Terraform Labs to shut down after $4.5B SEC settlement: Law Decoded
Terraform Labs has agreed to pay the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) roughly $4.47 billion as part of its settlement with the securities regulator. The duo settled after a jury found Terraform Labs and its co-founder liable for the Terra ecosystem collapse, which erased $40 billion in investor assets.
Chris Amani, CEO of Terraform Labs, has announced that the firm will cease operations following the settlement. The company plans to sell key projects within the Terra ecosystem and give the community control of the Terra blockchain.
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Terraform Labs has agreed to pay the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) roughly $4.47 billion as part of its settlement with the securities regulator. The duo settled after a jury found Terraform Labs and its co-founder liable for the Terra ecosystem collapse, which erased $40 billion in investor assets.
Chris Amani, CEO of Terraform Labs, has announced that the firm will cease operations following the settlement. The company plans to sell key projects within the Terra ecosystem and give the community control of the Terra blockchain.
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The DOT community approved the Join-Accumulate Machine (JAM) protocol. On May 27, Polkadot founder Gavin Wood indicated a nearly unanimous governance vote. With it, Web3 Foundation has launched a prize pool of 10 million DOT tokens worth $65 million. This is toward delivering enhanced scalability and flexibility in blockchain-based applications with the DOT network.
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Solana Layer 2 Sonic raises funds at $100 million token valuation
Sonic, a Solana Layer 2 network focused on gaming, has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round. Bitkraft Ventures led the round, with Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings and others participating, Sonic said Tuesday.
The project began raising funds for the round in April and closed it earlier this month, Sonic founder and CEO Chris Zhu told The Block. The round was structured as equity with token warrants and brought Sonic's fully diluted valuation to $100 million, Zhu said.
As part of the deal, Bitkraft has joined Sonic's board. The Series A round brings Sonic's total funding to $16 million, having previously raised $4 million in a seed round in 2022.
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Sonic, a Solana Layer 2 network focused on gaming, has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round. Bitkraft Ventures led the round, with Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings and others participating, Sonic said Tuesday.
The project began raising funds for the round in April and closed it earlier this month, Sonic founder and CEO Chris Zhu told The Block. The round was structured as equity with token warrants and brought Sonic's fully diluted valuation to $100 million, Zhu said.
As part of the deal, Bitkraft has joined Sonic's board. The Series A round brings Sonic's total funding to $16 million, having previously raised $4 million in a seed round in 2022.
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Binance Coin has announced that the BNB Smart Chain mainnet is expected to undergo a scheduled hard fork on the 20th of June at 6:05 UTC. Refer to the official tweet by BNB
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Arkham posts $150K bounty to find creator of DJT Trump token
Arkham Intelligence has offered a $150,000 bounty for whoever can identify the creator of the Solana-based token DJT. The bounty will be live for eight days and paid in 100,000 Arkham (ARKM), worth $1.56 at the time of writing
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Arkham Intelligence has offered a $150,000 bounty for whoever can identify the creator of the Solana-based token DJT. The bounty will be live for eight days and paid in 100,000 Arkham (ARKM), worth $1.56 at the time of writing
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SEC Is Closing Investigation into Ethereum as a Security
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is closing its investigation into Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, as a security, Consensys confirmed today (Wednesday).
Consensys further confirmed that the decision came after the US-based blockchain firm sent a letter to the regulator on June 7 asking to โconfirm that the May ETH ETF approvals, which were premised on ETH being a commodity, meant the agency would close its Ethereum 2.0 investigation.โ
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is closing its investigation into Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, as a security, Consensys confirmed today (Wednesday).
Consensys further confirmed that the decision came after the US-based blockchain firm sent a letter to the regulator on June 7 asking to โconfirm that the May ETH ETF approvals, which were premised on ETH being a commodity, meant the agency would close its Ethereum 2.0 investigation.โ
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โGerman Government (BKA)โ selling its BTC? Arkham-tagged wallet sparks curiosity
According to Arkham data, the crypto wallet has held nearly 50,000 BTC since February 2024, only to sell nearly 6,500 BTC on June 19. The funds are believed to have been seized from the pirated movie website operator Movie2k.
The German government-linked wallet made four transactions earlier today, with one outflow of 6,500 BTC worth $425 million to a wallet address bc1q0unygz3ddt8x0v33s6ztxkrnw0s0tl7zk4yxwd and another of 2,500 BTC worth $154 million to its own address.The wallet address received 6,500 BTC and then moved 2,500 BTC to another wallet address, bc1qq0l4jgg9rcm3puhhfwaz4c9t8hdee8hfz6738z. The new wallet then moved the newly received funds in batches of 500 BTC and sent out four transactions. Two of these transactions were made to crypto exchanges such as Kraken and Bitstamp, while the other two were moved to non-labeled private addresses.
