CryptoBlog n.2212
🟠 Binance blocks $2.4 billion in potential crypto scams in 2024 Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, announced that it had prevented over $2.4 billion in potential user losses from scams and fraud in the first seven months of 2024, according to an Aug. 20 statement shared with CryptoSlate. Binance revealed that over $1.1 billion, or about 45%, of the $2.4 billion in averted losses involved withdrawals linked to suspected crypto scams. The exchange reported that these efforts protected more than 1.2 million users on its platform.
CryptoBlog n.2211
Marathon Digital, one of the largest U.S. Bitcoin miners, intends to offer $250m in covertible notes to buy more BTC.
CryptoBlog n.2210
🖼 Aptos teases NFT collaboration with Rarible amid on-chain activity spike Aptos, a layer-1 blockchain network based on the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, is set to collaborate with Rarible, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens, to achieve what the blockchain describes as a “game-changer” for both platforms. In a forum post on Aug. 22, a global community manager for the Aptos Foundation under the alias “Angel” hinted that Rarible might soon add support for the network, bringing the potential for “novel NFT use cases leveraging Aptos’ tech.”
CryptoBlog n.2209
Thailand’s SEC has launched a crypto regulatory sandbox to test and develop digital asset services in a real-life context, inviting exchanges, brokers, fund managers, and custodians to participate.