The Arbitrum community made a proposal to finance the legal defense of Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev (Tornado Cash).
https://snapshot.org/#/arbitrumfoundation.eth/proposal/0xa819a4faf67d7b52272b2ddc8c5a48f87407269e689740fed781a29707c8f44c
https://snapshot.org/#/arbitrumfoundation.eth/proposal/0xa819a4faf67d7b52272b2ddc8c5a48f87407269e689740fed781a29707c8f44c
India earmarks $1.25B to boost growth of AI.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-earmarks-1-25-b-ai-growth
https://cointelegraph.com/news/india-earmarks-1-25-b-ai-growth
Cointelegraph
India earmarks $1.25B to boost growth of AI
The Indian government believes that AI advancements will contribute to expanding India’s economy and generate highly skilled employment opportunities.
CyberConnect introduced the social layer 2 with restaking.
https://twitter.com/CyberConnectHQ/status/1766117169602163033
https://twitter.com/CyberConnectHQ/status/1766117169602163033
A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit where investors accused Binance of violating U.S. securities laws by selling unregistered tokens that lost much of their value.
The appeal covered investors who had bought seven tokens - ELF, EOS, FUN, ICX, OMG, QSP and TRX - through Binance starting in 2017, and which soon lost much of their value.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/binance-must-face-revived-investor-lawsuit-us-over-crypto-losses-2024-03-08/
The appeal covered investors who had bought seven tokens - ELF, EOS, FUN, ICX, OMG, QSP and TRX - through Binance starting in 2017, and which soon lost much of their value.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/binance-must-face-revived-investor-lawsuit-us-over-crypto-losses-2024-03-08/
Sam Altman returns to the OpenAI board of directors.
The WLD price has increased by more than 40% in 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/sama/status/1766291001134715207
The WLD price has increased by more than 40% in 24 hours.
https://twitter.com/sama/status/1766291001134715207
Fidelity cuts about 700 jobs, its first reduction since 2017.
The move affects less than 1% of the workforce, a spokesperson for Boston-based Fidelity said Friday in an emailed statement. The firm had about 74,000 employees at the end of last year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-08/fidelity-cuts-about-700-jobs-its-first-reduction-since-2017
The move affects less than 1% of the workforce, a spokesperson for Boston-based Fidelity said Friday in an emailed statement. The firm had about 74,000 employees at the end of last year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-08/fidelity-cuts-about-700-jobs-its-first-reduction-since-2017
Bloomberg.com
Fidelity Cuts About 700 Jobs, Its First Reduction Since 2017
Fidelity Investments cut about 700 jobs this week, its first headcount reduction in seven years.
Coinbase said in a meeting with the SEC that the Ethereum ETF is a commodity stock.
https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2023-70/srnysearca202370-442459-1130542.pdf
https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2023-70/srnysearca202370-442459-1130542.pdf
The Ethereum network's revenue surged to nearly two year highs this week as the speculative frenzy with meme coins boosted blockchain activity.
IntoTheBlock data shows that Ethereum mainnet's revenue from network fees reached $193 million this week.
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/08/meme-coin-frenzy-drives-ethereum-network-fees-to-nearly-2-year-high-intotheblock/
IntoTheBlock data shows that Ethereum mainnet's revenue from network fees reached $193 million this week.
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/03/08/meme-coin-frenzy-drives-ethereum-network-fees-to-nearly-2-year-high-intotheblock/
Tether minted $2 billion USDT on Ethereum Network.
https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1766590212560331129
https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1766590212560331129
Pershing Square Capital Management founder and CEO Bill Ackman mulls Bitcoin.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/09/billionaire-hedge-funder-bill-ackman-mulls-bitcoin/
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/09/billionaire-hedge-funder-bill-ackman-mulls-bitcoin/
Vitalik Buterin has introduced the research about a blockchain hacking using quantum computers.
https://ethresear.ch/t/how-to-hard-fork-to-save-most-users-funds-in-a-quantum-emergency/18901
https://ethresear.ch/t/how-to-hard-fork-to-save-most-users-funds-in-a-quantum-emergency/18901
Ethereum Research
How to hard-fork to save most users' funds in a quantum emergency
Suppose that it is announced tomorrow that quantum computers are available, and bad actors already have access to them and are able to use them to steal users’ funds. Preventing such a scenario is the goal of quantum-resistant cryptography (eg. Winternitz…
PROOF founder Kevin Rose appears to be liquidating a number of his NFTs and burnt two of his ENS domains.
