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Kraken acquired staking platform Staked to integrate new products
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken revealed info about acquiring a non-custodial staking platform known as Staked. The product was bought for "an undisclosed sum," as stated by Kraken. The firm also noticed that it was one of the largest acquisitions within the crypto industry.


Dogecoin Foundation collaborates with Ethereum co-founder to provide DOGE staking
The team behind the meme-based asset DOGE is working on a staking system in partnership with Vitalik Buterin. The new version will allow participants to be rewarded for their contribution to running the network.


Dubai World Trade Centre will roll out a new cryptocurrency hub and become a regulator
Another government-backed solution was created to set up an attractive ecosystem for the industry.
The United Arab Emirates is one of the world's biggest crypto-friendly jurisdictions, and financial authorities published an initiative to support local crypto development and regulation.

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Brazil plans to invest 1% of city funds in BTC
As stated by Cointelegraph Brazil, Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, announced plans for “Crypto Rio.”
This city will be a cryptocurrency hub during Rio Innovation Week. He wants to change 1% of the city’s treasury into Bitcoins.

Dogecoin skyrocketed as Musk tweeted about its integration on Tesla
DOGE surged today after Elon Musk hinted on Twitter that it could be used to purchase merchandise on Tesla.
According to CoinGecko, its price gained 15% and reached $0.20.

Bitcoin slid down below $42K this week
According to the latest stats, it was a hard week for cryptocurrency as it traded near the lowest levels since September. BTC was close to $40K on Thursday.

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🔹The UK plans to ban misleading crypto ads
Financial authorities are ready to tighten regulatory hurdles and take cryptocurrency ads under control.

🔹BTC crashed below $40K
For the second time this month, Bitcoin has slid down below $40K ($38,642). According to CoinGecko, BTC has been down by nearly 8% in the last 24 hours.

🔹Multichain suffered $3M losses as a result of hacking
Hackers have continued to use a critical problem in the cross-chain router protocol that first appeared this Monday.
According to Tal Be’ery, the co-founder of the ZenGo wallet, the stolen sum has soared up to $3 mln.

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Binance CEO warned customers of massive SMS fraud
Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has alerted the Binance community against a "massive" SMS phishing scam targeting clients.

Nintendo plans to utilize NFTs
Following the latest financial report, Nintendo held a live Q&A where its team showed interest in the potential of the Metaverse when it comes to introducing blockchain and non-fungible token technology into its games.

Cryptocurrencies are the new reason to struggle
In an exclusive interview with Fox Business, JMP Securities director of financial technology research, Devin Ryan, stated that there is "tremendous innovation and capital formation happening" in the crypto industry. Countries will struggle to lead the industry.

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Fraudsters were accused of $4.5 bln laundering in cryptocurrencies
Two individuals were arrested in the US. They laundered $4.5 bln during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex.


Binance will invest $200M in Forbes to boost users skills in crypto
Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao noticed that media is an essential part of building a wide community and educating them.


Top Japanese bank MUFG launched a new stablecoin project
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is the biggest financial organization in Japan. It plans to take the leading position in the stablecoin development race. The company will launch a system called Progmat Coin.

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Bitcoin difficulty and hash rate soared up 45% in 6 months
The network has bitten another all-time high in terms of difficulty as the competition among miners rose. It climbed up to a new high of 27.97 trillion hashes.

Chinese authorities warned against fraud risks in the metaverse
The Chinese financial regulator called the metaverse "attractive and deceptive," users can lose money if they don't know about its possible risks.

Binance stopped all activities in Israel following regulatory requirements
Israel's authorities reported that they never received a license application from Binance. So, it has no allowance to operate within the country.

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BTC suffered losses
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were crushed this Thursday. According to Coin Metrics, BTC slid down to $39,637.11, having a 5% loss. Other cryptocurrencies such as ETH and XRP faced a drop in prices too.

Okcoin starts an investment fund to ease BTC mass-adoption
Cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin in partnership with the Stacks Accelerator and Stacks Foundation revealed the launch of the "Bitcoin Odyssey." It will be a one-year commitment among investment firms to invest $165 mln in solutions to make BTC more popular and provide use cases of this crypto.

