Moonrock Times | Daily & Breaking Crypto News

2022-09-25 12:40:26 Weekly Recap:

Azuki creator closes in on $30 million fundraise.
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OpenSea will soon allow creators to host NFT drops directly through its homepage.
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Market maker Wintermute was hacked for $160 million and has over $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt.
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ATLAS Vending unveils NFT vending machine.
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Crypto exchange FTX not authorized in the UK FCA says.
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Fortnite creator Epic Games backs tech startup Hadean’s $30 million Series A.
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GitHub restores Tornado Cash’s code in „read-only“ mode.
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2022-09-23 09:57:21 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $990.4 bn (+4.3%)
Volume: $80.8 bn (-15.9%)

BTC: $19,712 (+2.4%) ETH: $1,369 (+5.4%)

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Cardano’s Vasil upgrade has triggered, enabling increased network capacity, higher throughput, and lower transaction costs.
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Binance sets up a new global advisory board to navigate regulation.
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Alameda Research is launching a permissioned pool in Clearpool’s ecosystem.
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Celsius appears to be considering a plan to turn its debt into crypto “IOU” (“I Owe You”) tokens.
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The U.K. introduced a bill to make it easier for law enforcement agencies to seize, freeze and recover crypto assets.
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2022-09-22 10:50:41 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $955.5 bn (-0.5%)
Volume: $96.1 bn (+39.0%)

BTC: $18,845 (-0.1%) ETH: $1,275 (-4.0%)

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FED raised US interest rates by 75 basis points, the third hike in a row.
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Nova Labs signs agreement with T-Mobile and plans to launch Helium Mobile, the world’s first crypto-powered mobile service.
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Helium community members have voted with over 80% agreement to move the decentralized WiFi network from its own blockchain to the Solana blockchain.
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Puerto Rico’s FV Bank and stablecoin issuer Circle announced a strategic integration focused on USDC deposits for bank customers.
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Wintermute has offered a 10% bounty to the hacker, which would be worth $16 million if all the money were recovered.
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2022-09-21 09:18:05 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $964 bn (-1.6%)
Volume: $69.1 bn (-9.4%)

BTC: $19,077 (-2.2%)
ETH: $1,342 (-2.5%)

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Tether ordered to produce documents showing the backing of USDT.
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Arbitrum paid a code bounty hunter 400 ETH for finding a bridge vulnerability between Ethereum and Arbitrum Nitro.
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Nasdaq is preparing to launch an institutional crypto custody service.
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MicroStrategy buys an additional $6 million worth of Bitcoin.
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NFT project Okay Bears is teaming up with global entertainment leader IMG to launch consumer products and experiences.
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Wintermute hit by $160 million hack but the firm remains solvent.
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2022-09-20 10:09:22 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $980 bn (+2.7%)
Volume: $76.3 bn (-3.8%)

BTC: $19,452 (+5.4%) ETH: $1,367 (+6.0%)

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Trading firm Alameda Research will repay some $200 million in loans to Voyager Digital, the bankrupt crypto lender.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes Layer-3’s will serve a far different purpose, providing “customized functionality.” 
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WazirX exchange to delist stablecoins USDC, USDP, and TUSD.
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ETH PoW blockchain suffered a replay exploit with the attacker getting an extra 200 ETHW token.
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According to a Nansen report, Solana has outperformed Ethereum in daily transactions in Q2.
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2022-09-19 10:14:52 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $940.8 bn (-7.3%)
Volume: $79.3 bn (+61.3%)

BTC: $18,451 (-8.0%)
ETH: $1,288 (-11.5%)

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Crypto markets were roiled by inflation data from the U.S. on Tuesday and Ethereum's successful Merge on Thursday did nothing for prices.
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Big investors still seem to like Bitcoin more, but their interest in Ether is growing.
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Amazon among five companies to develop digital euro prototype for the ECB.
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Binance accounting bug leads to $20m misallocation of HNT tokens.
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Binance CEO praises Biden digital asset reports amid industry criticism.
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2022-09-18 10:31:12 Weekly Recap:

The Ethereum merge is done.
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South Korea issues arrest warrant for Do Kwon.
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NFT mints on Solana sets a new all time high.
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BNB chain is partnering with Google Cloud, aiming to support the growth of early-stage web3 and blockchain startups.
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Starbucks to offer a NFT based loyalty program for using Polygon’s blockchain technology.
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NFT collection Doodles raises $54m in funding at $704m valuation.
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A new bitcoin futures ETF signals possible step forward in U.S. regulation.
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2022-09-16 09:57:01 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.0 tn (-2.8%)
Volume: $81.1 bn (-6.5%)

BTC: $19,778 (-2.0%) ETH: $1,472 (-8.4%)

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ETHPoW, a continuation or "fork" of the proof-of-work Ethereum chain, has gone live with its mainnet.
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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum Merge cut global energy usage by 0.2%.
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DOGE is now officially the second largest proof-of-work crypto in terms of market cap, following the Ethereum network's proof-of-stake upgrade.
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FTX is in the lead to buy the assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital.
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A user spent 36 ETH ($60K) to mint the first-ever NFT on the PoS-based Ethereum network.
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2022-09-15 09:43:03 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.03 tn (-1.8%)
Volume: $86.7 bn (-14.0%)

BTC: $20,080 (-1.1%)
ETH: $1,591 (-1.7%)

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The Merge, Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake, has been successfully completed.
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BNB Chain and Google Cloud work together to advance the growth of Web3 and blockchain projects.
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New York’s Museum of Modern Art considers buying NFTs with proceeds of $70m auction.
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Celsius presents creditors plan to revive business operations.
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Ethereum Classic hash rate shot up by 200% over last 30 days.
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Two Sigma Ventures raises $400 million across two funds.
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2022-09-14 10:42:28 Market development (24h):

Total Market Cap: $1.04 tn (-6.6%)
Volume: $100.9 bn (+7.7%)

BTC: $20,275 (-9.3%) ETH: $1,611 (-5.9%)

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A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs.
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a new all-time high after the latest increase of another 3.45%.
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SWIFT financial messaging system is running a pilot project that is testing the use of blockchain.
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Web3, media and entertainment brand Doodles has closed its first funding round of $54 million.
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Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has a new plan to revive the company.
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