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Coinbase Warns Against State-by-State Prediction Markets Chaos, Backs CFTC Oversight

Coinbase recently filed a formal comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), arguing that prediction markets are derivatives that fall under federal jurisdiction and should stay there. The…

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DPRK Calls Cyber Theft Accusations ‘Absurd Slander’ Driven by Reptile Media

North Korea-linked actors have been frequently connected to large-scale crypto hacks, thefts, and laundering operations in recent years. But the isolated nation’s foreign ministry denies involvement in global cyber fraud.…

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Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2, Base to Upgrade to Zero-Knowledge Proofs via SP1

Base, the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 network, is upgrading its core architecture from optimistic rollups to a zero-knowledge-based system in a major shift in its security design. The network, which…

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Strategy Hits Pause Button, but BitMine Keeps Buying Ethereum (ETH)

BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Tom Lee-chair former bitcoin miner turned Ethereum treasury company, continues with its Monday announcements about major ETH acquisitions completed over the previous week. At the same…

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says the US Is Targeting Iran’s Access to Crypto

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X on April 29 that Washington’s sanctions campaign is now going after Iran’s “access to crypto,” alongside oil exports, shipping networks, and shadow…

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