The Giving Block reported that in the last year, USDC took 44% of the crypto donation volume, ETH took 24%, and BTC got 17% within its charity platform. According to The Giving Block’s 2023 annual report titled “Crypto Philanthropy Data, Trends & Predictions,” all-time crypto donations in the platform surpassed…

The Bitcoin logo lights up on the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt as Bitcoiners urge bankers to ‘study Bitcoin.’ “The signal goes on, and he shows up. That’s the way it’s been. That’s the way it will be.” Whenever Gotham faces an existential threat, the Bat-Signal lights up the night…

Requests for user data from Big Tech companies such as Apple, Google and Microsoft continue to rise year-over-year from governments worldwide. How Big Tech companies treat user data has been controversial for some time. Meta, Apple, Google and Microsoft are often accused of collecting and selling the personal data of their…

Revolut reportedly issued a public statement and hired lawyers in March in order to prove “misreporting” of the audit opinion by BDO. Crypto-friendly fintech Revolut is reportedly having some issues related to its recently released annual report for the year ending December 2021.Revolut, a British-Lithuanian neobank that allows customers to…

Sky Mavis’s head of business development, Kathleen Osgood, told Cointelegraph that its goal is to onboard as many people into the ecosystem as possible. Sky Mavis, the company behind the popular blockchain game Axie Infinity, revealed that four gaming studios would be building and launching games on top of the…

Digital regulatory professionals have predicted the wide use of stablecoins worldwide by 2030, despite the current competition between TradFi and DeFi. Regulated stablecoins are in the spotlight of policymakers as a panel of professionals in the digital regulatory space discusses the future use of the assets at the World of…

Traditional finance observes “money laundering happening every day” despite rigorous KYC measures, according to DeFi industry execs. DeFi execs at the World of Web3 (WOW) Summit in Hong Kong argued that implementing “Know Your Customer” (KYC) measures will tackle the “biggest issue” in decentralized finance (DeFi), which is hackers laundering…

The new Hong Kong-based equity fund will focus on the regional market and embrace Web3 startups. As Hong Kong is again opening up to the crypto market, local investors are launching a $100 million fund to finance the digital industry. The new fund, ProDigital Future, will aim at early-stage Web3…

The Hollywood icon was relentlessly mocked for appearing in the ad in 2021, which was released just before the crypto markets plummeted. Hollywood star Matt Damon has finally opened up on why he appeared in cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com’s infamous “Fortune Favors the Brave” advertisement, which was once the subject of…

The exchange’s chief marketing officer believes Australians are above the curve when it comes to crypto education and interest. Seychelles-based crypto exchange OKX has signaled its intention to expand its crypto services to Australia, a country it believes is primed to take on the next wave of crypto adoption.The trading…

Crypto Council for Innovation adviser Sean Lee said more education is needed for policymakers and financial regulators. There are still industry executives that remain hopeful the United States will develop laws to treat crypto fairly; however, an adviser to the Crypto Council for Innovation warns it will take “a lot…

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the regulator is spread thin and needs additional funding to keep up with the “increased complexity in the capital markets.” United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has thrown his support behind U.S. President Joe Biden’s request to…

Despite ongoing crypto crackdowns, the price of BTC briefly tipped over $29,000on March 30, clocking a new high for 2023. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) briefly tipped over $29,000 on March 30, recording a new high for the year, despite recent United States regulatory crackdowns on crypto firms and related…

The authors of the letter say that advanced artificial intelligence could cause a profound change in the history of life on Earth, for better or worse. More than 2,600 tech leaders and researchers have signed an open letter urging a temporary pause on further artificial intelligence (AI) development, fearing “profound…

The creditor’s committee and FTX lawyers have raised several objections to Sam Bankman-Fried’s request. A hearing date is set for April 12. Sam Bankman-Fried’s new petition to have his legal expenses reimbursed has been met with fierce objection from lawyers representing the crypto exchange and its creditors’ committee.As per previous…

First-person shooter Shrapnel blows gamers away at GDC, Otherside’s Second Trip vs Fortnite, Callan gets killed by zombies over and over. Shrapnel: The game at GDC everyones talking aboutAs the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco came to a close last week, there was one game that stood out…

The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for domestic finance, Nellie Liang, said at the same hearing she didn’t believe crypto “played a direct role” in the failure of the banks. Martin Gruenberg, chair of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has said the agency plans to return roughly $4 billion in…

Experts are speculating on ways the bipartisan bill could be misused if passed into law, and finding potential threats to technologies that people love.  A bipartisan bill introduced earlier this month in the United States Senate could be applied in broad and unexpected ways if it becomes law, including to…

Careful optimism was the theme at this year’s Paris Blockchain Week. Builders will build and the crypto community will keep going. Expectations for Paris Blockchain Week were relatively low considering the downbeat market conditions. However, Paris can always surprise you. Indeed, conference halls at the event were not nearly as…

The ARB airdrop followed the sell-the-news narrative, but Arbitrum’s DApp use and fundamentals remain strong and smart money continues to buy ARB tokens. The Arbitrum token airdrop led to a massive dump of ARB tokens and projects in the Arbitrum ecosystem in a “sell-the-news” type of event. However, the Ethereum…

The entity reportedly uses a range of 812 different IP addresses to obscure its identity while collecting data. An unknown person or group may be collecting the IP addresses of Bitcoin (BTC) users and linking them to their BTC addresses, violating the privacy of these users, according to a blog…

Peer-to-peer marketplace Paxful will refund its Earn program users impacted by Celsius Network’s bankruptcy. Crypto marketplace Paxful will refund its Earn program users affected by the Celsius Network collapse in 2022, according to a Twitter thread posted on March 29 by company CEO Ray Youssef.“I’ve personally taken action and will…

ETH investors appear unconcerned about the regulatory challenges facing the crypto market and are instead selecting to focus on the network’s next upgrade. For the past twelve days, the price of Ether (ETH) has been trading in a narrow descending range. Surprisingly, not even the news of Binance and Changpeng…

While trying to wrap his CryptoPunk to borrow money, an NFT investor accidentally sent the asset to a burning address, permanently removing it from circulation. In this week’s newsletter, read about Sony filing a patent for a nonfungible token (NFT) framework for games, and how executives believe that Grand Theft…

The former FTX CEO reportedly gave Joseph Bankman roughly $10 million funded by a loan from Alameda Research as a part of a lifetime estate and gift tax exemption. Former FTX chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, is reportedly funding the legal team defending him against federal…