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Eminem’s Former Studio Engineer Charged With Selling Stolen Tracks for Bitcoin
The FBI has accused the rapper’s former sound engineer Joseph Strange of selling unreleased music for $50,000 in Bitcoin.Source link
Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Set for Worst Q1 Since 2020 as Trump Approaches 100 Days
By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)With just over a week to go until the end of March, the first quarter has been disappointing, particularly in terms of price action rather than narrative for the crypto industry. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 10%, its worst first-quarter performance since 2020, and ether (ETH) has posted its weakest first quarter since inception. So far, bitcoin has been relatively steady in March.Markets remain in the latter stages of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, a period historically marked by uncertainty and volatility. This is expected to persist at least through the end of April.As quarter-end approaches, negative liquidity and position management could lead to increased volatility and whipsaw price...
Consensys Letter Challenges CFPB’s Rule on Regulating Unhosted Wallets
The Ethereum software firm expects the CFPB to withdraw the interpretive rule from its agenda or revise it to exclude the crypto sector.Source link
Real-World Assets Cross $10 Billion in Total Value Locked: DeFiLlama
Real-world assets (RWAs) are now a $10 billion category, according to data curated by DeFiLlama, with Maker, BlackRock's BUIDL and Ethena's USDtb each accounting for more than $1 billion in total value locked (TVL).Of the three, USDtb — a stablecoin designed to contrast with Ethena's USDe — has had the fastest growth, adding over 1,000% in TVL in the last month.USDtb is backed by tokenized BlackRock money-market fund shares whereas USDe uses crypto-assets and perpetual futures strategies for crypto-driven yields.CoinDesk previously reported that Treasury-backed tokens reached a record $4.2 billion market cap in the first quarter, driven by growth in Ondo Finance's OUSG and USDY tokens, BlackRock and Securitize's BUIDL, Franklin Templeton's BENJI and Superstate's USTB.Treasury-backed tokens dominate, according to...
Binance Impersonation Scam Targets Australian Crypto Investors
Australian law enforcement, in partnership with Binance, has issued a warning about scammers impersonating Binance and targeting crypto investors. Fake Verification Codes Australian law enforcement has warned crypto investors to be cautious of scammers impersonating Binance. In a statement jointly issued with the National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC) and Binance Australia, the Australian Federal Police (AFP)Source link