Do Kwon Appeal of South Korea Extradition Rejected by Montenegro Court
The decision is now final and cannot be appealed by either Kwon or the U.S., the Terra founder’s lawyer told CoinDesk.
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Bitcoin’s Halving May Be Here Sooner Than You Know (Again)
Several months ago, the halving was expected to take place on April 28; now it’s on track to land on April 15. Blame the surge in bitcoin’s price, which has attracted more mining power and sped up the network.
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Tornado Cash Dev Pertsev’s $1.2B Money Laundering Allegations Detailed Ahead of Dutch Trial
An indictment by Dutch prosecutors lists 40 suspicious transfers – the largest from the Axie Infinity Ronin exploit.
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Kraken Unveils Qualified Custody for Institutions in Crypto-Friendly Wyoming
Kraken Institutional operates under the exchange’s state-chartered banking license in Wyoming, attained back in 2020.
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Berachain’s Crypto Trade Aggregator Ooga Booga Raises $1M
Berachain mainnet isn’t even live yet; no traders are trading, or exchanges exchanging, on crypto’s latest layer-1. But that isn’t dissuading Ooga Booga from fundraising to support both.
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First Mover Americas: BTC’s Drop Below $62K Is the Biggest Single-Day Loss Since FTX’s Collapse
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 20, 2024.
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Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans ‘Parallel Execution’ to Mimic Solana’s Speed Feature
The new feature, described as “multitasking for rollups,” is on Starknet’s project road map for the second quarter, released Wednesday.
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Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has an agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in December
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Bitcoin Climbs Above $63K, Crypto Longs Take On $600M in Liquidations
The broad-based CoinDesk 20, an index of various major tokens minus stablecoins, was little changed over the past 24 hours with losses of just 0.34%.
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Solana Leapfrogs Ethereum on DEX Volume
The göğüs coin frenzy seems to have catalyzed higher volumes on the Solana blockchain, which also boasts greater capital efficiency than Ethereum.