Day: January 17, 2023

Authorities in Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus Take Down Crypto Scam Network – Regulation Bitcoin News

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Authorities in Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Cyprus have taken down a cryptocurrency scam network in collaboration with Europol. “The suspects used advertisements on social networks to lure victims to websites covertly operated by the criminals, which offered seemingly exceptional investment opportunities in cryptocurrencies,” Europol detailed. Authorities Cracking Down on Cryptocurrency Scams Europol announced Thursday that authorities from Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus, and Germany, in collaboration with Europol and Eurojust, have taken down “call centers selling fake crypto.” The criminal network, operating through call centers, “lured victims into investing large amounts of…

SushiSwap’s new DEX aggregator will ‘10x our market share’ — Head Chef

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Just a month after warning of a “significant deficit” in its treasury, the CEO of decentralized exchange (DEX) SushiSwap has shared several planned updates to the platform, which it says is intended to “10x” its market share in 2023. Sushi CEO Jared Grey laid out the plans for the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform in a Jan. 16 Medium post, saying it will focus on its product stack in line with prior plans to make Sushi more sustainable. “Sushi commands ~2% of the AMM market & 0% of the aggregation market.…

Shiba Inu Devs Set To Unveil Shibarium L2 Network Beta

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The beta testnet of Shibarium will soon release, benefiting the entire Shiba Inu community. Shibarium is a layer-2 network operable on the Ethereum mainnet. After the release of Shibarium, the Shina Inu community can build and grow projects. The release of Shibarium will address the scalability, speed, and expense challenges facing the existing projects on Ethereum.  Shiba Inu Shibarium Beta Testnet Release Shiba Inu developers will only release a beta testnet version in the coming months. A testnet mimics the use cases and applications of real-world functions. Its release aims…

Alameda wallet under liquidator control incurred $11.5M in losses: Arkham

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The liquidators of Alameda Research have reportedly incurred at least $11.5 million in losses since taking control of Alameda’s trading accounts. On Jan. 16, a Twitter thread from Arkham Intelligence reported that one wallet under the control of liquidators has seen a string of “significant losses” due to liquidations, some of which were “preventable losses.” Over the past two weeks being under Liquidator control, the account incurred significant losses: Largest single liquidation: $4.85MTotal liquidated amount: $11.5MPreventable losses: $4M+ — Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) January 16, 2023 As one example, Arkham noted that…

The Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol will end ecosystem maximalism

When I entered crypto, I succumbed to the contest between blockchain ecosystems, believing one had to be “better” than others. I have since realized the future of cryptocurrency is bringing with it a variety of platforms that will excel at different things. With the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC), I’ve left behind the days of thinking chains have to compete and embrace a connected interchain future. Let me explain. Solana, Polkadot, etc. — what do they have in common? They are individual state machines, each trying to achieve something only one…

Ethereum Validator Count Surpasses 500,000 Ahead of Upcoming Shanghai Hard Fork – Bitcoin News

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According to statistics, the number of Ethereum network validators on the Beacon chain exceeded 500,000 as of Jan. 12, 2023. The validator milestone comes as Ethereum core developers prepare for the Shanghai hard fork. Five days ago, Ethereum core developers launched a developer network environment called “devnet 2” for the upcoming upgrade. Ethereum Developers Launch ‘Devnet 2’ Testing Network for Upcoming Shanghai Upgrade; Network Exceeds 500,000 Validators On Jan. 11, 2023, Ethereum developers launched a new testing network for the Shanghai upgrade, a hard fork that’s anticipated to happen in…