- Coinbase appoints former UK Chancellor George Osborne to Coinbase’s advisory board in a calculated move intended to fortify company’s stance in the face of legal challenges, especially those involving the SEC.
- The first licenced supplier of digital asset services to launch in El Salvador is Bitfinex Securities. After the U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs launched successfully, Bitfinex expects a strong demand for regulated digital asset investment vehicles.
- Wednesday saw the start of one of the largest token airdrops yet on the Solana (SOL) blockchain, with the chain remaining stable as Jupiter began releasing around $700 million worth of its JUP token to almost a million wallets.
- Six Worldcoin locations were the subject of inspections by Hong Kong’s privacy authority on Wednesday, due to worries about potential threats to the privacy of personal data.
- Tuesday marked the release of Ethereum’s most recent major upgrade, Dencun, on the Sepolia test network. This means that just one more testnet remains until the much-anticipated “proto-danksharding” feature is implemented.
- Puffer Finance, an Ethereum liquid restaking technology based on EigenLayer, has received funding from Binance Labs. Prominent backers of Puffer already include Lightspeed Faction, Brevan Howard Digital, and Jump Crypto.
- A significant security incident has purportedly occurred at DeFi protocol Abracadabra Finance. Over $6.4 million was lost as a result of a malicious attack, according to security specialists.
- dYdX Chain has upgraded to offer liquid staking support.
- Ethereum scaling solution In an effort to increase Layer 3 chain data availability, Starknet and Celestia are working together. With the goal of reducing petrol expenses, the partnership allows Starknet to use Celestia for data storage.
- Global X has withdrawn its application for a spot BitcoinETF. According to a filing notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Cboe BZX Exchange filed a notice of the withdrawal on January 26.
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