wi…

💸 ⁠Bitcoin miners send record $128M in revenue to exchanges Bitcoin miners have sent up to 315% of their daily revenue to exchanges but BTC prices are yet to react. 👉🏻 Full Story

⁠FTX sues Dan Friedberg alleging he used ‘hush money’ to silence whistleblowers The lawsuit claims Daniel Friedberg made a series of payments to whistleblowers to stop them from exposing the "true fraudulent nature" of t…

⁠Worldcoin confirms it is the cause of mysterious Safe deployments Twitter users noticed thousands of Safe deployments to Optimism, leading to speculation that it may be an attack, but the developer of Worldcoin confirme…

​​Basis trading, simplified, and how exchanges adapt to institutional needs — Q&A with OKX The famously complex basis trade: OKX’s global chief commercial officer explains how the exchange is launching innovative tools t…

⁠New Web3 ID app lets users find each other based on proven interests Quivr allows users to connect multiple apps, including Spotify, Steam and Instagram, to generate behavior-based badges proving their interests. 👉🏻 F…

⁠Over $204M was lost in Q2 DeFi hacks and scams: Report More than $208.5 million was lost initially, but approximately $4.5 million was recovered, making the total amount of unrecovered funds over $204 million. 👉🏻 Full…

🤝 ⁠Japanese and Singaporean regulators join forces on crypto pilot project "Decentralized financial ecosystem continues to develop in complexity, and it is important to address emerging risks," said FSA official Mamoru…

⁠Web3 firms are spending up to $25M on HK crypto licenses: Report VASP expenditures are varying between 20 million to 200 million Hong Kong dollars as firms scramble to find Web3 talent for licensing. 👉🏻 Read More

​​How this AgTech firm transforms agriculture with its powerful tech stack Discover how this pioneering AgTech firm is integrating blockchain, AI and other advanced technologies to transform the global farming landscape.…

💸⁠ $27 trillion AUM is perched over Bitcoin and crypto: CoinShares CSO The top eight financial institutions with an interest in Bitcoin and crypto have a whopping $27 trillion in combined assets under management. 👉🏼 F…

⁠Yes, the Secret Service has an NFT collection, and no, it's not for sale Agents from the U.S. Secret Service San Francisco Field Office have answered a burning question about its NFT collection. What does it do? 👉🏼 Fu…