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etherscan-hides-zero-value-token-transfers-to-deter-address-poisoning-attacks

Address poisoning is a phishing scam that can affect users who have received unwanted tokens and don’t check their addresses carefully when sending crypto. According to an Apr. 10 post from Etherscan, the blockchain explorer has disabled the display of zero-value token transfers on its website by default. From now on, users must manually switch

former-activision-blizzard-executive-joins-yuga-labs-as-ceo

With Daniel Alegre on board, Yuga Labs is expected to ramp up its metaverse efforts. Previously, he held leadership positions at Google, Activision Blizzard, and Bertelsmann. Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and CryptoPunks NFT collections, has a new CEO: Daniel Alegra. The executive resigned as president and chief operating

bitcoin-mining-stocks-underwhelm-in-march,-but-brighter-days-could-be-around-the-corner

In March mining stocks increased at a slower pace compared to BTC, amid macroeconomic uncertainty and increasing competition among Bitcoin miners. Bitcoin mining stocks had a dull performance in March, with small moves here and there that followed BTC’s price movement. While it is encouraging to see that most stocks held onto their impressive January

community-driven-crypto-projects-still-thriving-despite-headwinds

Community engagement has always been a key aspect of crypto, and it’s proving its value during bear markets. The highly anticipated launch and airdrop of Arbitrum’s native governance token ARB took place on March 23, creating a buzz around the layer-2 protocol as hundreds of thousands of eligible users and DAOs tried to claim the

bank-profits-at-risk-from-potential-cbdc-transformation-of-global-economy:-moody’s

CBDCs are here to stay, it seems, and Moody’s is looking at their implications for the global economy and international banking. Emerging central bank digital currency (CBDC) cross-border transaction technology could transform the global economy by providing faster, cheaper and safer services for many of its players. But banks may not fare as well in

in-the-aftermath-of-banks’-horrorshow:-law-decoded,-march-13–20.

A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down. A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down. SVB Financial Group

defi-sees-its-biggest-hack-in-2023-as-euler-loses-$197m:-finance-redefined

DeFi suffered its biggest attack this year with a flash loan attack on crypto lending platform Euler Finance and the hackers are belived to be same that exploited a BSC based protocol in February. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant

europarliament-approves-data-act-that-requires-kill-switches-on-smart-contracts

The act would encourage data sharing, but it imposes requirements for smart contracts used in this setting that have alarmed members of the crypto community. The European Parliament passed the Data Act on March 14. The comprehensive bill was intended to “boost innovation by removing barriers obstructing access to industrial data.” Among its provisions is

aave-freezes-stablecoin-trading-on-avalanche-v3-as-activity-surges-on-cexs

The trading freeze follows an analysis from DeFi’s risk manager firm Gauntlet Network considering different scenarios for the USD Coin price. Lending protocol Aave has frozen stablecoins trading and set Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio to zero in response to recent price volatility on stablecoins after the USD Coin (USDC) depegged on March 11. According to the Aave’s

‘sorry-for-spreading-a-rumor’,-says-podcaster-on-lido’s-fud

David Hoffman apologized for spreading rumors about what he called a “Wells Notice Carpet Bombing” targeting crypto firms. Co-founder of content studio Bankless David Hoffman apologized for spreading rumors about what he called a “Wells Notice Carpet Bombing” targeting crypto firms, including the decentralized finance protocol Lido Finance. “Carpet bombing” was a reference to an allegedly

celo-president-rene-reinsberg-explains-why-the-protocol-is-optimizing-for-mobile

Celo president Rene Reinsberg believes Web3 adoption will require more block space and that Celo will be what the majority will choose on smaller screens. On Episode 10 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, Celo president Rene Reinsberg joins Elisha Owusu Akyaw (GhCryptoGuy) to discuss the regenerative finance (ReFi) movement, which focuses on the building

anti-cbdc-bill-in-the-us,-no-algo-stablecoins-for-canada:-law-decoded,-feb.-20–27

United States Representative Tom Emmer introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that could prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. Last week was relatively calm regarding enforcement news but brought some peculiar local developments in regulation. United States Representative Tom Emmer introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives

crypto-biz:-coinbase-has-a-lot-at-stake

Coinbase says its staking product offerings are different than Kraken’s, which came under SEC scrutiny and resulted in a $30 million fine. Crypto assets made their way onto the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s list of priorities for 2023. So far, though, we haven’t tasted the “regulatory certainty” many have been calling for. Instead