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On Wednesday, U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill that prohibits federal government officials from engaging with Chinese blockchain companies, reflecting the U.S. government’s ongoing concerns regarding Chinese involvement in the cryptocurrency sector.

Germany's third-largest bank, DZ Bank AG, has unveiled a digital assets custody platform built on distributed ledger technology (DLT).

“The National Bank of Georgia is taking a global lead in exploring how it can use blockchain technology to take its economy into the digital era.”

The company behind the renowned blockchain game, The Sandbox, has acquired the majority stake in Web streaming platform Azarus. The exact deal amount remains undisclosed.

Solana Labs has unveiled an incubator program, aiming to attract startups to leverage its blockchain platform. This initiative is the latest in a series of efforts by Solana to stimulate network growth, complementing other projects like hackathons and an AI accelerator.

The cryptocurrency project Evmos, which allows deploying Ethereum smart contracts on the Cosmos blockchain, decided to completely abandon the support of native Cosmos transactions and focus on Ethereum by the end of 2024.

Celestia, a modular blockchain, has successfully launched its mainnet in a beta version and has distributed its native TIA tokens to a massive 580,000-user community.

Yulia Parkhomenko, the Head of the Digital Economy Department at the Ministry of Digital Transformation, underscores the transformative potential of blockchain technology in digitizing government services.

The blockchain forensic firm has highlighted that a Hamas fundraising campaign raised only $21,000 since the October 7 attack on Israel.