Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, has appointed industry veteran Florent Jouanneau as a new partner in its venture capital practice. The company plans to expand its venture capital arm despite shrinking funding levels across the industry. It is reported that Jouanneau previously worked at White Star Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in web3 and DeFi startups. He previously worked as a structured credit and ABS trader at Bank of America and held sales and tradin...

Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura, has appointed industry veteran Florent Jouanneau as a new partner in its venture capital practice. The company plans to expand its venture capital arm despite shrinking funding levels across the industry. It is reported that Jouanneau previously worked at White Star Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in web3 and DeFi startups. He previously worked as a structured credit and ABS trader at Bank of America and held sales and tradin...

Celsius Network said its $4.7 billion settlement with the FTC would not affect its restructuring or restoring assets for clients. Celsius said in a statement filed with the court on Thursday that the company "remains committed to the successful execution of its Chapter 11 program." "Celsius' special committee and senior leadership remain committed to ongoing engagement with regulators and government agencies, and remain focused on maximizing value for stakeholders." As previously reporte...

Celsius Network said its $4.7 billion settlement with the FTC would not affect its restructuring or restoring assets for clients. Celsius said in a statement filed with the court on Thursday that the company "remains committed to the successful execution of its Chapter 11 program." "Celsius' special committee and senior leadership remain committed to ongoing engagement with regulators and government agencies, and remain focused on maximizing value for stakeholders." As previously reporte...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer for an international technology company, was arrested in New York on suspicion of defrauding a DeFi exchange and stealing $9 million. In what the agency said was the first criminal case involving an attack on a smart contract operated by a decentralized exchange, Shakeeb Ahmed, 34, of New York, N.Y., laundered the stolen funds through a complex series of transfers on a blo...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer for an international technology company, was arrested in New York on suspicion of defrauding a DeFi exchange and stealing $9 million. In what the agency said was the first criminal case involving an attack on a smart contract operated by a decentralized exchange, Shakeeb Ahmed, 34, of New York, N.Y., laundered the stolen funds through a complex series of transfers on a blo...

Kwenta, a derivatives trading platform, tweeted that due to a potential error discovered in the Stake v2 contract, the pledge contract will be suspended. Kwenta said that shortly after starting the v2 migration, Kwenta contributors discovered a bug that could result in newly issued v2 rewards being lost, but existing balances "will not" be lost and funds in the v2 contract remain safe. Out of an abundance of caution, the v2 contract was quickly suspended. There are currently no confirmed case...

Kwenta, a derivatives trading platform, tweeted that due to a potential error discovered in the Stake v2 contract, the pledge contract will be suspended. Kwenta said that shortly after starting the v2 migration, Kwenta contributors discovered a bug that could result in newly issued v2 rewards being lost, but existing balances "will not" be lost and funds in the v2 contract remain safe. Out of an abundance of caution, the v2 contract was quickly suspended. There are currently no confirmed case...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with the Cross-Messaging Transfer Protocol Project (XMTP) to introduce encrypted messaging capabilities into its wallet product. Messaging for Coinbase Wallet will enable crypto users to establish secure communication channels between Ethereum Layer 1 and Layer 2 accounts using cb.id, ENS Domains, Lens, and Unstopper Domains. The messaging feature will go live today and will be available to users who receive a QR code for the company's invit...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with the Cross-Messaging Transfer Protocol Project (XMTP) to introduce encrypted messaging capabilities into its wallet product. Messaging for Coinbase Wallet will enable crypto users to establish secure communication channels between Ethereum Layer 1 and Layer 2 accounts using cb.id, ENS Domains, Lens, and Unstopper Domains. The messaging feature will go live today and will be available to users who receive a QR code for the company's invit...

After Multichain confirms that the funds will not be recovered, Geist will be permanently closed. Because Chainlink's oracles track the real value of USDC, USDT, WBTC or ETH, they do not know the true value of Multichain assets. These assets are currently trading at about 22% of their actual value. Reopening borrowing is out of the question as it could lead to bad debts for lenders with unaffected assets such as MIM or FTM. To be clear, this is by no means an attempt to blame Chainlink’s...

After Multichain confirms that the funds will not be recovered, Geist will be permanently closed. Because Chainlink's oracles track the real value of USDC, USDT, WBTC or ETH, they do not know the true value of Multichain assets. These assets are currently trading at about 22% of their actual value. Reopening borrowing is out of the question as it could lead to bad debts for lenders with unaffected assets such as MIM or FTM. To be clear, this is by no means an attempt to blame Chainlink’s...

