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Flashbots Confirms Top Strategy Researcher Obadia to Depart Amid ‘Strategic’ Hiring Push

Flashbots has added 13 team members in the past six months, bringing the total size of the team above 50. Also joining Flashbots are Danning Sui, formerly head of data science at the decentralized finance infrastructure firm 0x; and Daniel Marzec, previously an engineer at Blocknative, another major MEV industry

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IMF’s CBDC push gets feedback from the crypto community: ‘No one wants this’

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues its effort to advance the technologies behind central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), some members of the crypto community have reacted strongly against the IMF's efforts to further the initiative. In a CBDC policy roundtable on June 19, the IMF’s director of the monetary and

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GameStop fires CEO Matt Furlong months after axing crypto push

GameStop has fired its CEO Matt Furlong, the executive responsible for launching the company’s push into nonfungible tokens (NFTs).According to a June 7 statement, Furlong was terminated, while Ryan Cohen — a billionaire investor held in high esteem by memestock traders following the notorious GameStop short squeeze in 2021 —

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U.S. House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball

But as a product of negotiations between Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the chair of the financial panel, and Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.), the chair of the agriculture committee, this bill doesn’t yet represent the needed input from their Democratic counterparts. It’s a “discussion draft” meant to start the conversation,

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Bitcoin ‘big move’ due in July after March $30K push — Latest analysis

Bitcoin “consolidation” could end by July, new research predicts as optimism over a BTC price breakout returns.In its latest market update on June 2, trading firm QCP Capital revealed a bullish bias on both Bitcoin  (BTC) and the largest altcoin, Ether (ETH).QCP Capital: Bitcoin consolidation “played out perfectly”Bitcoin price has been ranging

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Ripple Acquires Swiss Crypto Custody Platform Metaco for $250M as Part of Push toward Tokenization

US remittance system Ripple acquired Metaco to leverage the company’s resources and entrench itself in the emerging crypto custody market. Ripple has acquired Swiss-based Metaco for $250 million as part of the remittance network’s expansion into institutional crypto custody. The acquisition also comes amid a favorable ruling for Ripple in its ongoing lawsuit with the Securities

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