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The engineers will provide technical advice to Andreessen Horowitz’s portfolio companies.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said no Bitcoin will be sold to fund the investment, with the state instead drawing USD from its Bitcoin trust.

Binance established three subsidiaries in Ireland during September and the globe-trotting exchange may be settling down.

Staking provider Lido was also found to be vulnerable to the bug that has delayed the launch of the Eth2 staking service Rocket Pool.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more radical choice for any regulatory spot in our federal government,” said Senator Pat Toomey.

Rune Christensen believes MakerDAO’s collateral should be mobilized to capital into sustainable investments.

Public mining firm Riot Blockchain has more than tripled its year-to-date Bitcoin production.

Soramitsu, the firm that helped build Cambodia’s Bakong digital payments system, will work with the Laos government to research what a Laotian CBDC might look like.

Representative Patrick McHenry believes Gary Gensler’s SEC has disregarded standard practice when going after crypto.

The ICIJ’s report suggests the “Bitcoin czar” may have been a member of the Carbanak hacking group.

El Salvador is looking to bolster adoption of its government-issued Chivo Bitcoin wallet by offering discounts on petrol purchases of $0.20 per gallon to consumers who pay using BTC.

While Compound’s developers submitted a fix for the protocol’s bug on Thursday, the update won’t take effect until a seven-day time-lock on code updates has passed.

While Speaker Nancy Pelosi expects the infrastructure bill to pass, the Democrats are divided on whether to pass the legislation before the terms of a follow-up $3.5 trillion package is finalized.

While crypto has weathered past hacks, scams and crashes, acting OCC head Michael Hsu warns that the risks may be multiplying as the technology goes mainstream.

Claims by a self-professed white-hat hacker about a major security risk to SushiSwap liquidity providers have been rejected by one of the exchange’s devs.

A surprisingly large proportion of crypto owners report they would purchase a crypo asset because it is endorsed by a celebrity or influencer.

Omarova has stated she hopes to “end banking as we know it” but believes large financial firms can abuse the crypto market outside of regulators’ view.

While many analysts believe Bitcoin is destined for six figures if support at $40,000 can hold up, others are predicting an imminent bear cycle.

Initially supporting only BTC and ETH, BTG Pactual’s new crypto trading platform plans to allow its users to trade a wide range of altcoins.

As competition between layer-two scaling solutions heats up, Optimism has announced one-click roll-up deployments.

More than $1 billion worth of Ether has been withdrawn from centralized exchanges within a 24-hour period. It’s the second time this year, and the price went vertical last time.

While Tether’s dominance has fallen to 56%, USDC and BUSD have surged to 23.9% and 10.4%, respectively.

As onlookers predict that top Chinese property developer and commercial paper issuer Evergrande will default, some analysts believe the firm poses systemic risks to crypto.

Anthony Scaramucci revealed that SkyBridge currently holds $700 million worth of cryptocurrency.

Coinbase has sold $2 billion worth of corporate bonds in an offering that saw $7 billion worth of bids placed.

PrimeDAO has raised $2 million from DeFi funds that share its vision for a collaborative platform enabling cooperation among decentralized autonomous organizations.

Solana’s validators are preparing a new release after the network was brought down by a sudden surge in transaction volume, while Ethereum evaded a malicious attack.

Cardano has completed its Alonzo hard fork to introduce Plutus-powered smart contract scripts.

Bond investors appear to be betting against El Salvador’s controversial Bitcoin Law, but other factors need to be taken into account.

Ukraine is hoping its new digital asset regulations will attract foreign crypto exchanges to set up shop in the Eastern European nation.