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Ethernity, the leading entertainment-focused Layer 2 blockchain solution, proudly announces a $10 million grant program dedicated to revolutionizing the entertainment and creator economy through development of Ethernity’s Layer 2.

Ethernity Chain Unveils $10 Million Grant Program to Empower Founders Ethernity Chain Unveils $10 Million Grant Program to Empower Founders

The outflows from ETFs suggest that there is not much new demand from professional investors.

US Spot Bitcoin ETFs' Daily Inflows Reach $28.7M Since August 27, Bitcoin ETFs have been experiencing losses, but Monday saw the first day of net inflows in September.

With this latest purchase, Metaplanet's Bitcoin holdings now amount to 398.832 Bitcoin.

Metaplanet Acquires $2M in Bitcoin Japanese investment firm Metaplanet Inc. has announced it has acquired an additional 38.464 Bitcoin, totaling around 300 million yen ($2 million) in value.

FTX will pay Emergent $14 million to cover administrative expenses related to the withdrawal of a petition to claim 55 million Robinhood shares and cash.

FTX Reaches a Settlement with Emergent Insolvent cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reached a settlement with Emergent Technologies, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, over the ownership of more than $600 million worth of Robinhood shares.

Innovative startup from Ethereum Core research, Google Brain, Stanford, MIT, and CMU aims to democratize on-device intelligence.

PIN AI secures $10M from a16z CSX, Hack VC, and All-Star angels to launch open platform for personal AI PIN AI secures $10M from a16z CSX, Hack VC, and All-Star angels to launch open platform for personal AI

Agile Energy X is experimenting with using excess solar energy to power its mining equipment in an effort to increase green energy utilization.

Japanese Energy Company TEPCO to Venture into Green Mining A subsidiary of TEPCO, a Tokyo-based company, is venturing into Bitcoin mining with the goal of using renewable energy that would otherwise go to waste.

The CFTC has requested an emergency hold on the judge's decision for at least two weeks while the agency prepares for an appeal.

CFTC Plans to Stop Kalshi Listing Election Prediction Contracts After a judge ruled against an order from the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) prohibiting US regulated prediction marketplace Kalshi from offering prediction contracts for the 2024 election, the website proudly announced on its homepage:

This comes as Coinbase's stock has declined due to falling prices in the crypto market, making it their worst performing week of the year so far.

Block's Market Cap Exceeds Coinbase's Block, Inc., the parent company of various subsidiaries such as Square, has surpassed Coinbase in market capitalization for the first time since March.

He noted that Japan is a more conservative market in some ways, but also has a strong and healthy market in other ways.

Brad Garlinghouse: Japanese Yen Stablecoins Demand Will Increase Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed his belief that Japan is a promising market for stablecoins and that there will be a strong demand for a Japanese yen stablecoin.

With this integration, travelers can now choose from over 2.2 million hotel options in 230 countries on Skyscanner.

Skyscanner Teams Up with Travala to Allow Bookings Through Crypto Travala platform, which operates on blockchain technology, has announced a partnership with Skyscanner, a leading global travel marketplace.

Through this phase, the BCB will supervise 11 projects, while the CVM will monitor two.

Visa and Santander to Take Part in Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Visa and Santander to Take Part in Brazil’s CBDC Pilot

The United States has experienced the most closures, coinciding with efforts from law enforcement to crack down on ATMs involved in illegal activities such as extortion and scams.

More Than 600 Crypto ATMs Become Unavailable in 2 Months: Report In the first two months of the third quarter in 2024, over 600 Bitcoin ATMs worldwide have gone offline.

As scams grow more sophisticated and increasingly target crypto for laundering billions in losses, CUBE3.AI is pioneering a new era in fraud prevention.

CUBE3.AI Unveils AI-Driven Technology to Detect and Block Rising Tide of New Scams and Fraud CUBE3.AI Unveils AI-Driven Technology to Detect and Block Rising Tide of New Scams and Fraud

The California Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that they had reached a settlement with Robinhood Crypto.

Robinhood Pays $3.9 Million to Settle California DOJ Investigation Robinhood Crypto's past practices have resulted in a $3.9 million penalty as the company failed to allow customers to withdraw cryptocurrency between the years 2018 to 2022.

The new service will allow customers to trade and hold Bitcoin and Ether on a 24/7 basis through ZKB eBanking or ZKB Mobile Banking platforms.

