Celsius troubles spark Ledger crypto wallet sales boom

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Hardware wallet makers have announced that Ledger Enterprise sales have nearly quintupled amid the turmoil in the cryptocurrency market. Asked by reporters about the impact of the market downturn on the company, Ledger CMO Ian Rogers clarified that sales “jumped 4.5 times in a day on the news of the Celsius platform issues” and continue to be high: “Sales are highly correlated with the outflow of money from cryptocurrency exchanges. Therefore, the more information people…

eBay buys NFT marketplace KnownOrigin

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The US-based e-shop and online auction company will expand its services and allow its users to purchase digital collectibles. eBay has announced the acquisition of the KnownOrigin non-fungible token trading platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, according to the company, the agreement was signed on June 22. eBay buys the platform along with the intellectual property and the team. “eBay is the first place people go when they want to…

CoinShares: Investors Buy Bitcoin Despite Bearish Moods

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Analysts at CoinShares say that amid negative market sentiment, total assets under management are at their lowest level since February 2021. According to a new weekly report from CoinShares, capital outflows from crypto funds totaled $39 million. Total assets under management (AuM) is now at its lowest level since February 2021 at $36 billion, 59% below its November 2021 peak. However, despite the negative sentiment, investment flows in cryptocurrencies have remained positive since the beginning…

Trail of Bits: “Blockchain is not as decentralized as it seems”

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Analysts at Trail of Bits, a blockchain security company, claim that 21% of the nodes on the Bitcoin network are running an outdated version of the Bitcoin Core client. Commissioned by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Trail of Bits has prepared a report called “Are Blockchains Decentralized?”, which raises questions about the vulnerability and risks of this technology. In particular, the company has found that legacy Bitcoin nodes, unencrypted network…

NFT-platform Magic Eden attracted investments for $130 million

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Magic Eden, a non-fungible token buying and selling platform that handles 90% of the NFTs on the Solana network, has received a market valuation of $1.6 billion. The company announced that it has raised $130 million in a new funding round. The marketplace plans to expand beyond the Solana ecosystem. The investment round was led by Greylock and Electric Capital. In total, now founded quite recently, in September, Magic Eden is already valued at $1.6…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into the collapse of Terra

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Amid the Terraform Labs crisis and the Mirror Protocol judicial investigation, the American regulator decided to study the history of the LUNA emission in more detail. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially requested information from Terraform Labs. The legal controversy between the Terra ecosystem and the SEC began in September 2021, when Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon was served with a subpoena at the Messari Mainnet conference. The commission invited the head…

Binance Plans to Hire About 2,000 New Employees

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While other crypto exchanges are laying off employees amid volatile market conditions, Binance plans to use the upcoming crypto winter to strengthen its position. Earlier at the Consensus 2022 conference in Austin, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said that if the industry is in for a crypto winter, then Binance will use it to strengthen its position in the market. Now Zhao said the company is expanding staff. Binance has posted over 2,000 jobs for engineers,…

Bancor Protocol suspended user security

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Digital asset platform Bancor Protocol on Monday, June 20, announced that it was forced to take extreme measures due to the difficult situation in the digital asset market. Bancor Protocol has suspended user loss protection services. The site team promised that as the economy stabilizes, the service will be launched again: “This ILP suspension measure should give the protocol some room to recover. In the meantime, we are waiting for the markets to stabilize and…

Huobi Group obtained a work permit in Dubai and New Zealand

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The Huobi Group has received a license to operate from the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and has also been registered with the New Zealand Financial Services Provider Registry (FSPR). The owners of the crypto exchange called both events important stages in the development of the group as an international provider of cryptocurrency services. The DIFC Innovation License is issued to technology companies, granting them access to Dubai’s technology infrastructure. Companies have the opportunity to…

Central Bank of Israel: State digital currency should be partially anonymous

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The Central Bank of Israel, together with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, against the backdrop of global tightening of cryptocurrency regulation, will test the security of the Central Bank’s digital currency in the face of incomplete information about the owner. The two regulators are set to launch joint testing of cybersecurity methods using the Israeli central bank’s two-tier digital currency in the third quarter. The state cryptocurrency will be tested for the ability of banks…