Crypto News Weekly Digest 08.09.2023
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2023-09-08
Crypto market
BTC – 26261 1.83%.
The growth leaders among altcoins are RLB, XRD, MIOTA.
The leaders of the fall are KAS, SNX, MATIC.
BTC dominance - 49.46%.
Altseason index 39.
40% tax on DEAD trader's crypto.
In the UK, a family went broke paying off inherited crypto they didn't even have access to.
Dad traded for $126k and died suddenly. Heartbroken relatives had to pay $50k in tax for crypto on the exchange.
Visa will support USDC on Solana.
The operation of the VisaNet payment gateway is provided immediately by 2 companies Worldpay and Nuvei.
Considering that Visa has transferred hundreds of millions in crypto through the Ethereum network, the expansion to Solana is super positive news!
$83 million PYRAMID collapsed.
A massive scam occurred in South Korea, where 6,610 people were scammed in less than a couple of months.
Scammers created a crypto pyramid and promised 300% per month. Token release and listing on TOP exchanges.
Added OUTPUT of crypto to fiat from MetaMask.
Ethereum withdrawals are currently available for the US, UK, and some European countries.
You can withdraw dollars, euros, and pounds to a bank card or PayPal account.
11,197 years in PRISON for the collapse of the Thodex exchange.
The two founders of the largest Turkish exchange will pay a $5 million fine for stealing $2 billion in crypto.
The stock exchange collapsed in 2021, and management was on the run for a year. Caught, as in the case of FTX and LUNA.
Showdowns between two creators of Gala.
Eric Schirmeier and Wright Thurston, co-founders of Gala Games, filed lawsuits against each other.
Schirmeyer accused Thurston of illegally obtaining and selling $130 million worth of GALA tokens.
Thurston, in turn, accused Schirmeyer of embezzling millions of dollars in company assets and engaging in fraudulent activities that harmed the company.
Thurston also plans to demand $750 million in damages from Schirmeyer.
The GALA token is down more than 12% in the last 48 hours.
Hacking of the casino and betting platform Stake for $40 million.
It is reported that the most likely platform was hacked for about $40 million, part of the money was in the ETH network, the remaining $25.6 million was stolen from the BSC and Polygon networks.
So far, only ~$16 million has been confirmed. The fraudster transferred the stolen funds to ETH and distributed them to 4 addresses.
The Stake platform specializes in betting, casino and other gambling. The creators do not give comments yet, maybe this is a mistake.