Crypto News Weekly Digest 15.09.2023

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2023-09-15

 

Crypto market

BTC – 26601 1.62%.

Leaders are growing among altcoins - AXS, BCH, RUNE.

The leaders of the fall are APE, HT, HBAR.

BTC dominance - 50.01%.

Alternative index 41.

 

LayerZero got an important PARTNERSHIP with Google Cloud.

Starting September 19, Google Oracle will be an additional layer of verification for LayerZero transactions and will ensure the security of cross-chain crypto transfers.

 

Bitcoin RECOVERED to $26,700.

Bitcoin and the dollar reacted interestingly to the publication of the Producer Price Index in the United States.

At first, Bitcoin sank and the dollar rose, but now both assets are showing growth.

 

FIGHTED OFF the prosecutor in court using a calculator.

Co-founder of bankrupt exchange Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, looking at the FTX bankruptcy process, shared memories of his past.

After hacking the exchange, he was considered guilty, allegedly embezzling funds and staging a robbery to cover his tracks.

Using a calculator he bought in prison, he was able to prepare calculations and prove that the exchange earned more than it spent.

It was not possible to pin the blame on him - all charges were dropped. According to him, it was the BEST $120 BUY of his life!

 

Vitalik Buterin's Twitter account was hacked, and more than $691 thousand was stolen from victims' wallets.

After Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's X (formerly Twitter) account was hacked, victims allegedly suffered losses in excess of $691,000 due to a malicious link falsely advertising a free NFT.

According to renowned blockchain researcher ZachXBT, the incident resulted in victims collectively losing more than $691,000 after clicking on the malicious link.

The post he linked to has since been deleted. It was posted on Buterin's account, claiming that it commemorates the arrival of "Proto-Danksharding coming to Ethereum."

A hacker shared a malicious link to a supposed free commemorative non-fungible token (NFT), enticing victims to connect their wallets before ultimately stealing all their funds.
 

Exactly 10 years ago the famous story of James Howells took place.

10 years ago, James Howells threw out his trash out of habit, but accidentally threw in a cold wallet for 8,000 Bitcoins, which at the current exchange rate are worth about $200 million.

Now, he is trying to dig into the city dump, James threatens to bankrupt the Newport City Council for not giving him permission to dig into the city dump.

For ten years, the crypto enthusiast has been trying different ways to find his Bitcoins, but local authorities are preventing this, and he filed a lawsuit against them. If he wins, the city council may go bankrupt, as the plaintiff tries to recover from him the full value of the lost Bitcoins.

 

PayPal launched a service for converting cryptocurrencies into US dollars.

PayPal controls cryptocurrencies worth about $1 billion.

Funds are stored in Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC). The relevant information was sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This week, the PayPal press service announced the launch of a service for exchanging digital currencies for American dollars.

This option is available to US residents. They can transfer Bitcoin and altcoins into fiat money directly in the wallet, then withdraw the funds to a card or use them in a bank transfer.

The service will become available to users of blockchain applications (DApps) and NFT platforms, the company emphasized.

 

Google softens policy on cryptocurrencies.

From September 15, Google will allow NFT games to be advertised on its platform.

Gambling advertising remains prohibited.