Bitfinex refuses to freeze Russian crypto funds
Bitfinex, an affiliate firm of the biggest stablecoin provider, Tether (USDT), doesn't plan to freeze the accounts of ordinary Russian clients. Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer, noticed during the interview with Cointelegraph the platform will not ban them unless it's forced to do so.

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The fatal mistake led to selling $1M rock NFT for a penny
A rock valued at 444 ETH, or $1.2M, was sold for 444 Wei ($0.0012) to a bot as the seller. Known as DinoDealer on Twitter, a user shared his case and noticed that WEI instead of ETH was selected. He tweeted that in one click, he lost a million.

Web 3 C2X gaming platform raised $25M in a token sale
Blockchain gaming project gained $25 mln in a private token sale that included purchases from FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, and Animoca Brands, its parent organization MetaMagnet.

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Instagram would integrate NFTs soon
The Meta CEO noticed that they are working hard to integrate non-fungible tokens. They will provide NFT minting in the upcoming months.

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Financial authorities of Malaysia respond to a proposal to legalize BTC
Operating like Indonesia, Malaysia decided not to ban cryptocurrencies. But they are not ready to provide mass adoption for this currency and integrate BTC as a payment solution.


El Salvador plans to postpone Bitcoin bonds to September
The government decided to slow down the pace of purchasing new Bitcoins as well.
They decided to do this due to the unpleasant market conditions influenced by the geopolitical crisis.

ETH soared up to $3K
Ethereum price finally broke through the $3K barrier, and while the further upside is warranted, analysts believe that retest of lower levels will be urged first.

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Blockchain organization Ronin suffered a $615M loss
The team behind the project announced that hackers stole cryptocurrency worth almost 173,600 ETH worth $615 million from its platform. It is a "record" cryptocurrency heist.
Ronin had discovered the hack by the end of March.

Elizabeth Warren offered to create an American CBDC
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren noticed that the U.S. should make its own central bank digital currency. She was interviewed by NBC's Chuck Todd.

Opera implemented a wide set of blockchains
It is a part of the Crypto Browser project initiative. The company plans to ease the introduction of Web3 to more than 380M mobile and desktop users all over the world.

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The UK plans to be a crypto-friendly place
This week, the UK authorities unveiled their plans to build a friendly ecosystem for crypto and companies involved in this segment. In addition, a regulatory framework will be created for cryptocurrencies.

France's presidential candidates avoid solving crypto problems
On Sunday, French citizens will elect their leader. According to CoinDesk, the company examined the most important segments that people want to solve. Among them are cryptocurrency issues.
Blockchain and crypto played a prominent role in major elections in South Korea, but there's been barely a whisper about it in France.

Dogecoin is the most wanted and searched cryptocurrency in the US
Coin Insider's recent research showed that analyzing Google search revealed the highest interest in DOGE cryptocurrency within the US.

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Twitter collaboration with Stripe to launch payments in crypto for creators
The social media network announced a partnership with the digital payments processor to implement cryptocurrency payouts for content generation.

ZRX soared up to 47% after news about its partnership with Coinbase
This token fuels the 0x protocol, and soon it will power Coinbase's (COIN) NFT marketplace. As a result of this breaking news, the token climbed up and gained impressive results.

Anchorage Digital Bank National Association accused of violation of AML rules
U.S. financial authorities announced their position. They said that the crypto bank didn't follow AML and compliance rules for monitoring suspicious activities.

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Goldman Sachs launched its first bitcoin-backed loan
The company reflects the growing interest in the cryptocurrency industry from Wall Street companies.

Ethereum gas price soared as a result of $300M cashed by Yuga Labs
Yuga Labs made $319M after 55,000 NFTs sold out in a flash. While the community was witness to the largest NFT mint yet, Ethereum (ETH) gas prices soared significantly. Moreover, they faced failed transactions due to blockchain projects.

International tax consortium notified about 'Red Flags' related to fraud within the NFT segment
A list of strong and moderate indicators of fraud in non-fungible token marketplaces to help financial organizations and private industry crackdown on criminal activity.

