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Magic Eden Tops OpenSea in Daily Trading Volume as Solana NFTs Heat Up The Solana-based marketplace has seen far more transactions than its Ethereum counterpart in the last 24 hours.

Shopify Expands Crypto Payment Options With Crypto.com Pact Merchants using Shopify now have another option to accept cryptocurrency as a payment method.

Binance.US Hires Ex-Uber Compliance Lead Krishna Juvvadi as Head of Legal Binance.US has hired Krishna Juvvadi, former global head of operations compliance at Uber, as its new head of legal.

NYDFS Chief Says Regulators Need to Develop a ‘21st Century Framework’ for Crypto New York’s top financial regulator believes the current approach to digital asset regulation – both at the state and federal level – is due for an update.

Tether Cut Commercial Paper Reserve by 17% in Q1, Accountants Say Tether reduced its commercial paper holdings by 17% from $24.2 billion to $19.9 billion in the quarter ended March 31, according to it latest attestation report.

MicroStrategy’s New CFO Says Bitcoin Strategy Unchanged Amid Market Drop: Report Andrew Kang spoke to the Wall Street Journal Wednesday regarding MicroStrategy's bitcoin strategy.

First Mover Americas: Hashed Takes $3.5B Hit on LUNA as Bitcoin Trades Under $30K The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 19,2022.

SingularityNET, SingularityDAO Receive $25M to Accelerate AI-Backed DeFi Global investment group LDA Capital Ltd. committed the funds and will provide strategic support.

Despite Recent Bumps in the Road, Stablecoins Will Stick Around Stablecoins have suffered serious reputational damage from the implosion of UST and Luna, but their future still looks long.

Ethereum on Track for Testnet Merge in June The testnet merge would allow developers to work on any potential risks or bugs before a full-fledged rollout on the main Ethereum network.

NY Bitcoin Miners Start to Give Up on State Amid Regulatory Uncertainty The state was once a draw for bitcoin miners, but environmental concerns are weighing on the industry.

Mining-Rig Maker Canaan Q1 Revenue More Than Triples Bitcoin mining company Canaan said revenue surged 237% from the year-earlier quarter to $213.9 million.

A16z Leads $15M Round for P2E Studio Azra Games The blockchain gaming company is preparing to launch a fantasy collectibles and mos combat role playing game.

Curve Finance Proposes to End CRV Token Emissions on All UST Pools On-chain participants are already voting “yes” to end CRV emissions from any liquidity pools involving UST.

FTX US Debuts Stock Trading in Push for Bigger Slice of US Retail Pie Brokerage accounts can be funded with the stablecoin USDC, the exchange said.

Nomura’s Digital Division to Focus on Cryptocurrencies First, DeFi Later The Japanese bank is one of the first institutions to say it will go beyond trading and research to delve deeper into the crypto ecosystem.

First Mover Asia: Pine Wants to Test the Liquidity of the NFT Market; Cryptos Are Well-Red The number of users on NFT markets is at its lowest point this year, but still higher than in 2021. The crypto lending platform sees an opportunity.

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips, Stocks Plummet as Volatility Spikes Bitcoin (BTC)dipped below $30K again as volatility ticked higher. Meanwhile, option traders continue to hedge against further price declines.

Bitcoin lucha por mantener el soporte en $27K-$30K BTC está en una zona de soporte positiva, aunque el impulso a largo plazo sigue siendo débil.

Diana Sinclair: People Aren’t 'Ready to Hear' About Inequities in the Metaverse Web 3 can open up opportunities for marginalized groups, but it's not a silver bullet, says one leading NFT artist.

Biden Administration Wants Crypto Exchanges to Separate Customer and Corporate Funds U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will press Congress to demand cryptocurrency exchanges keep their customers’ money separate from their own corporate funds, according to a person familiar with the plan that could constrain the way the industry does business.

El presidente de El Salvador promueve la adopción de bitcoin entre países emergentes Nayib Bukele recibe a representantes financieros de 44 economías en desarrollo en la reunión anual de la Alianza para la Inclusión Financiera.

Crypto Wallet BitKeep Raises $15M at $100M Valuation Dragonfly Capital led the round, which will fund a cross-chain DAO for wallet users.

SEC’s Gensler Uses Crypto Oversight Needs as Case for Higher Budget Gary Gensler, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, made a pitch for a higher budget Wednesday, telling lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives that he wants to do more as a cop on the cryptocurrency beat. He cited the collapse of TerraUSD (UST) as evidence for the need to better protect crypto investors.

Mike Novogratz Ends Twitter Silence, Shares Take on UST/LUNA Crash Returning to Twitter for the first time since the plunge in Terra and UST, the Galaxy Digital founder and CEO says it's time to talk about last week and

Let Terra Die Do Kwon's proposal to fork the failed stablecoin network isn't what LUNA holders want, nor will it help them.

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Emerged Unscathed From Its UST Stake The firm said it was able to sell its minimal UST stake for around 93 cents per token before the price completely collapsed.

Aave’s Decentralized Social Media Platform Arrives on Polygon The launch of Lens Protocol comes weeks after Aave founder Stani Kulechov was temporarily suspended from Twitter.

Will a Proof-of-Stake Ethereum Lead to More Centralization? Lido’s staking protocol now holds 33% of all staked ether.

Argentina presiona a mineros de criptomonedas en medio de una escasez energética Algunas compañías registradas vieron un incremento del 400% en sus tarifas eléctricas en marzo, mientras que los mineros ilegales no planean dejar de utilizar la energía subsidiada de sus hogares para realizar la actividad.