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic today announced the launch of its product iteration, Claude 2, with improved performance and access via an API (API price is the same as 1.3) and a new public-facing beta website, claude.ai. The latest model scored 76.5 percent on the multiple-choice section of the bar exam, higher than Claude 1.3's 73.0 percent. Anyone in the US and UK can start using its beta chat experience today.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic today announced the launch of its product iteration, Claude 2, with improved performance and access via an API (API price is the same as 1.3) and a new public-facing beta website, claude.ai. The latest model scored 76.5 percent on the multiple-choice section of the bar exam, higher than Claude 1.3's 73.0 percent. Anyone in the US and UK can start using its beta chat experience today.

Kain Warwick, founder of synthetic asset issuance protocol Synthetix, announced the launch of Infinex, a new decentralized perpetual exchange. Infinex will attract users with a process similar to creating a username and password, mimicking Binance’s user experience to compete with centralized exchanges. The exchange will store the private key in the user's browser, which will still be used to sign transactions. Most importantly, Warwick said, private keys will not be able to withdraw dep...

Kain Warwick, founder of synthetic asset issuance protocol Synthetix, announced the launch of Infinex, a new decentralized perpetual exchange. Infinex will attract users with a process similar to creating a username and password, mimicking Binance’s user experience to compete with centralized exchanges. The exchange will store the private key in the user's browser, which will still be used to sign transactions. Most importantly, Warwick said, private keys will not be able to withdraw dep...

The NFT project Ether tweeted that in order to achieve a balance between minters, secondary buyers, and holders, and to resolve the price difference between existing holders who did not participate in the pricing of new coins, each holder will be charged 1 Ether Capsule is airdropped at a ratio of 1. Holders can get 1 free Ether Capsule airdrop for every Ether Capsule they hold. The airdrop snapshot has been completed. The airdrop includes whitelisted minters (whether locked or paid), seconda...

The NFT project Ether tweeted that in order to achieve a balance between minters, secondary buyers, and holders, and to resolve the price difference between existing holders who did not participate in the pricing of new coins, each holder will be charged 1 Ether Capsule is airdropped at a ratio of 1. Holders can get 1 free Ether Capsule airdrop for every Ether Capsule they hold. The airdrop snapshot has been completed. The airdrop includes whitelisted minters (whether locked or paid), seconda...

Arrakis Finance is now officially connected to the OKX Web3 wallet. Users can connect to the OKX Web3 wallet plug-in to entrust liquidity management and share fee income in Arrakis Finance. Arrakis Finance is a Uniswap V3 LP automated management protocol launched in June 2021 by Gelato Network, an automated execution tool for Ethereum smart contracts. Users and project parties can directly provide liquidity in Arrakis Vaults and obtain ERC-20 LP tokens. Arrakis will Inject liquidity into Unis...

Arrakis Finance is now officially connected to the OKX Web3 wallet. Users can connect to the OKX Web3 wallet plug-in to entrust liquidity management and share fee income in Arrakis Finance. Arrakis Finance is a Uniswap V3 LP automated management protocol launched in June 2021 by Gelato Network, an automated execution tool for Ethereum smart contracts. Users and project parties can directly provide liquidity in Arrakis Vaults and obtain ERC-20 LP tokens. Arrakis will Inject liquidity into Unis...

The team led by Musk announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence company called X.AI, which aims to understand the "true nature of the universe." The team is advised by Dan Hendrycks, currently director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety. Team members will be having a Twitter Spaces chat on Friday, July 14th. X.AI said they are separate from Company X, but will work closely with Company X and Tesla.

The team led by Musk announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence company called X.AI, which aims to understand the "true nature of the universe." The team is advised by Dan Hendrycks, currently director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety. Team members will be having a Twitter Spaces chat on Friday, July 14th. X.AI said they are separate from Company X, but will work closely with Company X and Tesla.

Kwenta, a derivatives trading platform, tweeted that due to a potential error discovered in the Stake v2 contract, the pledge contract will be suspended. Kwenta said that shortly after starting the v2 migration, Kwenta contributors discovered a bug that could result in newly issued v2 rewards being lost, but existing balances "will not" be lost and funds in the v2 contract remain safe. Out of an abundance of caution, the v2 contract was quickly suspended. There are currently no confirmed case...

Kwenta, a derivatives trading platform, tweeted that due to a potential error discovered in the Stake v2 contract, the pledge contract will be suspended. Kwenta said that shortly after starting the v2 migration, Kwenta contributors discovered a bug that could result in newly issued v2 rewards being lost, but existing balances "will not" be lost and funds in the v2 contract remain safe. Out of an abundance of caution, the v2 contract was quickly suspended. There are currently no confirmed case...