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‘Big sybil hunt’ and durable users helped LayerZero airdrop succeed, says CEO
LayerZero’s native ZRO token has vastly outperformed the tokens of other projects including ZKsync and Starknet, which were airdropped around the same time.
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Bitcoin ‘could very well catch fire’ as next generation of investors mature
Economist and podcast host Suze Orman is bullish on Bitcoin, but says ETFs are the way to go.
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Telegram clicker game Catizen reaches 800K paying users in first 6 months
The firm claims to have 30M total users and the top revenue spot among Telegram apps.
https://ct.com/d2n3
CFTC submits emergency motion to block Kalshi's election betting contracts
According to a Sept. 6 court filing, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) requested an “emergency stay” of the court’s decision that overturned its order to prohibit Kalshi from listing its election contracts for trading.
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Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ gov meme sends political speculation soaring
Musk previously signaled he was ready and willing to serve if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States.
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🚨 LATEST: Bitcoin Spot ETFs saw another significant outflows on Sept 6 with a total outflow of $170.0M across major providers.
• Fidelity FBTC led the outflows, shedding $85.5 million.
• Grayscale GBTC wasn’t far behind seeing $52.9 million in outflows.
• Bitwise BITB also saw notable outflows of $14.3 million.
This further reduced the total net asset value of Bitcoin Spot ETFs below $50 billion to $48.243 billion.
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🗣 Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Breaks Silence After Recent Arrest
🕒 TIME Magazine Releases 2024 List of Most Influential People in AI
😱 Crypto in ‘Extreme Fear’ as Arthur Hayes Predicts ‘Sub $50K’ Bitcoin Weekend
🇺🇸 Trump Vows to Make US 'World Capital of Crypto,' Taps Musk for Task Force
💸 MEV Bot Executes $12M Flash Loan for Less Than $20 Profit
📢 Vitalik Buterin Addresses Starknet Transfers
💱 Japan's Big 3 Banks to Use Stablecoins for Cross-Border Payments
👍 Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Endorses Kamala Harris for President
🇮🇳 India Reconsiders Foreign Crypto Exchange Registrations
🏛 Coinbase Boosts US Lobbying Efforts
📉 VanEck to Close and Liquidate Ethereum Futures ETF, EFUT
🔮 What Are Decentralized Prediction Markets?
🔮 What are Decentralized Prediction Markets?
Decentralized prediction markets let users bet on future events like elections and sports using blockchain for transparency and security. Smart contracts and oracles handle the transactions and real-world data automatically.
👉 Read the full explanation here
☕️ Rise’n’Crypto: Durov speaks out after arrest, Coinbase boosts US lobbying, Travala partners with Skyscanner and Mastercard to enable crypto spending in non-custodial wallets.
What else made a buzz in crypto over the past 24 hours?
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen endorses Kamala Harris for president, joining former Ripple board member Gene Sperling in backing her 2024 campaign.
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💬 Vitalik Buterin addressed yesterday’s Starknet transfers, reaffirming his August 31st statement: all proceeds from any L2 or project tokens he holds will be donated to support Ethereum public goods or other valuable causes.
He also mentioned he won’t be investing in L2s or token projects in the near future, focusing solely on donations.
🚨 False alarm: Recent reports claimed that Telegram removed a section on privacy and data protection from its FAQ, but it was simply relocated to a different section, with no actual changes made.
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Crypto in ‘extreme fear’ as Arthur Hayes tips ‘sub $50K’ Bitcoin weekend
Crypto market sentiment dropped back into “extreme fear” amid Bitcoin’s price slump, with Arthur Hayes calling that it could drop again.
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⚡️JUST IN: Telegram CEO Pavel @Durov breaks his silence after his recent arrest.
In a recent Telegram post, Durov shares his side of the story.
If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself. Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. Building technology is hard enough as it is. No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools.Читать полностью…
🇺🇸 JUST IN: Donald Trump announces plans to launch a "government efficiency commission" and claims Elon Musk has agreed to take on the role.
