At a hearing in New York on Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan indicated that he was concerned about Bankman-Fried’s ability to hide or delete his communications.

Chainlink Automation will run specific tasks, including price updates and liquidity balancing, to help maintain the stability of Maker’s $5 billion DAI stablecoin.

AI and blockchain could assist in decisions around investments, taxes and insurance, and open up new avenues for income. But financial advisors will still play a key role.

Energy producers finally have incentives to work with bitcoin miners as the price of natural gas drops from historic highs.

The funding round for VAULT was led by Placeholder VC.

The leading crypto exchange is seeking to extend influence as the company extends its push into the increasingly regulated bloc

LooksRare users can now buy and sell cryptocurrencies through MoonPay, which will allow users to purchase NFTs with a credit card.

Aave’s GHO is set to join a fierce competition as rival DeFi protocols also issue or are moving to release their own protocol-native stablecoins.

The Finnish exchange is set to close this month as it reacts to the “ongoing very cold crypto winter.”

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