Caroline Ellison asks for time served, citing cooperation with US gov’t
The elusive former CEO of Alameda Research will return to court on Sept. 24 for sentencing after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering in 2022.
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Sui Foundation onboards Blockaid to enhance ecosystem security
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Australia: Tax Regulator Warns of Fraudulent Requests for Tax Payment via BTC ATMs
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Decentraland launches virtual property renting for LAND owners
The metaverse platform announced that users who own LAND within Decentraland can officially rent out the rights to the space through the digital marketplace. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTThe metaverse platform Decentranland announced a new platform feature which allows its users who own virtual LAND to essentially become landlords.…

China’s consortium chains may not be trusted internationally, says Vitalik Buterin
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Trippy Bunny NFT donates 100% of mint proceeds to suicide prevention foundation
Cryptocurrency donations platform The Giving Block facilitated the contribution, which totaled nearly $221,000 in GUSD. Trippy Bunny NFT, a new nonfungible token project built on Solana, has announced that it is donating all of its mint sale proceeds to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.The announcement was made on Suicide Prevention Day, a global awareness…

Secret contracts may soon bring privacy features to public Blockchains
Programmable privacy is about to become a reality. Open-source Blockchain protocol Secret Network announced its intention to add privacy-based secret contracts to its mainnet. The upgrade will take place on September 15 once the proposal is passed by the community.According to the foundation’s announcement, developers will have the opportunity to build and deploy so-called “secret”…

Memecoin sends BTC fees to the moon, miner profits top $50B and more: Hodler’s Digest, April 30-May 6
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