Pandas, cyborgs, dogs, koalas dominate BNB Chain Red Alarm flag list.

BNB Chain’s Red Alert system flags projects based on obvious features that have been historically used in scams, rug pulls and phishing. origin »

Tornado Cash community fund multisignature wallet disbands amid sanctions.

The peer-elected signatories for Tornado Cash’s community fund have left the management of the wallet to the DAO.

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Zipmex gets 3-month protection in Singapore amid halted withdrawals.

Troubled crypto exchange Zipmex has time to come up with a restructuring plan by Dec. 2 after halting withdrawals in July.

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Galaxy Digital Abandons $1.2B Plan to Acquire Crypto Custody Firm BitGo.

The $1.2 billion acquisition was announced May 2021 and was expected to close by the end of that year. origin »

Acala Stablecoin aUSD Collapses After Parachain Exploit.

Acala quickly put the network in maintenance mode, pausing on-chain swaps, Polkadot cross-chain communications, and oracle price feeds to keep the stolen funds from leaving the parachain. Acala USD Depegs... origin »

Ethereum ICO-era whale address transfers 145,000 ETH weeks before the Merge.

The amount of ETH transferred just a month before the Merge has generated community curiosity, with some claiming it’ll be dumped while others say it’s for staking. origin »

Crypto Exchange Binance Receives Preliminary Approval to Operate in Kazakhstan.

Binance has obtained preliminary approval from the Astana Financial Services Authority to operate a digital asset trading facility and provide custody in Kazakhstan. origin »

Crypto needs ‘enabling environment,’ Philippines central bank says.

The Philippine central bank sees crypto's potential for improving domestic and cross-border payments, but the authority is still negative about crypto as a legal tender. origin »

Samsung Next exec argues Web3 projects must face the challenge of utility.

Raymond Liao believes 2022 is a good time for product builders and investors to focus on the Web3 space.

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Digital Bank Revolut Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Services Throughout Europe.

European digital bank Revolut has been granted authorization by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC) allowing it to offer crypto services across the European Economic Area (EEA). origin »

Gate.io's Hippo Financial Services Obtains Hong Kong Crypto Custody License.

Gate.io group's Hippo Financial Services received a Trust or Company Service Provider license that means it can now provide virtual asset custodial services in Hong Kong. origin »

DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Falls 99% After Hackers Issue 1.3B Tokens.

A bug in the protocol’s newly-deployed iBTC-aUSD liquidity pool left the door wide open for hackers to exploit. origin »

Zipmex Crypto Exchange Gets Over 3 Months of Creditor Protection in Singapore: Report.

Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has been granted creditor protection until December by Singapore's high court, according to a Bloomberg report. origin »

‘Final week of the bear rally’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week.

Bitcoin’s highest weekly close since June fails to convince as volatility quickly enters with the start of the new week.

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NFT games have edge over ‘money in, no money out’ games: Polygon's Urvit Goel.

NFT gaming business models could represent an attractive innovation for gaming publishers as they begin to make more of their titles available to play on blockchain. origin »

Celestia: Launching a blockchain to be as easy as deploying a smart contract.

New crypto project wants to give online communities their own sovereignty by easily deploying their own blockchain with their own rules origin »

Scaramucci highlights key factors why crypto market will soon recover.

Anthony Scaramucci cited the Merge, improving macro indicators such as waning inflation, key business partnerships and pumping crypto prices as reasons for his optimism moving forward. origin »

Network and token freeze after Acala exploit raises questions.

The Acala hack saw over one billion aUSD stablecoins minted from thin air, but now community members are scratching their heads wondering how a decentralized protocol would handle the clean up. origin »

Kevin O’Leary says sacrificing Tornado Cash worth it for institutional adoption.

Mr. Wonderful thinks that crypto needs more regulation and less “crypto cowboys” like Tornado Cash creator Alexey Pertsev, who he suggested was a necessary sacrifice to create stability for institutional inflows. origin »