Crypto.com adds Pay support for MATIC, USDC and DAI
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The cryptocurrency exchange's DeFi wallet and Pay service launched a new update adding support for more countries and tokens.

DeFi Must Get Easier to Use to Win Over Retail Customers, Uniswap Survey Finds
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Uniswap found that many respondents are put off by the complexity and cost of on-chain trading.

Fahrenheit Consortium Is Lead Bidder in Bankruptcy Auction for Celsius Assets
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The assets include a loan portfolio, mining rigs and infrastrsucture and cryptocurrency worth as much as $2 billion.

LayerZero partners with Immunefi to launch $15M bug bounty
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The program offers a maximum reward of $15 million for anyone who identifies vulnerabilities classified as high severity.

Price analysis 5/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
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Bitcoin and most major altcoins are selling-off on rallies, proof that investor sentiment remains negative in the short-term.

Uniswap will deploy on Polkadot parachain Moonbeam
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The decentralized exchange gets a Polkadot version via the Moonbeam network.

US Secret Service has an NFT collection: Nifty Newsletter, May 10–16
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Elon Musk’s May 10 tweet featuring Milady NFT artwork drove the floor price to 7.3 ETH before settling at 5.69 ETH.

Elon Musk (Twitter)

RT @ThomasAlxDmy: Once you’ve tasted the full phone to car and technological experience of a Tesla you can’t go back to any other cars. There’s nothing like it on the market by a mile.

It’s all the small things that quickly adds up to make you never want to drive anything else, ever.

South Korean Prime Minister calls for disclosure of crypto holdings by high-ranking officials
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Prime Minister Han Deok-soo reportedly believes that including cryptocurrency in property registration is the right thing to do.

‌Elon Musk (Twitter)

Love to see Starlink providing great connectivity to those who had little or nothing before.

As soon as you can access the Internet, you can learn almost anything, so it’s absolutely essential for education.

@khanacademy being a great example.
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@Starlink:
Starlink in the Amazon 🇧🇷 👏 https://t.co/bm24h8hugb

Ethereum Briefly Stopped Finalizing Transactions. What Happened?
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The loss in finality meant that blocks could have been tampered with, and while it isn’t supposed to affect end-user experiences, it did lead to some inconveniences for some applications.

Pakistani finance minister says crypto will never be legal because of FATF
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Pakistan was taken off the FATF gray list in October, and it has good reasons to want to stay in international good graces.

Why is Ethereum (ETH) price down today?
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Ethereum price is down today as trading volume remains low and traders send Ether to centralized exchanges.

The Risks and Rewards of High-Frequency Crypto Trading
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High-frequency trading can be lucrative in newer markets like crypto, but HFT is not without its unique risks.

USDC Issuer Circle Moves $8.7B to Repo Agreements to Protect Reserves From U.S. Government Default
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Circle’s reserve fund has ditched Treasury bills that mature beyond May 31, rotating assets to cash and overnight repurchase agreements instead, a company spokesperson said.

Miami blockchain folk hero secures $5M for community tokenization
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The fund will be used to help residents secure affordable housing through blockchain initiatives.

Filecoin Price Drops After SEC Asks Grayscale to Withdraw FIL Trust Application
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked Grayscale to withdraw its application to launch a Filecoin Trust product, the company revealed Wednesday.

Voyager bankruptcy plan approved, customers may recover 35.7% of claims initially
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The third try is a charm for the crypto brokerage, whose assets were almost bought by FTX and Binance.US. Now it’s just handing what it has over to its creditors.

Regulators Should Not 'Front-Run' Congress on Stablecoins
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The House has made it clear that passing a stablecoin bill is a top priority. Regulators – like the SEC – shouldn’t get ahead of the legislative process, say Bain Capital’s Tuongvy Le and Khurram Dara.

The Blocksize Wars Revisited: How Bitcoin’s Civil War Still Resonates Today
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Amid climbing transaction fees and increased development activity, bitcoiners are warring over the future of the network. Is this a replay or a result of the so-called Blocksize Wars.