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crypto trade groups pile on two more lawsuits target illinois 0 2 digital asset levy Illinois is now fighting on a second front, and this time the challengers aren't a handful of upset traders. They're the lobbying outfits that speak for the whole sector.

Crypto trade groups pile on: two more lawsuits target Illinois’ 0.2% digital asset levy

bitcoins 23 week is institutional money not retail says panteras cosmo 1 Through most of June and July, bitcoin languished below $65,000. The token now changes hands at $77,412 after a weekly gain of more than 23% — and one of the managers overseeing $3.8 billion in crypto assets argues the bid isn't coming from retail.

Bitcoin’s 23% Week Is Institutional Money, Not Retail, Says Pantera’s Cosmo Jiang

ex jpmorgan coo matt zames signs on as unpaid social security advisor Outside an office at Social Security Administration headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, a placard already carries his name. Matt Zames begins Monday.

Ex-JPMorgan COO Matt Zames Signs On as Unpaid Social Security Advisor

follow the money the gta 6 leaks look a lot like a meme coin scheme Launching a meme coin cost Cyberleek $29,000. Trading fees on that same coin had already topped $30,000 inside the first 24 hours after the debut GTA 6 leak surfaced.

Follow the Money: The GTA 6 Leaks Look a Lot Like a Meme Coin Scheme

optimisms 49m airdrop reversal hinged on one foundation funded delegates 8 5m op Sixteen minutes and 52 seconds before the clock ran out, a single wallet showed up and rewrote the result.

Optimism’s $49M Airdrop Reversal Hinged on One Foundation-Funded Delegate’s 8.5M OP

solana trims per block compute as it steps down to 350ms slots Solana's Mainnet is about to shave its slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 — and the per-block compute ceiling comes down alongside it. That second half deserves a second read. Blocks arrive faster, yet the compute allowance per second does not grow.

Solana Trims Per-Block Compute as It Steps Down to 350ms Slots

gta 6 leaker claims players will be able to cash out in game money In Brief:

GTA 6 Leaker Claims Players Will Be Able To Cash Out In-Game Money

bitcoin tags 70000 for the first time since june 2 the three forces behind the break Bitcoin had spent most of August capped beneath a level chart watchers kept circling. On Wednesday it pushed straight through, printing $70,000 on Coinbase according to TradingView data — the first time it has touched that mark since June 2.

Bitcoin Tags $70,000 for the First Time Since June 2 — The Three Forces Behind the Break

ripple prime upsizes senior notes to 275 million lands bbb investment grade stamp Back in 2023, a crypto firm announcing a $275 million debt raise would have read as a survival dispatch. Not this one. Ripple upsized a private placement of senior unsecured notes to $275 million through Ripple Prime, its non-bank prime brokerage arm, and the paper emerged from the process carrying an investment-grade rating.

Ripple Prime Upsizes Senior Notes to $275 Million, Lands BBB Investment-Grade Stamp

hidden in tiktoks iphone build code for sending money through dms The current build of TikTok's U.S. iPhone app contains code for a product the company won't admit it's working on: a way to hand money to someone else directly inside a direct message. Bloomberg spotted it first. What came back from TikTok was essentially a shrug.

Hidden in TikTok’s iPhone Build: Code for Sending Money Through DMs