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UK authorities will take Terra coins' collapse into consideration while preparing new rules
The UK's financial government and its finance ministry, the Treasury, will examine the crash of the Terra ecosystem's crypto assets while building a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

The Crypto crash urged rumors about the upcoming financial crisis
The crypto market faced $2 trillion in value, urging concern it could hit the whole economy. Cryptocurrency holders are trying to recover after losing more than $200 billion in market value in a single day.

Huobi Global co-founder: Terra crash will not influence the crypto ecosystem
Jun Du, the co-founder of Huobi Global, told Cointelegraph that the Terra crash would slow down investor enthusiasm in the short term. At the same time, the long term demand has a great chance of recovery.

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🔹The Crypto community were triggered by the ECB president’s anti-crypto comments
Christine Lagarde marked that digital assets are “worth nothing,” as there’s no underlying asset that supports the crypto.
The crypto community has fired back at the European Central Bank president for her recent remarks, expressing disappointment and even criticizing EUR.

🔹Fraudsters posed themselves as members of the NFT project on Twitter
They have masqueraded as members of the most popular projects: Bored Ape Yacht Club, the Azuki collection, the MoonBirds project and the Okay Bears NFT community.
Scammers are using hijacked accounts to promote dubious platforms that enable them to steal victims’ sensitive data, according to new findings published on Bloomberg News.

🔹Crypto businesses hope the market will exclude bad players
As published in the info on CNBC, the recent crash should help get rid of “bad actors” in the space.
Bertrand Perez, CEO of the Web3 Foundation, noticed that: “We’re in a bear market. And I think that’s good. It’s good because it’s going to clear the people who were there for bad reasons.”

😎This Friday is almost over! Let’s summarize all the breaking stories that took place this week.

BTC price crushed. It’s close to $20K
Bitcoin ran out of steam, and traders expect a ‘long consolidation’ phase. Analysts say the entire cryptocurrency market is in for a very long accumulation period following BTC’s current drop to 2017 highs.

Chinese NFT platforms soared 5X in 4 months despite warnings
According to Chinese daily, the popularity of NFTs is on the rise. So, the number of services involved in this sphere had grown to over 500, a 5X increase from February 2022, when the total number of NFT platforms was just over 100.

FTC warns: $1B has been lost in crypto fraud since 2021
As stated in the report published by the Federal Trade Commission, scammers have stolen over $1B from 46K people all over the world since the start of 2021. The vast majority of victims used Bitcoin to pay scammers, at 70%, followed by USDT and ETH.

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Tax for crypto income will be launched next year in Albania
The federal government plans to accumulate taxes on revenue from cryptocurrency property. In addition, a set of legal guidelines will be released in order to ease the regulation process.

Binance introduced a platform for VIP and institutional cryptocurrency investors
Binance Institution is considered one of the efforts to improve its institutional choices and companies. The VIP program permits customers to get rewarded with extra reductions and privileges.

Axie Infinity will compensate Ronin exploit victims and launch the bridge again
The creator of the P2E game, Sky Mavis, announced that it would help victims of the Ronin bridge hack and reopen the bridge on June 28th.
In March, fraudsters stole more than $620M in the heist.
According to a Bloomberg report on Friday, once the bridge launches, users will be able to withdraw one Ether for each one they possessed before the attack.

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Bitcoin faced the biggest monthly loss in 11 years
June was Bitcoin’s worst month ever. According to CoinGecko, BTC lost almost 38% in June and its second-biggest monthly loss since its launch in 2009.
It traded at over $31K at the start of the month and dropped to as low as $17,700 mid-month before rising by the end of the month at $19,209.


EU prepared regulation to take crypto under control
This Thursday, they showed the law known as Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). It is the first attempt at creating a comprehensive regulatory framework for virtual assets. It was designed to integrate regulatory hurdles for numerous players across the crypto space.


Global AML watchdog hurries countries and crypto companies to integrate key requirements
The Financial Action Task Force tries to put pressure on virtual asset service providers and countries to fasten the integration of its rules on crypto. Only a quarter of respondents are currently making efforts.