EmberCN reports Melania's MEME project sold 12.685M MELANIA tokens ($5.41M) via one-sided liquidity. Since March 16th, the team moved & sold 31.685M MELANIA tokens for 138,800 SOL ($18.41M) at an average price of $0.581.
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North Korean Lazarus Group created fake US companies (Blocknovas LLC & Softglide LLC) to target crypto devs. (Reuters) They used fake job postings & interviews to spread malware & steal crypto. Silent Push calls it a rare case of DPRK hackers registering legit companies for cyberattacks.
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RTFKT Studios is moving its CloneX & Animus NFTs to Arweave after image loading issues caused by Cloudflare. The migration should be done in hours. RTFKT plans to further decentralize its infrastructure in the future. #NFTs #Arweave #RTFKT
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Ljubljana, Slovenia is the most crypto-friendly city in 2025! 🚀 A new report by Multipolitan ranks cities based on crypto adoption, regulations, cost of living & more. Hong Kong & Zurich tied for 2nd, followed by Singapore & Abu Dhabi. (via Cointelegraph)
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OKX CEO Star announced on X that OKX will launch its payment wallet next week, calling it a necessary step towards the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency by one billion users.
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MetaMask has updated its platform, allowing users to pay gas fees in EVM networks with the tokens they are swapping, or with other tokens like DAI, USDC, or USDT, eliminating the need to use ETH, according to Wu Blockchain.
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Ethereum devs discussed:
*EIP-7935: Potential gas limit increase to XX0M before Fusaka.
*Finalizing BPO fork config.
*EOF upgrade updates: RISC-V replacement proposal raises concerns about wasted work. EOF may not be long-term.
*Historical data expiration on Sepolia coming soon.
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Analysis: Trump admin. could've mined Bitcoin using state-owned energy (retired coal, TVA hydro, etc.) potentially yielding 450-1800 BTC annually. Feasible, but faces political/social challenges. Low-cost asset diversification opportunity? #Bitcoin #Energy #Politics
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Ondo Finance and legal team Davis Polk met with the SEC's crypto task force to discuss regulatory pathways for tokenizing US securities. The focus was on structural options and regulations for tokenized US equities & fixed income. (Source: CryptoSlate)
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Solana v2.2 validators w/ `--transaction-structure view` enabled had a vulnerability in ed25519 & secp256k1 precompiles, reported by Anza & Temporal. Could cause crashes. Fixed in v2.2.8 (released April 11). Funds safe. Recommended: disable flag & upgrade. #Solana
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MagicBlock, a blockchain gaming engine, has announced the completion of a $7.5 million seed round. According to sources, the funding was led by Faction, a division of Lightspeed, with participation from Maven11, Mechanism Capital, Robot Ventures, and Delphi Ventures.
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Helius Labs CEO Mert has responded to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson's claim that "Ethereum won't survive 10 years." Mert stated, "While I dislike some parts of ETH (not all), it's still not vaporware," and suggested Hoskinson "compete with ETH on a single metric by 10% before criticizing ETH."
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TRUMP meme coin account clarifies: Attending the "TRUMP Dinner" DOESN'T require holding $300k+ in tokens. No tokens will be unlocked/sold during the event. Top holder "Sun" has 1.1M tokens ($14M), 220th holder "HAR" has 35.3 ($420).
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SlowMist's Chief Information Security Officer, 23pds, has issued a warning regarding a potential vulnerability in MCP. According to 23pds, artificial intelligence systems could be manipulated to surreptitiously leak entire conversation histories to malicious servers.
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Binance has launched the Alpha Point system within its app. According to sources, these points will assess user activity on Binance Alpha and within the Binance Wallet. The points will determine eligibility for participation in Wallet TGEs (Token Generation Events) and Alpha token airdrops.
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Swift's using AI & blockchain to fix corporate actions! Project CALM uses AI to standardize messy data from announcements & puts it on-chain. This means faster info & better connection between old & new systems. - Duygu Kaya, Swift
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Long Island's Hugh Austin sentenced to 18 years in 2025 for $12M crypto fraud, per Wu Blockchain. He lured investors with fake crypto services & startup deals, then splurged on luxury expenses. His son got 4 years for involvement.
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The Fed is pulling back on crypto guidance for banks! 🏦 Rescinding supervisory letters on crypto-asset activities & dollar tokens. State member banks no longer need advance notice. Also withdrawing from joint statements with FDIC/OCC. New guidance to support innovation may be coming. #crypto #banking #fed
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ARK Invest's "Big Ideas 2025" forecasts Bitcoin hitting $300K-$1.5M by 2030, driven by institutional adoption, digital gold status, and more. Price depends on supply; active supply could push it higher.
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New crypto bill coming to the House this month, per Blockworks! 🏛️ Could be similar to the FIT21 Act. STABLE Act (House) & GENIUS Act (Senate) passed committees but haven't been voted on. Slight differences in who regulates. Stay tuned! #crypto #regulation #legislation
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Deloitte projects the real estate tokenization market could hit $4T by 2035! (CoinDesk) That's a 27% annual growth rate. Tokenization puts real estate assets on the blockchain, promising efficiency & wider access. Challenges remain: regulation, security, custody & defaults.
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PA Senator Dave McCormick, ex-Bridgewater CEO, invested ~$1M in Bitcoin, per CoinDesk, making him Congress's top BTC holder. He regularly buys Bitwise Bitcoin ETF & advocates for US crypto leadership via bipartisan legislation.
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