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Hackers hacked into Qubit Finance and took away $25 mln

• They withdrew assets from the Qubit Finance pool for $20 mln
  

  

  Next DeFi project fell victim to hackers. This time Qubit Finance suffered. PeckShield cybersecurity analysts reported that the criminals managed to withdraw crypto-assets from the project pool for about $25 mln.

  Qubit Finance confirmed the fact of the attack. They added that they are now tracking the stolen assets and have contacted the criminals. Hackers offered “maximum reward”.

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  US sees in cryptocurrencies a threat to national security

  

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  Eric Balciunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg, called the new bill on national security “a broader form of cryptocurrency censorship.”
  

The Memorandum will affect not only cryptocurrencies, but also other digital assets, including stablecoins and NFTs. The bill will oblige government departments to analyze the degree of threat that this sector may pose.

“This act is needed for a holistic view of the issue. It will serve as the basis for the formation of a policy that will allow coordinating all government efforts in this area, ”the source quoted the publication as saying.

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South Korea will punish ISPs for harassment in the metaverse

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They have created a special commission and plan to punish providers of metaworlds

The Metaverse is a new and still crude invention. It promises us many benefits, but keeps silent about some threats. For example, about how users will protect themselves and their children from violence and sexual harassment.

South Korea wants to put an end to this. The local Communications Commission has created a special council to study ways to control virtual maniacs.

In the metaverses, cases of violence have already been recorded, their victims are mainly women and children.

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Apple will still enter the era of the metaverse. Tim Cook considers this direction promising

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The company is already investing in AR and VR, and is also looking for new solutions in this sector

17 January, Apple’s top management on the phone held negotiations regarding the profitability of the organization in Q1 1536 of the year. Among other things, CEO Tim Cook mentioned the possibility of investing in the metaverse sector and the development of AR devices.

“We are constantly exploring any innovative ideas and technologies. Earlier, I covered in detail that this (the metaverse) is of interest to us, ”the CEO answered the question of an analyst at Morgan Stanley about whether the company will develop a promising direction.

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US Senator gave miners 2 weeks to report on energy costs

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The American senator and an ardent opponent of mining sent regular letters to large companies

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren asked miners for more information on energy usage. Report Deadline February.

Such chain letters have already been received by Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital Holdings, Stronghold Digital Mining, Bitdeer, Bitfury Group and Bit Digital.

Recall that in December last year, Miss Warren already sent a similar a letter to the mining company Greenidge.

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One of New York’s largest bank introduces BTC trading services

Flushing Bank customers will be able to trade BTC directly in the app

The press service of Flushing Bank stated that the company will provide its customers with the opportunity to trade cryptocurrency and transfer BTC to a crypto wallet. This is one of the largest banks in New York, whose assets reached $8 billion in the fourth quarter of last year.

The project was developed in collaboration with fintech firm NYDIG. This organization caters to both retail and large investors and also develops its own crypto solutions.

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OpenSea rolled back NFT release limit after criticism from community side

With the bans, the administration expected to reduce the level of spam, plagiarism and fraud when using the tools

17 of January, the administration of the OpenSea NFT marketplace rolled back the restriction on the issuance of new tokens through free platform toolkit. The reason for this was the negative reaction from users.

The restriction came into force yesterday, 14 January. The administration has banned the release of more than 5 collections c 50 NFT in each through an internal smart contract marketplace.

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Warner Music will open a virtual concert hall on the platform The Sandbox

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Fans will be able to “settle” in the neighborhood by purchasing nearby “islands” as part of the sale this March

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The Sandbox announced the creation of a virtual concert hall and music park as part of an agreement with Warner Music. The company will even host a nearby cluster sale this March so fans can get closer to their idols.

WMG’s director of technology and business development was less modest in her assessment of the partnership:

“Warner Music has provided the virtual equivalent of luxury beachfront real estate.”

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Avalanche is closely catching up with Ethereum

• The platform is approaching the market leader and may well overtake it

Avalanche (AVAX) is one of the most scalable and low cost smart contract platforms on the market today. It ranks fifth in size with total assets of 8. billion Ava Labs CEO Emin Gan Sirer announced on Twitter today that Avalanche’s transaction volume is about to catch up with Ethereum.

According to his data, 01 in January, the platform processed 1.1 million transactions, which is approximately 31% Ethereum load.

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Crypto Attorneys Prepare to Challenge US Bill

• It has not yet been adopted, but has already caused panic among the participants in the nka
  

  

  New America COMPETES Act of 2022″ Launches a series of measures to maintain US economic superiority over China. One of the points of the bill gives the Minister of Finance the right to arbitrarily close crypto-exchanges.

  Human rights activists and non-profit organizations have already raised a wave of panic about new government initiatives. Coin Center, Congressman Tom Emmer and representatives of Blockchain Caucus expressed their protest.

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DePocket: instructions for beginners

Today we are going to tell you about DePocket, a free DeFi platform designed to help users manage multiple addresses across multiple Defi platforms. The platform also supports more than 1024 Defi assets and provides support for multiple networks including BSC, NEAR, Solana and others.

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Binance Labs announced the funding of the Solv Protocol

Binance Labs announced the strategic funding of Solv Protocol and the joint launch of NFT on the Binance NFT trading platform.

As of January TVL Solv reached a historic high of $169 million tons The company is also gearing up for the launch of the Convertible Voucher, a funding tool that will help the DAO obtain liquid assets through the use of its own tokens, while minimizing the risk of liquidation.

We also want to remind you that we held an AMA session with a representative of the project, the text extract of which you can read at the link.

Corite announces partnership with GEMS

Corite announced a partnership with the platform GEMS aggregator. Thanks to it, it will be possible to realize performances of artists in games and increase popularity among gamers.

Jumbo: User-friendly AMM on Near

(New project on radar)

After the news that Alameda in Jumbo, paid attention to this project.

Jumbo Exchange is built on Near, which means commissions and slippage are at a very adequate level. In addition to DEX itself, the Jumbo ecosystem will have Jets and Yield Finder.

Jets will allow you to find the most profitable pools, Yield Finder is the largest yield. For more information about how it will all work, about on-chain oracles, tokenomics and the built-in anti-money laundering system, read the documentation.

PS: Sales to BocaChica , Uplift and SmartPad have already been. But if there is tokenomics, then another token sale is looming somewhere on the horizon, which means you need to subscribe to their Twitter and follow the project news. B TGE was rescheduled, possibly rescheduled just after Alameda entered.

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DePocket have integrated support for NEAR

DePocket reported NEAR integration in their port folio tracker.

DePocket is a multi-chain platform for DeFi and NFT. The aim of the project is to enable users to manage their assets across all platforms in one place using the functions of a comprehensive dashboard.

We also want to share with you a guide for newbie on the use of this tracker.

You can follow the project news in the official channel.

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Project news

20791WARENA launches mobile version of the game

The WARENA Metaverse has announced the launch of the mobile version of Warena Survival 2D. Android / iOS.

Instructions for beginners can be viewed at the link.

20576The Three Kingdoms Announces Chinese New Year Campaign20800

P2E Game The Three Kingdoms Launches Chinese New Year Campaign . WITH 31 January to February, after completing the tasks, there is an opportunity to get rare NFT-heroes (5Chinese New Year edition Zhao Yun).

Details of the campaign at the link.

The project also released the official trailer for the game.

Pcredefi announced the platform300The platform for P2P crypto lending Credefi announced the launch of the platform. The launch is scheduled for 22 January.

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