TON blockchain launches on-chain encrypted messaging feature

The Open Network (TON) has released an on-chain encrypted messaging feature, according to a July 3 announcement from the network’s developer, TON Foundation. The new feature allows for private messages to be sent between TON users.  TON Foundation Introduces Encrypted Transaction Messageshttps://t.co/HXKtk0gxKC pic.twitter.com/0z1z4E5ku1 — TON (@ton_blockchain) July 3, 2023 TON is a blockchain network forked from code created by the Telegram instant messaging app team. Telegram abandoned the project in July 2020, before a mainnet was ever launched. However, it open-sourced TON’s code before leaving, allowing others to continue building…

Nasdaq Refiles BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application With The SEC

Nasdaq has refiled BlackRock’s application for a Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).  The ETF application was previously rejected by the SEC for not providing sufficient details about the crypto product.  The Chicago Board Options Exchange also refiled Fidelity’s rejected Bitcoin ETF application earlier today.  BlackRock’s latest application stated that Coinbase would provide market surveillance as well as BTC custody services. Nasdaq has refiled Wall Street giant BlackRock Inc.’s application for offering a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The second largest stock market by market capitalization submitted BlackRock’s BTC ETF application…

Racy Beeple SBF artwork becomes his first to enter museum permanent collection

The Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Artte Contemporanea in Italy has made a significant addition to its permanent collection, marking a milestone in the world of digital art. The museum has acquired its first non-fungible token (NFT) artwork, a provocative piece created and donated by the renowned digital artist Beeple. The artwork, named “FTX Board Meeting, Day #5676 11.13.2022 (2023),” is a unique blend of digital and traditional art forms. It exists both as a one-of-a-kind NFT and an oil painting. The piece, rendered in Beeple’s distinctive hyperreal style, imagines a…

BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF filing names Coinbase as ‘surveillance-sharing’ partner

The most recent filing involving asset manager BlackRock’s attempt to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) included a “surveillance-sharing agreement” with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. According to a June 29 filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq stock exchange refiled for a proposed rule change allowing the listing of BlackRock’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund. The filing included details of a June 8 agreement between the Nasdaq and Coinbase “intended to supplement the exchange’s market surveillance program” and provide access to data on spot BTC trades. JUST…

Price analysis 7/3: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, SOL, LTC

The bulls are trying to nudge Bitcoin above the critical resistance of $31,000, which may start a broad-based crypto rally. The United States equity markets have witnessed a solid year so far. The Nasdaq Composite has soared 31.7%, its best first-half performance since 1983. Similarly, the S&P 500 Index’s (SPX) 15.9% gain is its best first half since 2019. This suggests that risky assets remain in demand. In the cryptocurrency markets, Bitcoin (BTC) has led the recovery from the front, rising 20% in Q2 2023. An encouraging sign is that…

EU finalizes Data Act with a kill switch for smart contracts: Law Decoded, June 27–July 3

European Union lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn criticism from the crypto community. European Union (EU) lawmakers have agreed to move ahead with the controversial European Data Act, which has previously drawn criticism from the crypto community. The act, aimed at encouraging greater use of data resources to train algorithms, would update the EU’s rules on smart contracts to include a kill switch option that would allow them to be safely terminated. Obviously, this contradicts the fundamental idea of trust…

BlackRock Bitcoin $BTC ETF Application Refiled, Naming Coinbase $COIN as ‘Surveillance-Sharing’ Partner

Several other pending applications, including one on behalf of BlackRock’s money-management rival, Fidelity, have since been updated to name Coinbase as the partner for the surveillance-sharing agreements. The sponsor of a bitcoin trust must enter a surveillance-sharing agreement with a regulated market of significant size to secure a go-ahead from regulators, based on a reading of according to the SEC’s previous rulings. Original

‘A lot of the bad actors have been shaken out of the market’ — Bitvo CEO

Pamela Draper, president and CEO of crypto platform Bitvo, has weighed in on firms escaping the Canadian market amid the regulatory environment. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Collision Conference in Toronto on June 29, Draper said despite crypto companies like Binance, dYdX, and Bybit announcing their departure from Canada in 2023, the country was “one of the few jurisdictions where there’s actually a regulatory regime in place that you can follow.” She cited cases in the United States, where Binance and Coinbase both face lawsuits from the country’s Securities and…