🔔 Elon Musk’s X Faces Potential $200M EU Fines for Alleged DSA Violations

➡️ The EU has preliminarily found Elon Musk's X.com in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for issues related to dark patterns, advertising transparency, and data access for researchers. X faces potential fines of up to 6% of its global annual turnover. The investigation began in December 2023, and X has the right to defend against these findings.

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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_3761

🔔 Bitcoin reserves help US Dollar stay strong - US Senator Lummis

🔔 JUST IN: SEC Requests Ethereum ETFs Final S-1s for Potential Tuesday Launch

➡️ The SEC has reportedly contacted issuers, requesting finalized Ethereum ETFs S-1 filings by Wednesday, including fees. They aim for effectiveness by Monday after closing, potentially launching by Tuesday, July 23, pending any unforeseen issues.

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https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1812930206933655759

🔔 Phishing Scammer Returns $9.3M DAI to Victim 10 Months Later

➡️ A phishing scammer returned $9.3 million to a victim after stealing $24 million last September. The funds were returned in two Dai stablecoin transactions on July 8 and July 13. Despite the partial refund, the victim still lost a significant amount, as it represents only 38.4% of the stolen funds' value at the time.

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https://etherscan.io/address/0x13e382dfe53207e9ce2eeeab330f69da2794179e#tokentxns

🔔 According to CoinShares $1.4 Billion in Net Inflows for Crypto Investment Products Last Week

➡️ Global crypto investment products saw net inflows of $1.44 billion last week, according to CoinShares. This marks one of the largest weekly net inflows and brings the year-to-date total to a record $17.8 billion, surpassing the $10.6 billion net inflows from the 2021 bull run.

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https://blog.coinshares.com/volume-191-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-78ab8a02059e

🔔 Metaplanet Acquires Additional $1.2M in Bitcoin as Price Rebounds Toward $65K

➡️ Metaplanet has purchased an additional 21.88 Bitcoin, worth over $1.2 million, amid a recent rally pushing prices near $65,000. Their holdings now total 225.6 Bitcoin, valued at $14.6 million. This acquisition and Bitcoin’s 4.4% price rise have boosted Metaplanet's share prices by 25.8% to $0.74 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/33500/52b6cdc8/db89/45d1/98ba/32c2ca7c9907/140120240711548046.pdf

🔔 A DL News investigation reveals North Korean hackers are posing as fake applicants on crypto job boards to steal data, hack systems, and gather assets.

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🔔 Vitalik: there's too much investment in some kinds of infrastructure and not enough in others, and what's actually going on is, people want to invest in the casino but still feel good about themselves, so they invest in the subset of infrastructure that gets spillover profits from the casino.

👉 https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth/0xbf4d0a3a

🔔 Dell CEO Michael Dell retweeted BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's video and said: Fascinating Bitcoin. Larry Fink said that his doubts about Bitcoin five years ago were wrong, bitcoin is legitimate, digital gold, and an investment tool that the country cannot control and can deal with hyperinflation.

👉 https://x.com/MichaelDell/status/1812895900068442621?t=iwxU8LlLpbz2T5Z3jXRv6w&s=19

🔔 Trump has named Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his vice presidential candidate. Vance, a former venture capitalist, is one of the lawmakers who supports cryptocurrency and owns between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of Bitcoin through Coinbase as of 2022.

👉 https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/rnc-republican-national-convention-07-15-24/index.html#:~:text=GOP%20ticket%3A%20The%20Republican%20National,at%20a%20rally%20in%20Pennsylvania

🔔 The WuBlockchain team counted 10 projects invested by Binance that may issue tokens in the second half of this year, including Babylon, Xterio, Movement, Tabi, Puffer, Solv, Zest, Zircuit, StakeStone, and Lorenzo. Data shows that 21 of the nearly 30 Binance Launchpool projects are invested by Binance Labs.

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🔔 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Strongly Believes in Bitcoin After Studying It.

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🔔 HACK ALERT: Look Like Indian Crypto Exchange WazirX Hacked

➡️ News Source : https://news.1rj.ru/str/investigations/143

👉 Exploiter Address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x04b21735e93fa3f8df70e2da89e6922616891a88

🔔 LI.FI Suffers Estimated $9 Million Loss in Exploit

➡️ LI.FI, a cross-chain blockchain protocol, has been exploited, with the team urging users to avoid LI.FI applications and revoke permissions using revoke.cash. The issue affects users who manually set certain features. The root cause is an arbitrary call to a gas contract deployed five days ago.

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https://twitter.com/lifiprotocol/status/1813207291778215955

🔔 Craig Wright Faces Potential Perjury Charges Over Bitcoin Claims

➡️ Craig Wright, who claimed to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, faces potential perjury charges after a judge referred his case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The referral follows a court ruling that found Wright had lied extensively in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) case seeking to confirm his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto.

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https://www.reuters.com/technology/self-proclaimed-bitcoin-inventor-referred-uk-prosecutors-alleged-perjury-2024-07-16/

🔔 Sonic Labs and Rabby Wallet Unveil Gas-Free Trading Initiative

➡️ The Fantom Foundation and Sonic Labs have partnered with Rabby to launch the Gas-Free Trading Program on July 22. The program will cover gas fees for up to 10 DEX transactions per user for 90 days, targeting new or inactive wallets. Over 22,700 FTM will sponsor trades on major DEXs like SushiSwap and SpookySwap. The program runs until October 20 or until funds are exhausted.

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https://blog.fantom.foundation/sonic-labs-and-rabby-wallet-introduce-gas-free-trading-program/

🔔 Deribit Set to Introduce Bitcoin and Ether Options for US Election Bets

➡️ Deribit is launching bitcoin and ether options expiring on November 8 to let investors bet on the U.S. election's impact on crypto. Available from July 18, this move follows client demand. Deribit is a leading crypto derivatives platform with significant market share.

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https://x.com/DeribitExchange/status/1813228883409273046

🔔 Andreessen Horowitz Joins Tech VCs in Supporting Trump

➡️ Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz are reportedly planning personal contributions to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, aligning with other tech investors supporting the Republican candidate.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-16/andreessen-horowitz-latest-tech-vcs-to-throw-support-to-trump

🔔 Most Ether ETF Applicants Submit Final Forms, Signaling Likely Approval

➡️ Asset managers, including BlackRock, Fidelity, 21Shares, Grayscale, Bitwise, and Invesco Galaxy, have submitted final documents for launching Ethereum ETFs. Approval may come by Monday, with trading starting Tuesday. Fees are generally around 0.25%, except Grayscale's main product at 2.5%, which has drawn industry criticism.

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https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1813693107214717181

🔔 Binance announces first HODLer airdrop project: Banana Gun (BANANA)

➡️ Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn products between June 23 and July 5, 2024, will receive the airdrop.

➡️ The BANANA HODLer Airdrops page will be available in five hours, with tokens distributed to Spot Wallets one hour before trading starts.

➡️ Listing: July 20th at 9:00 (UTC)

👉 https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/252eaa5e7a8646e6a4461f6057a06af4

🔔 North Korean hackers likely behind $235M WazirX hack

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