Aleksandar Đurić
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An experienced journalist working in the film and video-game industries for many years. An enthusiast busy with learning new things about the world of crypto every day. Majored in English Language and Literature. Has a shrine in his apartment dedicated to Hidetaka Miyazaki.
In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg changed the name of his company, Facebook, to Meta as part of a colossal rebranding campaign. From that moment on, the interest in augmented reality and the future of the internet has been spreading like wildfire. Everyone is talking about these new technologies and billions of dollars are invested in promoting […]
According to the class action lawsuit, Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club executives failed to disclose their connections to celebrities promoting the NFT project, violating state and federal laws. Related: Crypto Digest From TradeCrypto.com #179 After a series of investigations into Yuga Labs. Scott+Scott law firm filed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court’s Central District […]
Crypto exchange Binance has published a proof-of-reserves, audited by financial advisory firm Mazars, showing that Binance’s bitcoin reserves are overcollateralized. Binance underwent proof-of-reserves by Mazars on Nov. 22. To date, Binance bitcoin reserves were overcollaterised by 101%: At the time of assessment, Mazars observed Binance controlled in-scope assets in excess of 100% of their total […]
Bitcoin and blockchain technology company Blockstream is seeking fresh capital at a much lower valuation than last year’s $3.2 billion. Canada-based Blockstream raised $210 million in August 2021 in a Series B round with U.K. investment firms Baillie Gifford and Ifinex. The capital raised in that round gave Blockstream a valuation of $3.2 billion. Founded […]
Uniswap Labs announced the launch of an NFT aggregator, which allows trading NFTs from partnering marketplaces within the decentralized exchange. Now live on Uniswap, users can find listed NFTs from OpenSea, X2Y2, LooksRare, Sudoswap, Larva Labs, Foundation, NFT20, and NFTX. The new feature primarily focuses on those who aim to trade across marketplaces, simultaneously providing […]
Crypto bank Silvergate Capital stated less than $20M exposure to newly-bankrupt lender BlockFi. In the blog post from Nov. 28, the company officials claim: BlockFi is not a custodian for Silvergate’s bitcoin-collateralized SEN Leverage loans, which to date have continued to perform as expected with zero losses and no forced liquidations. Silvergate has no investments […]
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron and Huobi’s global advisory board member, spoke out about the possible merger of the two companies in the near future. Earlier today, Chinese crypto journalist Colin Wu tweeted that Poloniex would merge with Huobi: The Poloniex exchange, which Justin Sun acquired from Circle in 2019, will merge with his […]
Bo Chen, the founder of the first venture firm in Asia, Fenbushi Capital, announced on Twitter a hack of his wallet. Hackers stole stablecoins, BTC, and ETH worth $42 million. According to Chen’s Twitter thread, the hack happened on November 10. Hackers stole his personal wallet details, resulting in a loss of 38.233.180 $USDC, 719.760 […]
Binance Labs made a strategic investment in Belgium-based cold wallet maker NGRAVE, following CEO’s Changpeng Zhao repeated calls for users to turn to self-custody. Another confirmation of these words is the integration of Trust Wallet in Binance, announced last week, which we covered in Digest #171. According to an official statement, Binance Labs, the venture […]
The saga of the FTX crypto exchange’s demise continues. According to insider information unearthed by Reuters, it turns out that the CEO Sam Bankman-Fried used at least $4 billion of FTX’s money this year to support his trading firm, Alameda Research, which is closely connected to FTX. And while we do not know the exact […]
