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OpenSea

OpenSea

OpenSea adds new standards for redeemable NFTs The OpenSea Marketplace announced that it has added support for four standards for redeemable NFTs. This is a category of tokens that can be exchanged for a good or service. Also, OpenSea now supports the following standards - ERC-7496, ERC-7498, SIP-14 and SIP-15.

Binance

Binance

Binance announced that its Polish unit will serve customers from Belgium. This will be done to comply with regulatory obligations. Earlier, the Belgian regulator ordered Binance to stop providing crypto services in the country.

Tornado Cash

Tornado Cash

Tornado Cash co-founder added to US OFAC's SDN list Roman Semenov, co-founder of scandalous mixer Tornado Cash, has been placed on the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) SDN list. *The SDN List (Specially Designated Nationals List) is a blacklist listing people, organisations and ships with whom

Blockchains

Blockchains

USDC to launch on six new blockchains Circle reported that the USDC steiblcoin will launch on 6 new blockchains - Base, Cosmos (via Noble), NEAR, Optimism and Polkadot and Polygon PoS. In the first five networks on the list, the steiblcoin will launch in September and in Polygon PoS in

Сryptocurrency

Сryptocurrency

Thailand's Prime Minister will hand out $300 in cryptocurrency to every citizen Thailand's parliament has chosen Sretta Thavisin, who previously promised that he would hand out $300 in cryptocurrency to every citizen over the age of 16 if he wins, as the country's next prime minister. Residents will be able

A trader lost over $760,000 on the sale of NFT from the BAYC collection

A trader lost over $760,000 on the sale of NFT from the BAYC collection

Token #8585 from the BAYC collection was sold for 153 ETH (about $255,000) on the X2Y2 platform. In October 2022, the value of this NFT was 777 ETH ($1.02 million). Thus the former owner lost more than $760,000. In less than a year, the asset's price dropped

Opensea discontinues support for BNB Chain

Opensea discontinues support for BNB Chain

NFT marketplace OpenSea has announced that it will cease support for BNB Chain. "As we evolve, we need to focus our resources on the most promising areas," the company said. Users will not be able to min and cast NFTs on the platform on this network, but can still view

Microsoft has partnered with Aptos Labs

Microsoft has partnered with Aptos Labs

Aptos Labs announced a partnership with Microsoft in which the parties will explore solutions related to asset tokenisation, digital payments and CBDC. The companies will also focus on areas such as artificial intelligence and Web3. Aptos added that with the tech giant's support, they will introduce the Aptos Assistant digital

Etherscan unveiled Blockscan mobile app

Etherscan unveiled Blockscan mobile app

Blockchain observer Etherscan has announced the launch of Blockscan Chat, a mobile app that will allow users to exchange messages between Web3 wallets for informational and social purposes. According to the developers, sending and receiving messages is completely free as it is done offline.

KuCoin exchange tightened user verification rules again

KuCoin exchange tightened user verification rules again

KuCoin has announced stricter identity verification rules for new and regular users. They will come into effect on 31 August at 00:00 UTC. Users will now be required to upload identity documents and perform a biometric facial verification to pass basic verification.