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While Miners Accrued 27,025 Fresh Bitcoin in June, Mining Difficulty Tapped an All-Time High

Effective immediately Silvergate Bank has made a risk-based decision to discontinue the Silvergate Exchange Network

The Dutch central bank (DNB) on Monday said it had fined Binance, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, 3.3 million euros ($3.35 million) for offering services in the Netherlands without being registered in the country.

Source – Reuters, The value of crypto on DeFi platforms hit a record of more than $111 billion in November, mirroring record highs for bitcoin, and now stands at around $80 billion, based on data site DeFi Pulse

In a series of tweets, Palihapitiya claimed that Bitcoin was distinguishing itself as an “institutional grade safe haven” asset.

Source – Reuters, Russian forces killed a group of five saboteurs who breached the country’s southwest border from Ukraine on Monday

source – Reuters, The dollar index was last down 0.3%, while the euro was up 0.2% at $1.1383 . The U.S. dollar was down 0.4% against the Swiss franc and down 0.2% against the Japanese yen

Source – Reuters, Nine of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes declined, led by technology (.SPLRCT), down 3.0%, and consumer discretionary (.SPLRCD), down 2.8%. The energy sector index (.SPNH) surged 2.8% as oil prices hit seven-year highs

Source – Reuters, World stocks rallied on Wednesday, putting aside worries about rising interest rates for now to take some comfort from positive headlines on Ukraine and upbeat earning

Over $320 million in digital tokens stolen, but Wormhole says on Twitter “all funds have been restored”. Source – Reuters