Category: Latest news
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Silent Protocol ushers in a new era of DeFi privacy as Sora Ventures leads $5M round
[ad_1] Silent Protocol is a startup initiative spearheaded by researchers from TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Turkey’s leading technological and scientific center focused on advancing the country’s capabilities in technology and science. Its primary focus is developing a scalable privacy layer for existing applications, eliminating the need to swap liquidity from existing pools. The project, which kicked off…
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Ark Invest cashes in $53M as Coinbase shares reach 12-month high
[ad_1] Ripple’s partial victory in court sent shares of Coinbase soaring to a 12-month high of $114.43 on July 14. Taking advantage of the price bump, Ark Invest funds, led by veteran investor Cathie Wood, partially divested holdings of Coinbase shares. Trades viewed by CryptoSlate indicate that Ark Invest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sold a total…
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How can AI supercharge your web3 marketing?
[ad_1] Web3 marketing is dynamic. Due to the fast-paced nature of the blockchain industry, it demands continuous innovation to succeed. As emerging technologies grow in leaps and bounds, so does the potential to reach new audiences. One of the most powerful tools in the modern marketer’s arsenal is Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this article, let’s…
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U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says he’ll “nix” CBDCs upon election
[ad_1] Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said on July 4 that he will immediately block central bank digital currency (CBDC) if he is elected president. DeSantis said in an interview with Blaze Media: “If I am the president, on day one, we will nix central bank digital currency — done, dead, not happening in this…
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Larry Fink unpacks BlackRock’s approach to crypto, saying it can “transcend any one currency”
[ad_1] BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appeared on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street this morning, further propelling the excitement around the firm’s recent filing with the SEC for a spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Importantly, Fink did not discuss Bitcoin (BTC) in the interview, being prohibited from doing so as BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)…
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BlockFi CEO neglected warnings about FTX prior to collapse, court docs say
[ad_1] BlockFi’s downfall was precipitated by its company leaders neglecting warnings about potential risks tied to FTX and Alameda Research, as revealed in documents filed on July 14. BlockFi made the decision to halt withdrawals on Nov. 10, 2022, citing the collapse of FTX and Alameda Research as the cause. The company said it could not…
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Mysterious self-proclaimed Binance stakeholder “Eeon” seeks to intervene in SEC’s suit against the exchange
[ad_1] “Eeon,” an individual that claims to represent Binance customers, attempted to enter an ongoing securities case concerning the exchange company on July 14. Eeon and the affected customers wrote in a filing: “We are the proper parties to this matter as we have been identified by the Court in its Order issued on June…
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Synthetix founder launches Infinex to compete with centralized exchanges
[ad_1] Infinex, a Synthetix frontend designed to rival centralized exchanges, was announced by its founder Kain Warwick on July 14. Infinex serves as a frontend to the existing derivatives liquidity protocol Synthetix, which operates in part on Optimism’s OP Mainnet. The new Infinex interface is intended to tackle three key obstacles: migrating users to Optimism,…
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Binance CEO foresees DeFi outgrowing CeFi in 6 years, despite regulatory hurdles
[ad_1] Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ‘ Zhao predicted that decentralized finance (DeFi) would become more prominent than centralized finance (CeFi) within the next six years in a July 14 statement to celebrate the exchange’s sixth anniversary. According to Zhao, DeFi activities will continue accelerating as more people use DeFi products and interact directly with blockchain networks.…
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Binance has quietly laid off 1,000 or more employees in recent weeks; may slash workforce by up to 30%: WSJ
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