Perpetrators have impersonated delivery drivers in order to break into the homes of victims to steal cryptocurrency. A Canadian police department has issued a public warning of a possible trend where high-value cryptocurrency investors are being robbed in their own…
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UK banks risk losing licenses for debanking customers over political views
The British government may impose tighter freedom of speech protections on banking permits following a public dispute between Nigel Farage and Coutts bank. The British government is reportedly set to announce measures that could see banks stripped of their license…
Solana records 1 outage in first half of 2023, 100% uptime in Q2
The Solana network is seeing steady improvements in performance and reliability as outages become more infrequent. Layer-1 blockchain network Solana has shown an improvement in reliability and uptime so far this year only having one outage in 2023, according to…
Coin Center and Blockchain Association slam ‘unworkable’ US Senate DeFi bill
Coin Center said the bill was unconstitutional, while the Blockchain Association called it incompatible with blockchain technology. Crypto industry advocacy bodies have slammed a newly proposed United States Senate bill for what they say is a confused approach to regulating…
Stablecoin dominance slides as market cap falls to near 2-year lows: CCData
After 16 consecutive months of decline, the stablecoin market dominance has fallen to 10.3% of the total crypto market capitalization. The market capitalization of stablecoins has hit the lowest level since August 2021 coming on the back of 16 consecutive…
FTX sues Sam Bankman-Fried and other former execs to claw back $1B
Former FTX and Alameda Research executives Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh were named in the suit from FTX. FTX has sued former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and several other former key executives from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange…
US House Republican committees introduce joint digital assets bill
The House Agriculture and Financial Services Committees have been working together all year on a bill to rival Lummis and Gillibrand’s RFIA. A bill to create a regulatory framework for digital assets has been introduced by Republican members of the…
Bitcoin options tantalizing bears to push BTC price below $30K before Friday’s expiry
Bitcoin bears are closing in on a rare win, as they have the advantage in this week’s $600 million BTC options expiry. This week’s Bitcoin (BTC) options expiry on Friday, July 21, could solidify the $30,000 resistance level and give the…
Shared Web3 user base could power new social app integrations — Aave CEO
Web3 social layer Lens Protocol aims to power seamless connectivity of applications across blockchain and non-blockchain platforms. The latest version of Web3 social layer Lens Protocol has been released, introducing improved functionality to support new use cases and shared monetization…
Kuwait bans crypto and virtual asset transactions
Kuwait’s Capital Markets Authority has officially confirmed the commitment to “absolute prohibition” of virtually all crypto operations in the country. The state of Kuwait is the latest jurisdiction to ban virtually all operations involving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). On July…