Binance to delist Bitcoin NFT collections

Binance’s NFT marketplace will end all support for Bitcoin NFTs from this month amid declining market trends. Starting April 18, Binance NFT will not accept trades or deposits for Bitcoin-based NFT collections. The platform has issued guidance for its users, urging them to transfer their Bitcoin NFTs out of the marketplace using the Bitcoin network by May 18. Binance will...

Bitcoin bull run heats cryptocurrency jobs market, hits 12-month record

The sector’s bullish trend during Bitcoin’s surge has seen the cryptocurrency jobs market heat up. According to CryptoJobsList, rising cryptocurrency prices and activity have increased the number of applicants and postings on industry job sites. Last month, published vacancies reached an annual record. Such an indicator has not been seen for several years amid the ongoing bearish stagnation. At...

Tether again mints 1b USDT on Tron network

Tether mints another batch of USDT stablecoins, issuing two billion in two days. Lookonchain experts note that Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, has authorized the issuance of another billion coins on the Tron blockchain. The new release of 1 billion USDT occurred just two days after a similar release on April 2. At the time of writing, Tether...

Solana-based meme coin team suspected of nearly $1m rug pull

The CONDOM meme coin team on the Solana network collected 4,965 SOL as part of the coin’s presale and deleted its X page. The funds raised were estimated at $906,000 at the time. Whale Insider reports that the community suspects the CONDOM team of committing a rug pull. User X, who used the pseudonym Harfordton, called for...

CryptoQuant: Bitcoin exchange reserves hit record low

Bitcoin exchange reserves have plummeted to its lowest levels since early 2021, indicating that holders could store BTC another way. More than 90,700 bitcoin have been withdrawn from major cryptocurrency exchanges over the past month, reveals CryptoQuant, stressing a reduction in Bitcoin’s liquid supply and hinting at a long-term holding strategy among investors. According to data from CryptoQuant,...

Grindery unlocks one-click payments for 800m Telegram users

Grindery, backed by Binance Labs, aims to simplify digital asset transactions on Telegram. The smart wallet solution enables swift cryptocurrency transfers on Telegram by leveraging account abstraction and bootstrapping millions in liquidity for TON-based tokens and dApps on the private messaging platform. Account abstraction is a crypto technology that allows users to store assets exclusively in a blockchain smart...

Xoom enables overseas transfers to 160 countries via PayPal stablecoin

PayPal’s international payment service, Xoom, will allow U.S.-based users to send money overseas using PayPal’s stablecoin, PYUSD. The new option allows conversions from PYUSD to U.S. dollars, facilitating remittances to around 160 countries without any fees from Xoom. Users can transfer funds directly to bank accounts, mobile wallets, or pick-up locations abroad, but currency conversions from USD will include...

Top cop ‘Big Joke’ turns himself in after arrest warrant issued over money laundering probe

BANGKOK: National Deputy Police Chief Pol Gen Surachate 'Big Joke' Hakparn (pic) on Tuesday (April 2) turned himself in at Tao Poon police station in Bangkok after an arrest warrant on him was issued earlier in the day. The Criminal Court issued the arrest warrant on Surachate after he evaded three summonses in a gambling-website case. Surachate...

Man on the run for 27 years held at Heathrow airport after flying back from Thailand

LONDON: An 80-year-old man has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run, reported PA Media/dpa quoting British police. Richard Burrows (pic), who is accused of historic sexual abuse of children, was arrested at Heathrow on Thursday (March 28) after returning to the UK from Thailand, a spokesman for Cheshire Police said. The force...

Thailand wilts under heatwave with temperatures hitting above 40 deg C

BANGKOK: Temperatures have soared above 40 degrees Centigrade in northern and central Thailand over recent days, scarcely dropping below 30 degrees at night as an extreme heat wave hits the country, a popular tourist destination year-round, reported dpa news. The authorities have urged residents to remain indoors during the middle of the day. "The Department of Health...