This season’s spotlight in the blockchain has appeared to be around emerging projects. New networks such as Lightchain AI and BTFD are stirring some interest from crypto whales.
Ira Auerbach, the former Senior Vice President of Digital Assets at Nasdaq, has made a significant move to Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum.
Raydium, the third-largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on the Solana blockchain, has introduced a public beta for perpetual futures trading via the Orderly Network.
A former investigator with Russia’s Investigative Committee, Marat Tambiev, has been at the center of a high-profile bribery case involving Bitcoin, with the authorities now focusing on the liquidation of over 1,000 BTC, worth approximately a billion rubles.
According to CryptoQuant, the potential sale of $6.5 billion in Bitcoin seized from Silk Road is unlikely to have a significant long-term impact on the market, provided the transaction occurs through over-the-counter (OTC) desks.
In a significant crackdown, Thai authorities have confiscated nearly 1,000 Bitcoin mining devices from a company accused of illegally tapping into the local power grid.
Oklahoma is taking steps to incorporate Bitcoin into its financial landscape, with Republican State Senator Dusty Deevers introducing the Bitcoin Freedom Act.
A young male citizen of the Netherlands has been arrested after allegedly defrauding over 300 people out of millions of euros.
The landscape of Bitcoin reserves has seen a notable shift, with U.S. entities now holding a significantly larger portion of Bitcoin compared to their international counterparts.
Thailand is preparing to test a new cryptocurrency payment system in Phuket, aiming to integrate digital currencies into its existing legal framework.