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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.

The US Federal Reserve intends to sue popular cryptocurrency magazine Bitcoin Magazine for selling merchandise parodying the recently launched FedNow payment system.

In the upscale Vake district of Tbilisi, criminals targeted the cryptocurrency exchange TONWEX, making off with approximately $811,000. When the police arrived at the scene, some of the culprits posed as forensic investigators to assist their associates in escaping.

EDX Markets, an American institutional cryptocurrency exchange, has removed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from its list of tradable assets. However, the exact reason for this decision has not been disclosed.

Taiwanese authorities have cracked down on the country's largest cryptocurrency money laundering case, involving a staggering $324 million. 4 individuals, including their leader, a suspect known as Chiu, have been arrested in connection with the elaborate scheme.

The Velo Protocol project, which is working towards expanding the accessibility of cryptocurrency financial services and the wider adoption of digital assets, has received a $10 million investment from DWF Labs, a heavyweight in the market-making sector of cryptocurrency.

Deutsche Börse, one of Europe’s major stock exchange groups, intends to launch a regulated cryptocurrency exchange in 2024.

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.

Ekaterina Zhdanova, a Russian national, is now under sanctions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s OFAC for her role in laundering substantial funds and facilitating their illicit transfer overseas through cryptocurrency channels.

Arthur Hayes wrote on X that he bought SOL, but he referred to the coin as a "Sam-coin piece of dogshit L1," alluding to Sam Bankman-Fried's significant contribution to this cryptocurrency.

In 2023, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) generously rewarded informants, primarily for tips related to cryptocurrency, with a whopping $16 million.

The widely-used cryptocurrency wallet, MetaMask, is collaborating with the startup Blockaid to introduce embedded security notifications within its browser extension.