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The European Parliament has voted to approve the Data Act — controversial legislation that includes a stipulation necessitating smart contracts have the ability to be terminated.In a Nov. 9 press release, the parliament said the legislation passed 481 votes to 31 against. To become law, it will now need approval
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Snowtrace.io, a popular blockchain explorer tool for Avalanche (AVAX), will shut down its website, powered by Etherscan's Explorer-as-a-Service (EaaS) toolkit, on November 30. The Snowtrace team clarified that only its explorer powered by Etherscan will be shut down.According to the October 30 announcement, Snowtrace users are required to save their
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Starting from early November, Community Points will no longer be available. It means that beta participants will no longer see their points in their Vaults, and will no longer earn points in their communities. American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion platform Reddit has announced its decision to discontinue Community
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Concerns around the actual relationship between Sam Bankman-Fried’s two companies, trading firm Alameda Research and crypto exchange FTX, led the founder to consider shutting Alameda in 2022, a series of unpublished posts revealed in the ongoing court trial show. Source
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Crypto exchange Binance will cease borrowing and lending services for its native stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD) by October 25.According to the October 3 announcement, the exchange will close all outstanding BUSD loan and collateral positions by the end of the month. Users would still be able to borrow and lend
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The decision by Genesis Global Trading (GGT) to wind down its business was reportedly voluntary and is currently working with regulators to ensure an orderly closure of services. Genesis Global Trading (GGT), a subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group that owns Grayscale Investments, has written a letter to its
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Sina Weibo, one of the most popular Chinese social media apps with over 258 million daily active users, has removed 80 influencer accounts promoting cryptocurrency activities citing official legislation.According to the Sept. 5 announcement, 80 crypto influencer accounts with over 8 million in total followers had been "proactively removed" by
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Solana-based automation project Clockwork’s developers are moving on from the venture-backed startup after finding it had “limited commercial upside.” Source
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Meanwhile, a report from HashKey Capital shows that the ether Liquid Staking Derivatives market – which is decentralized and non-custodial, unlike services offered by exchanges – is projected to grow by $24 billion in the next two years, and Ether.Fi, a decentralized staking platform, closed a $5.3 million round in
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Binance Connect, which allowed merchants to accept payments in crypto, launched in March 2022 in an effort to help companies become “crypto-ready,” the exchange said back then. The service supported 50 cryptocurrencies and all major payment methods, including Visa and Mastercard. Source
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