Could this be bullish for crypto? 💭
Friend.tech token drops 26% after team shirks control of smart contracts
Friend.tech transferred control of some of its smart contracts to a null address, which can never be reversed.
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Elon Musk: ‘first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years’
He says crewed missions will begin within 4-6 years depending on whether certain economic and technological challenges can be overcome.
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Demand for Yen stablecoins is ‘only a matter of time’ — Brad Garlinghouse
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that Japan presents a promising market for stablecoins and anticipates strong demand for a Yen stablecoin. However, he refrained from making any promises about a Ripple stablecoin within Japan yet until the firm launches one in the United States.
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Roblox will allow devs to skip Robux and charge players in fiat money
The company has also partnered with Shopify to enable physical merchandise sales from directly within Roblox experiences.
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US prediction market Kalshi scores ‘huge win’ against CFTC
A United States judge has ruled in favor of the predictions market Kalshi, allowing the platform to offer derivatives for betting on the upcoming US presidential election in November.
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🚨 JUST IN: WisdomTree Ethereum Trust Withdraws S-1 Registration Filing
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If Bitcoin breaks $50K this weekend, will you:
🐳 - Buy the dip
⚡️ - Sell
🔥 - HODL
🌚 - Watch from the sidelines
🚨 BREAKING: VanEck will close and liquidate its Ethereum futures ETF, EFUT.
VanEck will replace their ethereum ETF with their new spot ethereum ETP.
🇮🇳 NEW: India reconsiders foreign crypto exchange registrations, reviewing requests from four offshore platforms previously banned for AML violations.
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🇯🇵 JUST IN: Japan's big 3 banks MUFG, Mizuho & SMBC plan to use stablecoins for cross border payments.
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🤖 MEV Bot executes $12M flash loan for less than $20 profit
An MEV bot took out a $12 million flash loan and performed 14 transactions, ending with a profit of just over $20 after covering gas fees. The bot's actions involved a user swapping $5,000 of $SHFL to $WETH, demonstrating the lengths some bots go for minimal returns.
Trump vows to make US 'world capital of crypto,' taps Musk for new task force
“Instead of attacking industries of the future, we will embrace them,” said Donald Trump in reference to the crypto industry in America.
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TIME Magazine released its 2024 list of the Most Influential People in AI, based on interviews with industry experts. But one major name is missing—Elon Musk.
The cover spotlights actress Scarlett Johansson, while notable figures like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Ilya Sutskever are not featured.
Despite his work with xAI and Tesla’s self-driving tech, Musk didn’t make the list. Why do you think he was left out? 🤔
🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🛡 Angel Drainer Upgraded, Deploying 300+ Malicious DApps in 4 Days
📊 Bitcoin DeFi TVL to Top Ethereum’s Within 2 Years: Core DAO Contributor
📈 WIF Open Interest Jumps 16% as Trader Warns of Reversal
🤼♂️ Durov’s Telegram vs. Musk’s X: The Fight for Crypto Dominance
💸 Robinhood Reaches $3.9M Settlement Over Blocked Crypto Withdrawals
🧬 Ever Wondered About the True Value of Your DNA Data?
💳 Mastercard Enables Non-Custodial Crypto Spending in New Partnership
🚫 CFTC Hits Uniswap with Charges for Illegal Crypto Trading
✈️ Crypto-Native Travala Integrates with Skyscanner for 2.2M Hotels
📉 Bitcoin Dropped Below $56K
🗣 Mark Cuban Talks to Kamala Harris Administration “3 or 4 Times a Week”
🏛 Donald Trump Plans "Government Efficiency Commission," Elon Musk to Lead
🗣️ On CNBC, Mark Cuban says he talks to the Kamala Harris administration “3 or 4 times a week about the best approach to taxing the wealthy ...” and adds, “she came out yesterday and said 28% for capital gains ... which when I talked to them, I thought was fair.”
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