Japan eyes Web3 growth with startup-focused tax reforms
Japanese minister Takeru Saito hopes to create an environment to lure businesses and developers worldwide.
Breaking: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov taken to court in Paris
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was taken to court from custody on Wednesday, several reports suggested.
Blockchain ‘conjuring’ fails to improve humanitarian aid — Study
Margie Cheesman investigated a blockchain charity project for more than a year but found that the technology seemed to cause more problems than it solved.
ICP claims it’s achieved a first by hosting ‘fully onchain’ AI model
An AI company deployed OpenAI’s GPT-2 on the ICP blockchain aiming to test new ways to train, maintain and deploy AI models.
Lemniscap secures $70M to back early-stage Web3 startups
The new fund will back startups working on blockchain-based solutions, including zero-knowledge infrastructure and emerging Bitcoin ecosystems.
Bitcoin holdings of publicly listed firms increased to $20B in one year: Data
A survey showed that 26% of institutional investors and wealth managers support Bitcoin’s use case as a reserve asset.
Bitcoin ETFs Saw the Largest Outflow in Over Three Weeks
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $127 million in net outflows on Tuesday, marking the largest single-day withdrawal since Aug. 6. The outflow ended an eight-day streak of positive inflows totalling $756 million. On Tuesday, the Bitcoin ETF offering from Ark Invest saw the biggest outflow, at $102 million. Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust and Bitwise's
WazirX Asks Singapore High Court for 6 Months to Restructure Its Liabilities
WazirX has filed an application with the Singapore High Court for a moratorium. The plan proposes to alloocate the impact from the cyberattack pro-rata across users. 01:06 $572 Million Lost to Hacks and Fraud in Q2 -Immunefi 00:57 Crypto Hacks Totaled $19B Since 2011: Crystal Intelligence 00:56 Over $67M in Crypto Lost to Hacks and
First Mover Americas: TON Blockchain Resumes After 6-Hour Outage
This article originally appeared in First Mover , CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day . Latest Prices CoinDesk 20 Index: 1,934 −3.5% Bitcoin (BTC): $59,953 −4.0% Ether (ETC): $2,522 −4.0% Nikkei 225: 38,371.76 +0.22% Top Stories The TON blockchain resumed
Institutional Investors Continue to Increase Digital Asset Allocation: Economist Report
Institutional investors continue to remain bullish about digital assets, embracing instruments beyond holding crypto like staking and derivatives. Even though they are bullish, challenges to further adoption remain on the horizon. Institutional investors are set to increase digital asset allocations in their portfolio to 7% by 2027, with the market for tokenized assets projected to