🚔 DOJ charges KuCoin. KuCoin, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, and two of its founders are being criminally charged by US prosecutors over breaches of anti-money laundering laws.
🧑⚖️ SEC wants $2B Ripple fine. After an embarrassing loss in its Ripple trial last year, the SEC still wants to punish the team. They're asking a judge to fine Ripple $2B over unregistered securities sales.
🦾 Tether hiring for AI team. USDT titan Tether announced it's building out an AI division “to set new industry standards, driving innovation and accessibility within AI.”
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TODAY IN MARKETS
Why Base's Extra is Pumping
📊 Read all about it! Extra Finance (EXTRA) has experienced a meteoric rise, shattering its previous all-time high set just last week after surging over 100% in the past 24 hours. What developments catalyzed the run-up, and how will EXTRA sustain the momentum?
Aptos's APT native token just broke all-time highs today after mounting an impressive revenge run that powered through last week’s downturn.
As more capital flocks into its DeFi ecosystem, several promising projects are catching fire. Many of them are also offering their own opportunities, such as yield, points programs, or potential airdrops 👀
Today, let's take a look at five top projects and see what makes these protocols stand out, highlighting how users could capitalize on the opportunities that come with them. Let's dive in! 👇
Consensus is celebrating ten years as the biggest and most established global hub for everything crypto, blockchain and Web3.
Get ready for 200+ speakers, 17K attendees, 100+ countries, 950 investors with $3 trillion AUM, presentations from 20+ key protocols including ETH & BTC Day, and summits dedicated to regulation, digital assets’ impact on culture and business, on-chain innovation and more. Prices increase 4/11 at 4 p.m. ET.
While bull market gains are mostly drowning out critics, there are still plenty of crypto skeptics out there.
In this recent episode, we're joined by Patrick McKenzie, a startup advisor who frequently writes about the financial system and has plenty of takes on what crypto is doing wrong.
Thousands of Bankless Citizens scored an average of $3,500 worth of tokens after Ether.fi's airdrop this week. Did you miss out again?
Ether.fi was in the Bankless Airdrop Hunter, and you could have gotten into the latest drop by following our quests! There are nearly 80 other crypto protocols in Airdrop Hunter waiting for you.
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