Protocol Village: Farworld, Building Gaming on Farcaster, Raises $1.75M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.
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LayerZero Says Users Must Hisse 10 Cents Per ZRO To Claim Token
The donations appear to be mandatory and the LayerZero Foundation will match proceeds upto $10 million.
Binance Fined $2.2M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit
Binance became the first offshore crypto-related entity, along with KuCoin, to be approved by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in May, conditional to paying a penalty.
Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry’s U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
The digital assets industry’s Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.
Kraken Says Hackers Turned to ‘Extortion’ After Exploiting Bug for $3M
The bug found by a “security researcher” led to nearly $3 million stolen from Kraken’s treasuries.
IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East’s Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency
The survey said that the 19 central banks in the region are exploring issuing a CBDC and the countries are mainly focused on how CBDCs can enhance financial inclusion and payment system efficiency.
Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21’s Passage
The House Financial Services Committee Chair spoke at Consensus 2024.
Trump and Biden Likely Won’t Shake Hands at Debate, Prediction Market Says
Meanwhile, there’s a prediction market on whether the U.K. newspaper The Guardian will correct an article unflattering to prediction markets.
ZKsync Airdrop of ‘ZK’ Token Puts Initial Market Cap Near $900M
The layer-2 blockchain ZKsync, has kicked off its highly anticipated airdrop of its ZK token, with 45% of the tokens already claimed.
First Mover Americas: Crypto Majors Subdued After Fed’s Hawkish Stance
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for June 17, 2024.
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