Investors still waiting on $1.9M refund Logan Paul promised six months ago: CoffeeZilla

Investors in Logan Paul’s troubled NFT gaming project CryptoZoo are reportedly still waiting for any specific details on the 1000 Ether (ETH) refund (worth $1.93 million at current prices) that was promised back in January. In a YouTube video posted on June 30, “internet detective” Coffezilla — the person who initially brought the project’s issues […]

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FedNow “early adopter” list contains no blockchains, but some may integrate later

The Federal Reserve’s upcoming instant payment system, FedNow, released its list of certified “early adopters” on June 29. The organizations on the list have been certified as ready to connect with the platform when it launches in late July. No blockchain networks are on the list, despite at least two having previously announced that they […]

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Crypto ATM firm Bitcoin Depot will go public on Nasdaq starting July 3

Bitcoin Depot, one of the largest cryptocurrency ATM firms in the United States, has announced the closing of a merger deal allowing the company to go public. In a June 30 announcement, fintech firm GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corporation said its stockholders had approved the merger for the firm to act as a special purpose […]

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Azuki Is Rebuilding After Its Elementals Mint Mishap, Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio Merge

What: Generative artist Vera Molnár, who is credited by many scholars as the first female digital artist, is releasing her first-and-only on-chain generative art project through art auction house Sotheby’s. Her work, which began integrating computer art in the 1960s, is regularly cited as an influence for modern generative artists such as Dmitri Cherniak and […]

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Binance’s chaotic June, miners gear up for halving, Bitfinex’s Latam expansion

June was a tough month for Binance, as it faced stress tests worldwide after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange and its leadership. In a nutshell, over the past 30 days, the Belgian financial regulator ordered Binance to cease all crypto services, the exchange failed to […]

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Court Orders Kraken to Turn Over History Transaction and Account Information to IRS

According to Friday’s order, Kraken must turn over information for users who transacted with more than $20,000 over the course of a calendar year for that year, including the user’s name (and any pseudonyms), birthdate, taxpayer identification number, address, phone number, email address and a host of other documents.

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$656M lost from crypto hacks, scams, and rug pulls in H12023: Report

According to a June 30 report by Web3 security firm Beosin, the total value of cryptocurrencies lost in scams, hacks, and rug pulls amounted to $656 million during the first quarter of 2023. This includes the loss of $471.43 million in 108 protocol attacks, $108 million in various phishing scams, and $75.87 million over 110 […]

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Over $204M lost to DeFi hacks and scams in Q2: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The second quarter of 2023 saw over $208 million exploited and hacked from DeFi protocols, and with just $4.5 million of funds recovered, total losses to exploits […]

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