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Ad NFT marketplace aggregator Blur.io has surpassed Uniswap, OpenSea, and Etherum transactions as the top ETH burner over the past 24 hours. Data shared by Access Protocol CEO Mika Honkasalo from Ultrasoundmoney highlighted that over 252 ETH was burned as a result of Blur.io activity between Feb. 18 and Feb. 19. Furthermore, the two contracts…
Ad Bitcoin has broken above $25,000 on Binance for the third time in three days, defying broader market trends and continuing its bullish run into 2023.” Bitcoin reached a local high of $2,050 over the weekend before retracing slightly to $24,880, following a gain of 7.28% since Friday’s low of $23,332. Source: Trading View The core…
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Paxos faces SEC lawsuit over BUSD On Feb. 13, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement division issued a Wells notice to Paxos, ordering the company to stop minting the Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin. The notice followed an SEC investigation into Paxos and its relationship with Binance, whose stablecoin it issued, which concluded that…