Swiss Bank ZKB Starts Offering Bitcoin and Ether Trading Zurich Cantonal Bank, one of Switzerland's largest banks, has started to offer cryptocurrency trading to its customers

BC.GAME’s brand transformation extends beyond a mere logo update, representing a significant enhancement of the brand narrative.

BC.GAME Unveils Brand Upgrade to Enhance Its iGaming Platform BC.GAME Unveils Brand Upgrade to Enhance Its iGaming Platform

There was a combined net outflow of $287.8 million, the largest one-day reduction since May 1st when the ETFs lost more than $500 million.

Bitcoin ETFs' Daily Net Outflows Reach $287M Bitcoin ETFs listed in the US on Monday experienced a tough day as concerns about economic growth and a drop in Nvidia's stock (NVDA) caused a decline in market sentiment.

This increase can be attributed to the consistent adoption of high-performance mining hardware, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), since 2021.

Bitcoin's Hashrate Hits an All-time High The combined computing power used to secure the Bitcoin network, known as the hashrate, reached a record high of over 742 exahashes per second (EH/s) on September 1.

Through investigation, it was discovered that the hack originated from one of the hacker's addresses ending in "bb7," among others.

Hackers Steal $27M from Penpie Protocol On Sept. 3, 2024, The Penpie Protocol, a decentralized finance platform built on top of Pendle, fell victim to an exploit and lost $27 million of client funds as of the time of writing.

They believe that this complements their ongoing efforts in equity and debt financing.

Japanese Company Metaplanet Partners with SBI VC Trade to Offer Custody Services Metaplanet, a Japanese investment advisor, has announced that they have chosen SBI VC Trade to handle their custody services.

Hana Financial now holds a 25% stake in BitGo Korea, while SK Telecom holds 10%.

South Korean Firms SK and Hana Join Forces with BitGo Digital asset custody company BitGo has announced the addition of South Korea's top telecommunications company SK Telecom and leading financial institution Hana Financial as major shareholders and strategic partners of its regional branch.

The hacker has transferred 2,600 Ether, equivalent to $6.5 million, to Tornado Cash in an attempt to hide the origin of the stolen funds.

WazirX Hacker Moves $6M in ETH to Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash The hacker who stole more than $235 million from the Indian crypto exchange WazirX has just moved $6.5 million worth of funds through the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.

This marks an important shift towards decentralized governance for the project.

Cardano Activates its Chang Hard Fork The highly anticipated "Chang" upgrade for Cardano, a layer-1 blockchain created in 2017 by Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of Ethereum, was activated on Sunday.

The decrease in crypto prices has resulted in an increase in the number of Bitcoin whales.

Number of Bitcoin Whales Hits Highest Level in 17 Months The number of Bitcoin wallets with a balance of 100 BTC or more has reached its highest point in 17 months, following a spike in holding over the past month.

This license grants OKX SG the ability to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services, as well as spot crypto trading for investors in Singapore.

OKX Receives a License in Singapore OKX has announced that its Singapore branch, OKX SG, has successfully obtained a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Many Salvadorans are using it and most large businesses in the country have adopted it, but the overall adoption rate has been lower than anticipated.

Nayib Bukele: Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador Was Not As We Expected Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador who introduced the bill to make Bitcoin a legal tender in the nation, has stated that the results of this monetary experiment have been a mix of positive and negative.

The services will be available in 90 countries, managed from Crypto.com's regional hub in Dubai.

Crypto.com Teams Up with Standard Chartered to Launch a Retail Services Business Crypto.com has announced the launch of a new retail services business in partnership with Standard Chartered to increase accessibility to US dollars, euros, and United Arab Emirates dirham.

Overall, 11 Bitcoin ETFs in the United States experienced joint net outflows amounting to $71.8 million on August 29.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Registers Second Outflows Since January BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF yesterday experienced its second day of outflows since it launched in January.

A Wells notice is usually a precursor to formal charges and outlines the regulatory argument, giving the accused a chance to respond.

OpenSea Receives a Wells Notice The US Securities and Exchange Commission has extended its scrutiny of the crypto industry by adding OpenSea, a well-known crypto marketplace, to its list of targets.

In total, the ETFs had a trading volume of $151.57 million on Wednesday.

Spot Ethereum ETFs Post Inflows Again Nine Ethereum exchange-traded funds in the US saw a combined inflow of $5.84 million on Wednesday, ending a streak of nine consecutive days of outflows.