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Cash App creator dies after being stabbed in San Francisco
In the early hours of Tuesday, April 4 local time, Bob Lee, the former chief technology officer of Square and founder of Cash App, died in San Francisco from a stab wound.Barry StidhamBitcoin Whitepaper Apparently Hidden in Apple's Modern macOS
Satoshi Nakamoto's original Bitcoin white paper, Networking seems to be hidden in every modern version of the Apple Mac computer operating system.James DeanMasa Announces Soul-Bound ID Token for Coinbase's Base Network
Masa Finance’s soulbound token will soon be available on Coinbase’s Base network, according to an April 4 announcement by Masa Finance. TBarry StidhamCoinbase Backs New Court Action to Lift Tornado Cash Ban
The U.S. Treasury Department is facing a new legal challenge aimed at overturning a decision to sanction cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, filed by six people backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.Cornell RachelNorth Korea and criminals are using DeFi services to launder money - US Treasury
A new U.S. Treasury Department report analyzing decentralized finance has concluded that actors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as well as other scammers, are able to exploit vulnerabilities to facilitate money laundering.Wayne IngramTeam Euler denies on-chain detectives are suspects in hacking case
Anonymous Twitter user and blockchain investigator Officer's Notes believe they may be suspects in the $195 million Euler Finance hack.Hallie GillzkSync Era's 'Elegant' Fix for 921 ETH 'Stuck Forever' in Smart Contracts
Matter Labs, the Team Behind Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Solution zkSync, Confirms 921 Ether, $1.7 million worth of Bitcoin is currently trapped in one of its new smart contracts, GemstoneIDO.Jerry McNeillUK Uses Love Island Star to Warn Financial Influencers of Cryptocurrencies and Investment Schemes
Britain's financial and advertising regulators have teamed up to issue a warning to social media "financial influencers", telling them to stop promoting illegal "get-rich-quick" schemes or face law enforcement.Sherry CantwellLiechtenstein's VP Bank Taps Metaco to Expand Custody and Tokenization Services
VP Bank, one of the largest banks in Liechtenstein, has partnered with digital asset infrastructure provider Metaco to consolidate its digital asset custody and tokenization business.Martha GrizzardBrazilian bank BTG Pactual issues dollar-pegged stablecoin
Major Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual continues to roll out new cryptocurrency services, launching its own stablecoin backed by the U.S. dollar.Wayne IngramCrypto Exchange Backed by 3AC Founder Launches Claims Trading Program
Shu Su and Kyle Davis, founders of defunct hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), have announced the launch of a cryptocurrency project, Open Exchange, or OPNX.Hallie GillLayerZero raises $120M to scale cross-chain messaging efforts
Cross-chain messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs has raised an additional $120 million, according to an April 4 announcement.Sherry Cantwell73.3% of Q1 rug pulls happened on the BNB chain
According to an April 4 report from blockchain security firm Immunefi, BNB Chain is the king of scams in the first quarter of 2023, with more than 73.3% of such scams across the entire crypto ecosystem taking place on the network.James DeanTON validators receive a single nominator smart contract
Orbs, a public blockchain infrastructure designed for mass-use applications and tight integration, announced the release of a single nominator smart contract in the Telegram Open Network (TON), a decentralized layer-1 zone blockchain.Barry StidhamSatellite orbits Earth for Ethereum KZG ceremony
The Ethereum KZG ceremony, which aims to provide a cryptographic basis for Ethereum scaling, has received more than 83,000 randomness contributions from users around the world. Now it's receiving contributors from outer space.Craig GreenJapan's FSA flags Bybit and other unregistered operations
Several foreign cryptocurrency exchanges, including Bybit, MEXC Global and Bitget, have been operating in the country without proper registration,Christopher SmithBitcoin serial number daily inscriptions surge thanks to 'BRC-20 tokens'
Number of serial numbers recorded on Bitcoin hits new daily high, The network thanks to the recently launched "Token Standard" for the blockchain.Martha GrizzardButerin weighs zk-EVM's impact on decentralization and security
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin would like to see a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zk-EVM) built on Ethereum’s first layer to speed up the verification process on the underlying blockchain.Wayne IngramItaly Blocks ChatGPT, Investigates Alleged Violations
Italy's data protection regulator has temporarily blocked the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT and launched an investigation into alleged violations of data privacy rules.Wayne IngramElon Musk-led petition to halt AI development divides tech world
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter signed by more than 2,600 tech industry leaders and researchers.Hallie Gill
