Haru Invest CEO Hugo Hyungsoo Lee was attacked during his ongoing fraud trial at the Seoul Southern District Court, local media outlet Digital Asset reported on Aug. 28. According to the report, a man identified as “Kang” stabbed Lee multiple times in the neck with a concealed 5 cm knife.…
The courtroom stabbing comes weeks after a Chinese gang robbed over $2 million worth of crypto at gunpoint in a luxury estate in Thailand. Source link
Quick Take As the options expiry for Bitcoin (BTC) approaches on Aug. 30, significant market activity is anticipated, especially with a large volume of options set to expire. For Bitcoin, approximately $3.6 billion of notional value is set to expire, with a total open interest of 60,316 BTC. The put-to-call…
Starknet’s v0.13.2 upgrade brings faster transactions with parallel execution, redefining Layer 2 scaling on Ethereum. Source link
GameNGen, a neural model-based game engine, is demonstrating the potential to revolutionize how video games are generated and played. An innovative approach developed by Google Research and Tel Aviv University researchers allows for real-time interaction with complex gaming environments without relying on traditional game engines. As the authors reported, GameNGen…
XRP prices have declined today due to a choppy risk-on mood ahead of Nvidia earnings and cautious sentiment in the futures market, among other reasons. Source link
Quick Take Bitcoin continued its sell-off overnight, dropping another 5% and settling back into the $58,000 – $59,000 range. This sharp decline is mirrored in perpetual funding rates, which have swung from extremely positive levels to negative, highlighting the rapid shift in market sentiment whenever Bitcoin either goes above or…
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das advocates a plug-and-play system to enhance cross-border payment efficiency and CBDC interoperability. Source link
The TON Foundation assured users that all crypto transactions would be processed and no assets would be lost due to the brief block production disruption. Source link
Subject to closing conditions, the agreement will see Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF scoop up all the Bitcoin from the Osprey Bitcoin Trust. Source link