Safeheron Fortnite Dispatch｜JAN 29 '23
01/30/2023
- U.S. Department of Justice disrupts Hive ransomware variant, thwarting over $130 million in ransom demands.
- Azuki's "official tweet hack" cost users about $780,000, and a user's address was stolen for 751,000 USDC.
- Kevin Rose who is the founder of Moonbirds was hacked for 25 Chromie Squiggles, an Autoglyph, and other NFT’s totalling $1.5 million.
- Ex-UK chancellor Hammond chairs crypto firm Copper and says Copper closes new funding round at $2 Billion valuation.
- Bernstein analysts shared that Institutional services' opportunity is expected to grow to $30 billion by 2033.
- Microsoft announced the third phase of the long-term partnership with OpenAI through a multiyear with multibillion-dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs.
- Vitalik Buterin posted “An incomplete guide to stealth addresses” to address the ethereum privacy protection problem.
- Binance’s 2022 end-of-year report showed that more than $500 million was invested to support Web3 and blockchain innovation.
- Azuki is partnering with Bilibili International to explore Web3 innovations in anime & media content.
- The World Economic Forum published a toolkit for development of DAOs and acknowledged that DAOs have the potential to address the shortcomings of traditional firms.
- Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of the Cardano blockchain is considering buying crypto news service CoinDesk to revamp it into a mix of a news and community site.
- U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology and inclusion will have stablecoin legislation, crypto regulation power from SEC and CFTC be of top priorities.
- The New York State Assembly has received a bill that will legalize state agencies to accept cryptocurrency as a means of payment for fines, taxes, fees, civil penalties, and other state-related dues.
- DNB imposes administrative fine on Coinbase Europe Limited for providing crypto services without the legally required registration until 22 September 2022.
- Eurozone Finance Ministers Issue Statement on Introduction of Digital Euro, Will Discuss Potential Impact of Digital Currency at Political Level.
- Minister of Finance (India) will present the Union Budget 2023 on February and Indian crypto community asks for reduction in tax.
- Thailand SEC issues rules on the management of digital wallets for custody of digital assets and keys.
- UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade hinted at the inclusion of cryptocurrency in the nation’s trade partnerships and policies in 2023.
- Russia and Iran explore launch of joint cryptocurrency backed by gold