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Core contributor Hoak blamed his actions on a “crippling gambling addiction.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/14/insider-at-solanas-cypher-protocol-admits-to-stealing-300k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/14/vitalik-buterins-ethereum-wallet-proposal-scribbled-in-22-minutes-gets-positive-reviews/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
The crypto industry is throwing its weight around in Washington in hopes of influencing the upcoming U.S. elections, spending an unprecedented amount of money to get crypto-friendly candidates elected …
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion’s share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/05/14/defi-lender-liquity-unveils-new-stablecoin-with-user-set-borrowing-rates-in-white-paper/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
A new feature from Colony Lab, a developer and project incubator in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, called “liquid vesting,” lets users sell their tokens before their vesting period is …
The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding close to $75 million. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/05/14/peter-thiels-founders-fund-vitalik-buterin-back-45m-investment-in-polymarket/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
Paxos has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, a former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who has been a public advocate for the cryptocurrency sector, to its board …
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 14, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …
“Roaring Kitty is living proof that retail can mog (outperform) institutions at the highest level,” one meme coin developer said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/14/gamestop-rally-sends-meme-coins-skywards-pepe-floki-mog-surge/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines
User activity has plunged after a hyped run-up to the start of the Runes protocol , which was expected by some to mirror Solana’s meme coin ecosystem. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/05/14/bitcoin-runes-protocol-sees-traction-waning-after-much-hyped-introduction/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines