Mt. Gox transferred around 12,000 BTC to a new wallet around 11:39 p.m., UTC. Last week, BitGo moved the majority of around $2 billion worth of bitcoin it received from Mt. Gox to a separate wallet. Mt. Gox appears to have transferred 12,000. to an unknown wallet on Tuesday night,...

Mt. Gox moves over $700 million worth of bitcoin to unknown wallet: Arkham

Clearpool is developing Ozean, a Layer 2 blockchain operating within the Optimism ecosystem. Ozean is based on OP Stack and developed using Caldera’s rollup-as-a-service platform. The undercollateralized lending marketplace Clearpool is working on Ozean — a Layer 2 blockchain that will be part of the Optimism ecosystem. Ozean...

Clearpool develops Caldera-powered Layer 2 chain within Optimism ecosystem

Memecoin Sundog rose by 25% on Wednesday as traders test out the recently launched Tron-based token generator SunPump. Solana-based generator Pump.fun has been for several weeks dominating the memecoin space. Tron. -based token Sundog jumped about 25% on Wednesday as traders appear to be testing out the recently launched memecoin...

Tron's Sundog token jumps 25% amid SunPump memecoin generator hype

Tether plans to launch a stablecoin pegged to the UAE dirham. The token would come in collaboration with Phoenix Group and Green Acorn Investments. Tether plans to launch a new stablecoin pegged to the United Arab Emirates dirham in collaboration with Phoenix Group and Green Acorn Investments. According to a...

Tether plans to launch a UAE dirham-pegged stablecoin

Base is rolling out subnames based on Ethereum Name Service infrastructure. Known as Basenames, these will be offered through a Dutch auction. Base, a Layer 2 network on Ethereum developed under Coinbase, is launching Basenames — subnames created through the Ethereum Name Service infrastructure, enabling users to convert their complex hexadecimal addresses into human-readable names.

Base introduces ENS subnames for users, plans fair launch via Dutch auction

McDonald’s Instagram account seemingly hacked to promote Solana token ‘Grimace’. NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler and Ben ‘BitBoy’ Armstrong agree to settle Binance-related class action lawsuit. The following is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons. Happy Wednesday! In today's...

The Daily: McDonald's Instagram hacked to promote token, Aave launches on Era mainnet, Butler and BitBoy to settle lawsuit and more

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

A new MEV bot run by pseudonymous trader Jaredfromsubway.eth — named after the former Subway spokesperson — has been rolling out more complicated arbitrage and sandwich attacks earning him millions of dollars in ETH. MEV, or maximum extractable value, is the process of reordering transactions to earn as...

Jaredfromsubway.eth is back with a new MEV bot and new sandwich attacks

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

This means institutional and corporate clients will be able to custody ether, UNI and ARB through Prometheum Capital, according to a statement released by the firm on Wednesday. Prometheum has been heavily scrutinized by the digital asset industry, as many crypto firms say it is not possible to register with...

Prometheum adds 'digital asset securities' UNI and ARB to its custodial ranks

As the world is increasingly relying on online communication tools and digital platforms for everything from shopping to banking and paying bills, scammers are also lurking around and coming up with innovative ploys to swindle unsuspecting people. Things have reached a point where businesses have to warn their customers about fraudulent messages, but one witty bank customer, who goes by u/Global-Letterhead-88 on Reddit, decided to shut down the scammers with humor. Being a software engineer, the customer identified that they were being scammed and decided to get back at the cyber-crook with a hilarious revenge.

Techie uses quick thinking and humor to scam a scammer and the internet is in splits

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

With hurricane season posing a consistent threat six months out of the year, who would not like a little help getting their home ready for the harsh weather to come? Senate Bill 7028: My Safe Florida Home Program, approved by Governor DeSantis on April 24, 2024, and effective as of July 1, appropriates a one-time total of $200 million from 2024 to 2025 for the purpose of funding hurricane mitigation grants and inspections, as well as outreach and administration costs, to support homeowners in Florida.

DeSantis Signs New Bill Giving $200 Million To Homeowners

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

As BNB Chain approaches its 4th anniversary, the community-driven blockchain ecosystem that includes the world’s largest smart contract blockchain, has announced that it will mark the milestone on BNB Day, set to take place on September 1, 2024. The celebration will extend beyond a single day, with a lineup of activities focusing on community engagement, rewards, and educational initiatives planned in the lead-up to and following BNB Day.

BNB Chain Announces BNB Day to Mark 4th Anniversary

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Morristown Minute

CAMDEN, N.J. – Lisa Smith, 61, of Cornelius, North Carolina, has admitted to her role in a fraudulent scheme involving over $3.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Smith pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court on July 17, 2024, to a charge of bank fraud conspiracy.

Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.5M COVID Relief Scam

Franklin Templeton, a global asset management firm, has expanded its Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund to the Avalanche network. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph, the expansion to the layer-1 blockchain will be the “first-of-its-kind onchain money market fund” on Avalanche. The fund, which launched...

Franklin Templeton expands blockchain fund to Avalanche network

Barely 8 months after reaching a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao is now embroiled in another legal battle. In a Wednesday legal filing, the exchange alongside Zhao was accused of running a sham compliant program, thereby enabling a series of money laundering activities.

Binance faces new legal battle over money laundering allegations

South Carolina State

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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Magic Eden to adopt the ecosystem token ME

NFT marketplace Magic Eden will adopt the forthcoming utility token ME. ME will be an ecosystem and utility token for consumers to use on Magic Eden,...

Magic Eden to adopt the ecosystem token ME

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