Bored Apes Attacked, Bitcoin Sees Inflows Again, Ethereum Outflows Drop + More News

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Popular NFT project Boring Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), developed by Yugarabo, Confirmed The Instagram account was hacked and warned, “Don’t create anything, click a link, or link your wallet to anything.” No other details are provided, but some Twitter users claim that their Discord accounts were also hacked and dozens of NFTs were stolen.

Digital asset investment products had a total outflow of US $ 7.2 million last week, bringing the total outflow over the last three weeks to US $ 219 million per person. CoinShares data. The annual flow remains positive at US $ 389 million, they added. Bitcoin (BTC) inflows totaled US $ 2.6 million (compared to US $ 72.8 million outflows a week ago), while Ethereum (ETH) outflows fell from US $ 27 million to US $ 16.9 million. Did.

Multilateral holding company BitNile Through its subsidiary, it announced plans to fund commercial loans of up to US $ 100 million secured by Bitcoin to small listed companies. Digital power lending.. They added that the company plans to “significantly expand” its Bitcoin mining capacity by the end of 2022, increasing the number of Bitcoin miners to 20,600.
NFT Marketplace High seas Announced acquisition of NFT Marketplace Aggregator jewelry.. They added that after the acquisition, Gem will continue to operate independently of OpenSea as a standalone product and brand.
Cryptocurrency Manager Hashdex Announced that it was approved by Swiss Stock Exchange List listed transaction type products in Switzerland.

Tennessee, USA, is looking for a contractor to hold crypto assets instead, and asks potential vendors for a request for proposal. Tennessee Treasury How does a company manage currencies such as BTC, according to the Nashville Post. Currently, the state does not have cryptocurrencies, but is looking for a vendor “in case unbilled cryptocurrencies are transferred to the state’s unclaimed asset program”.
Media MarktKleine Zeitung reports that a German multinational chain store that sells electronic devices is aiming to install 200 BTCATMs in 12 branches across Austria.

Uniswap Lab, The main developers of the Uniswap (UNI) distributed exchange protocol have begun blocking crypto wallet addresses that have been found to be involved in illegal activity from the front end of the app.This is done in partnership with a blockchain analysis company TRM LabFlag Uniswap cryptocurrencies that are likely to be associated with illegal activities such as sanctions, terrorist financing, fund hacking or theft, ransomware, trafficking, and child sexual abuse material.
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi’s International Financial Center Kraken As the first global cryptocurrency exchange to obtain a financial services license to operate an ADGM-regulated virtual asset exchange platform to meet the needs of the Middle East and North Africa region, the virtual asset community and financial ecosystem I participated in.
March 2022, Binanceof Spot market volumes reached US $ 490 billion, up 15.7% from the previous month, according to data from analytics firms. CryptoCompare.. As a result, Binance gained 30.2% of the total spot market volume in March, just below the record market share of 33.7% reached in November 2021.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub and Indonesia’s G20 Presidency Bank IndonesiaLaunched the 3rd G20 TechSprint Initiative, one of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency side events, focusing on the development of new solutions for the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

US Senator Kevin Thomas and Congressman Clyde Vanel have proposed a bill that criminalizes “rug pull” and other common decentralized finance (DeFi) fraud.

Multi-chain operating system Seller network (CELR) announced the launch of the mainnet of the Interchain Messaging (IM) framework. This framework allows developers to build cross-chain native dapps (decentralized apps) through a single-click user experience.
Cryptographic capital market Maple We announced the release on the Solana (SOL) blockchain.The first pool delegate to join X marginThey add that they manage an initial pool size of $ 45 million.

Kraken has announced that Mayur Gupta has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer.Gupta used to work Ganet, USA Today Network..
Binance has announced the appointment of Steven McWhirter, a former UK native. Financial Conduct AuthorityAs a director of regulatory policy.