FTX Estate is set to auction 22.3 million Worldcoin (WLD) tokens at a significant discount, currently valued at $35 million. This sale is part of the ongoing efforts to recover funds for creditors of the bankrupt crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried.
Anthony Shnayderman and Itai Bronshtein filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFT platform OpenSea, alleging that it has engaged in trading unregistered securities. The plaintiffs, who purchased several non-fungible tokens, including those from the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, claim these assets have lost their value due to their illegal status.
ApeCoin DAO members are voting on a proposal to establish a themed hotel in central Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel would feature rooms inspired by APE tokens, the BAYC NFT collection, Otherside, Apechain, Mocaverse, and more.
These new tokens are designed to circumvent the upcoming European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), effective June 30, 2024.
US SEC documents reveal that Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić invested €75,000 (around $80,000) for 750,000 Terra (LUNA) tokens in April 2018. At their highest value, these tokens would have been worth about $90 million.
The Colorado House of Prayer has issued tokens to fund the purchase of a 19th-century stone church building, valued at $2.5 million, which their congregation has rented since 2022. This fundraising initiative is spearheaded by Pastor Blake Bush, known for his keen interest in cryptocurrencies, including investments in Ripple (XRP).
On August 1, a bug in the DeFi protocol's smart contract allowed a hacker to mint and claim 58 million CVG. The attacker then sold these tokens for $210,000.
Polychain Capital has accused its former general partner, Niraj Pant, of secretly arranging a deal with cryptocurrency project Eclipse Labs, where he received tokens without informing the company. According to internal documents from Eclipse, Pant was allocated 5% of the tokens shortly after he recommended that Polychain invest in the project.
Bittensor, a decentralized network for AI systems, has reported a hacking incident on July 2 that resulted in the theft of $8 million worth of TAO tokens.
The Cardano mainnet was targeted by a DDoS attack in which the perpetrator attempted to overload the system by launching hundreds of smart contracts in an effort to steal staked tokens. However, the developers coordinated a response that successfully thwarted the attack, resulting in the hacker losing funds instead.
Sources from DLNews reveal that the L2 blockchain ZKsync developers have committed about 0.5% of all issued tokens to the decentralized social network Lens Protocol to ensure its launch on their platform. Although the precise number is undisclosed, it’s estimated to be around 100 million ZK ($22 million at current market value).