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According to Arkham data, the crypto wallet has held nearly 50,000 BTC since February 2024, only to sell nearly 6,500 BTC on June 19. The funds are believed to have been seized from the pirated movie website operator Movie2k.
The German government-linked wallet made four transactions earlier today, with one outflow of 6,500 BTC worth $425 million to a wallet address bc1q0unygz3ddt8x0v33s6ztxkrnw0s0tl7zk4yxwd and another of 2,500 BTC worth $154 million to its own address.The wallet address received 6,500 BTC and then moved 2,500 BTC to another wallet address, bc1qq0l4jgg9rcm3puhhfwaz4c9t8hdee8hfz6738z. The new wallet then moved the newly received funds in batches of 500 BTC and sent out four transactions. Two of these transactions were made to crypto exchanges such as Kraken and Bitstamp, while the other two were moved to non-labeled private addresses.
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Harmony to Undergo Hard Fork on June
Harmony is set to implement a hard fork at epoch 1976, which is scheduled for June 20th, at 00:06:49 UTC. The purpose of this hard fork is to address an issue related to the maximum rate of validators. This update will introduce a uniform validator rate check, which is expected to maintain the integrity of the network and secure the funds. Refer to the official tweet by ONE
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Harmony is set to implement a hard fork at epoch 1976, which is scheduled for June 20th, at 00:06:49 UTC. The purpose of this hard fork is to address an issue related to the maximum rate of validators. This update will introduce a uniform validator rate check, which is expected to maintain the integrity of the network and secure the funds. Refer to the official tweet by ONE
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Axie Infinity to Host Axie Classic Guild Wars SEA Tournament on June
Axie Infinity is set to host the Axie Classic Guild Wars SEA in Quezon City, Philippines on June 23rd. The tournament will see eight guilds competing against each other for the top spot. The stakes are high as the prize pool consists of 5000 AXS and two slots for the Axie Classic Guild World Cup are up for grabs. Refer to the official tweet by AXS
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Axie Infinity is set to host the Axie Classic Guild Wars SEA in Quezon City, Philippines on June 23rd. The tournament will see eight guilds competing against each other for the top spot. The stakes are high as the prize pool consists of 5000 AXS and two slots for the Axie Classic Guild World Cup are up for grabs. Refer to the official tweet by AXS
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Montenegro's Prime Minister Linked to Early Terraform Investment
Documents from the US SEC's case against Terraform reveal that Montenegro's Prime Minister Milojko Spajiฤ invested โฌ75,000 for 750,000 Terra (LUNA) tokens in April 2018.
Prior to the release of these documents, Spajiฤ had maintained that he never personally invested in Terraform Labs, claiming that it was his employer, Singapore's Das Capital SG, who channeled the funds.
Interestingly, it was in Montenegro that Terraform founder Do Kwon was arrested and is currently detained. A curious coincidence?
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Documents from the US SEC's case against Terraform reveal that Montenegro's Prime Minister Milojko Spajiฤ invested โฌ75,000 for 750,000 Terra (LUNA) tokens in April 2018.
Prior to the release of these documents, Spajiฤ had maintained that he never personally invested in Terraform Labs, claiming that it was his employer, Singapore's Das Capital SG, who channeled the funds.
Interestingly, it was in Montenegro that Terraform founder Do Kwon was arrested and is currently detained. A curious coincidence?
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On June 9, an anonymous researcher reported a critical security bug to Kraken. Later, two accounts associated with the researcher exploited the flaw, extracting $3 million from the exchange's wallets.
The hackers are now refusing to return the money unless they receive a reward for their discovery. Nick Percoco, Kraken's head of cybersecurity, stated that this is more akin to extortion than the collaborative effort expected in the bug bounty program.
He also noted that Kraken is collaborating with law enforcement to seek criminal prosecution against the extortionists.
Kraken has assured that user funds are not affected by this incident.
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Binance to Delist OCEAN and AGIX in Support for Artificial Superintelligence Alliance
Binance announced that it will support the Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) and SingularityNET (AGIX) token merge to Fetchai (FET) using the new project name Artificial Superintelligence Alliance. Binance will delist and cease trading on all spot trading pairs for OCEAN and AGIX.
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Binance announced that it will support the Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) and SingularityNET (AGIX) token merge to Fetchai (FET) using the new project name Artificial Superintelligence Alliance. Binance will delist and cease trading on all spot trading pairs for OCEAN and AGIX.
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