Over the past 16 days, he sold NFTs worth 328.98 ETH ($1.293 million).
https://x.com/nftnow/status/1766469246257635435
Over the past 16 days, he sold NFTs worth 328.98 ETH ($1.293 million).
https://x.com/nftnow/status/1766469246257635435
X (formerly Twitter)
nft now (@nftnow) on X
PROOF founder @kevinrose appears to be liquidating a number of his NFTs and burnt two of his ENS domains 👀
UK-focused retail broker eToro considers New York for IPO.
https://www.ft.com/content/c7e4ad29-4bf8-43e3-85dd-cf35585c6ad1
https://www.ft.com/content/c7e4ad29-4bf8-43e3-85dd-cf35585c6ad1
An ArbitrumDAO proposal to donate up to $1.28 million in crypto toward Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev's fight against criminal charges has been deleted by its author, as token holders voiced concerns over whether such a donation might pose legal risks, sources familiar with the matter told The Block.
https://www.theblock.co/post/281535/arbitrum-dao-revokes-proposal-for-million-dollar-donation-to-tornado-cash-devs-over-legal-concerns
https://www.theblock.co/post/281535/arbitrum-dao-revokes-proposal-for-million-dollar-donation-to-tornado-cash-devs-over-legal-concerns
On March 10, 2024, a group of 80 dormant bitcoin (BTC) wallets, inactive for over eight years, sprang into action moving 2,352.62 BTC (~$163M).
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-whale-from-2015-moves-sleeping-bitcoins-worth-163m-as-historic-wallets-wake-up/
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-whale-from-2015-moves-sleeping-bitcoins-worth-163m-as-historic-wallets-wake-up/
BlackRock Bitcoin ETF now holds more BTC than MicroStrategy.
According to data from BitMEX, BlackRock's IBIT now has nearly 198,000 Bitcoin, outpacing MicroStrategy’s holdings.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-holds-more-btc-microstrategy
https://x.com/bitmexresearch/status/1766359858893262958
According to data from BitMEX, BlackRock's IBIT now has nearly 198,000 Bitcoin, outpacing MicroStrategy’s holdings.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-holds-more-btc-microstrategy
https://x.com/bitmexresearch/status/1766359858893262958
K Bank, a South Korean neobank that has seen rapid growth thanks laregely to its crypto operations, is set to make an initial public offering (IPO) bid.
https://cryptonews.com/news/south-koreas-crypto-keen-k-bank-aims-for-ipo-amid-btc-boom.htm
https://cryptonews.com/news/south-koreas-crypto-keen-k-bank-aims-for-ipo-amid-btc-boom.htm
🔥BTC has hit a new all-time high above $71,300.
Bitcoin is now trading at $71,340.
https://dropstab.com/coins/bitcoin
Bitcoin is now trading at $71,340.
https://dropstab.com/coins/bitcoin
Binance will list Metis (METIS) at 2024-03-11 12:00 UTC.
Metis is a permissionless ETH L2 that utilizes optimistic rollup as their underlying scaling solution.
After the news, the METIS price has increased by more than 25%.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-list-metis-metis-with-seed-tag-applied-a73748f501dc48f6ba3d68d724052492
Metis is a permissionless ETH L2 that utilizes optimistic rollup as their underlying scaling solution.
After the news, the METIS price has increased by more than 25%.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-list-metis-metis-with-seed-tag-applied-a73748f501dc48f6ba3d68d724052492