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BNP Paribas is teaming up with the Bank of China (BOC) to promote China's digital currency, the digital yuan, to its corporate clients, according to the South China Morning Post.

On May 4, Argentina's central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, claiming that it intends to reduce the country's payment system's exposure to digital assets.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded the largest whistleblower award ever, totaling $279 million.

Binance is under investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) national security division for allowing Russians to use the cryptocurrency exchange in violation of US sanctions, according to a Bloomberg report published on May 5.

A suspect identified only as "Hong" was detained by local authorities and arrested in China's Gansu region after allegedly using ChatGPT to generate fake news reports.

South Korean lawmakers allegedly cashed in on cryptocurrency legislation

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is seeking to have as many as 10 criminal charges against him dismissed in court, months ahead of a criminal trial scheduled for October.

A proposal by US securities regulators to tighten custody rules for cryptocurrencies has faced opposition from at least two industry supporters, according to recently filed letters.

Nearly 400 Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPS) in Estonia have voluntarily shut down or revoked their authorizations after the government's recently strengthened Terrorist Financing Prevention and Anti-Money Laundering Act (AML) came into force in March.

Internet payments processor Stripe has launched a fiat-to-crypto onramp to address the "cold start problem" Web3 companies face when customers don't have "cryptocurrency in their wallets to transact."

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Stops Bitcoin, Second withdrawal on May 8, citing a large backlog of pending withdrawals. Binance tweeted on May 8 that it had “temporarily” shut down BTC withdrawals due to “a large number of pending transactions.”

The Approval of Nigeria's National Blockchain Policy has the country's crypto Community Ecstitute as it Signals More Room for Growth in the Country's Cryp To Industry. A Number of Local Experts Commented on the New Policy and the Implications for the Nigerian Blockchain Ecosystem.

Big Four accounting firm Deloitte has integrated blockchain technology to allow clients to store verification credentials in a digital wallet to streamline an "often inefficient" verification process.

White House to Create International Standards for Distributed Ledger Technology

Liechtenstein PM Daniel Risch Announces Plan to Accept Bitcoin, As payment for government services. As local news reports, the tiny European nation continues to embrace blockchain technology.

Bitcoin suddenly soars, Transaction fees and unconfirmed transactions sparked concerns on crypto Twitter over the weekend about a potential denial-of-service (DoS) "attack" on the network.

A trader just spent a whopping $155,000 worth of memecoin called Four (FOUR) for a staggering 64 ETH the equivalent of $118,000 in gas fees.

Worldcoin, a project that recognizes humans and differentiates them from artificial intelligence, has launched a gas-free crypto wallet for verified humans, according to a May 8 announcement.

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to pervade every industry around the world. The latest crypto industry adopter is Crypto.com, which announced its new generative AI user assistant.

Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has retracted images generated by artificial intelligence used in a campaign to promote police brutality during nationwide protests in Colombia in 2021.