Important News
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail into U.S. parental custody. Previously, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Freed signed US extradition paperwork in the Bahamas.
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and is cooperating with prosecutors in powers against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Freed.
The SEC classifies FTT as a security.
FTX uses its own FTT token to fund its $84 million blockfolio majority stake purchase in 2020.
Elon Musk is stepping down as CEO of Twitter to lead the software and servers team.
Twitter has added BTC and ETH price indices to the search function.
Visa offers to use StarkNet for automatic recurring payments.
Huobi plans to launch the Huobi Visa card worldwide in cooperation with Visa.
Arbitrum and Optimism support has been added to MetaMask Swaps, and this feature is also available in MetaMask's Portfolio Dapp. MetaMask Swaps currently supports Ethereum, BSC, Polygon and Avalanche mainnet.
Kazakhstan launches an international educational initiative in the field of fisheries. As part of the initiatives being developed jointly with Binance Academy, more than 40,000 technology-related specialists will be trained in Kazakhstan. The first shots were released by 2024.
Binance takeover prevents acquisition of Tokocrypto.
Joe Johnson, brother of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has left the advisory board of the Binance crypto exchange for a significant share.
Voyager Digital has announced that Binance.US has agreed to buy its assets for $1.022 billion.
There are rumors that Binance has active interests with potential attracted investors, including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, in a new funding round that provides support and credibility for the company.
Waves CEO Alexander Ivanov announced the acceptance of a new stablecoin. According to the CEO, the plan for the USDN's external situation should be in the air.
Waves CEO Alexander Ivanov presented the USDN rescue plan. Waves Ecosystem Projects (WX, VIRES, SWOP, EGG, and WEST) are donating a total of $15M in tokens per project to support Neutrino. SURF and NSBT holders receive commissions for exchanging Neutrino with all Waves ecosystem tokens, including: WX, VIRES, SWOP, EGG and WEST. December 22 - December 26, voting on the frequency of the plan will last.
Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi was implemented in a US court with the withdrawal of funds blocked in wallets on the platform.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nylwal launched Beacon, a web3 startup accelerator. Beacon creates the possibility of 100 web3 unicorns.
Binance has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Trade and Crypto Association to unify the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
OKX has released its second Proof of Reserves (PoR) report.
A new control is emerging in the ledger, which may be limited by the regulator in relation to investments in cryptocurrencies.
By 2025, China's Zhejiang Province will build a $28.7 billion metaverse industry.
The Central African Republic (CAR) will not list its Sango cryptocurrency until next year.
The President of Brazil has signed a bill establishing a complete regulatory framework for the trading and use of cryptocurrencies in the country.
The Marshall Islands passed a law recognizing DAO as an LLC.
Coinbase has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP).
Mercedes Benz has filed trademark applications, announcing plans for: NFTs, virtual clothing + merchandise, financial services, cryptocurrency trading and more.
Defrost Finance was hacked for 173 thousand dollars.
Cross-chain aggregator Rubic hacked for nearly $1.4 million, according to PeckShield. 1100 ETH has already been transferred to Tornado Cash.
News ICO/IEO
Bitcoin wallet developer Foundation raises $7M in seed round led by Polychain Capital. Other investors in the round included Greenfield Capital, Lightning Ventures and Warburg Serres.
BitDAO is considering a $100 million buyback offer for its BIT tokens next year.
Uniswap has partnered with Moonpay to enable users to purchase cryptocurrencies on the Uniswap web app using a credit/debit card or bank transfer.
Symbiosis has announced the launch of the second version of Symbiosis.
Lithium Finance has launched a mainnet beta.
MultiversX has announced that Kavarii is creating a new YouTube-like platform. Kavarii is a decentralized NFT video streaming platform built on MultiversX.
MultiversX has announced their roadmap for 2023.
Trust Wallet now supports decentralized applications on Aptos.
Polygon has launched its second public testnet.
1inch Network has released a new Fusion update. As part of the update, the 1inch development team has integrated a combination of 1inch Swap Engine technologies that will make swaps through aggregators more secure.
Listed/Delisted
OKX has listed BNB (BNB).
Binance will delist ANC/BNB, ANC/BTC, ANC/USDT, MIR/BTC, MIR/USDT, TORN/BTC, TORN/USDT, YFII/BTC on December 27.
