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Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in April, five months after he pleaded guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to set up an adequate know-your-customer (KYC) program at Binance. As part of his guilty plea, Zhao also agreed to pay a $50 million fine and step down as CEO of the crypto exchange. Read the full article here

Though the Trump family appears deeply involved in World Liberty Financial and Donald Trump will be officially unveiling it on Monday evening, the project’s white paper claims that the platform has no political affiliation, stating: “World Liberty Financial is not owned, managed, operated, or sold by Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, or any of their respective family members, affiliates, or principals.” Read the full article here

The startup building Pipe Network, Permissionless Labs, is focusing on one of the unseen but ubiquitous pieces of the modern internet. Many websites cannot afford to let their content lag as it zips long distances from hosting server to end-user. So they rely on networks of relay servers that can be called upon by the end-users to which they’re geographically close. Read the full article here

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Firstly, the majority of institutions hold their assets with a qualified custodian or trusted institutionally-focused wallet provider. However the primary delegation flow for restaking with EigenLayer is via their user interface and requires a connection to DeFi wallets such as Metamask, Trust or Rainbow. Institutions therefore require their custodian or wallet provider to build the necessary integrations into the Eigenlayer ecosystem in such a way that their institution’s staking provider of choice, such as Twinstake, can also be integrated in the flow. However to date, most institutionally focussed custodians have limited EigenLayer integrations, therefore blocking access into the ecosystem. Read…

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“When it comes to managing their tokens, these firms encounter a fragmented landscape,” Chen said in an interview. “It’s a mix of non-custodial wallets, web-only solutions, with the need to use a smart contract for distribution. So if I’m the head of operations for some new token protocol, I’ve got to strike up at least two different relationships, manage two to three different integration points, all the while trying to have a successful mainnet launch. It’s a tactical nightmare.” Read the full article here

NEIRO tokens jumped over 700% instantly after the Binance announcement, before paring gains, zooming from a market capitalization of $146 million from Sunday’s $15 million. Trading volumes jumped from $8 million in a 24-hour-period over Saturday to Sunday, to over $220 million in the past 24 hours. Read the full article here

Flappy Bird was pulled from both the Apple App Store and Google Play in February 2014 as its creator, Dong Nguyen, blamed himself for the game’s addictive nature and didn’t appreciate the fame the title’s worldwide success brought him along with allegations that he stole art and character designs from Nintendo. The game required users to keep a cartoon bird airborne as it flew between columns of pipes without hitting them. Read the full article here

Traders, however, are split on the size of the impending rate cut, setting the stage for a potential volatility explosion in financial markets after Wednesday’s rate decision. At press time, the Fed funds futures showed a 50% chance of the Fed reducing rates by 25 basis points (bps) to the 5%-5.25% range. At the same time, markets saw a similar probability of a bigger 50 bps rate cut to the 4.7%-5% range. Read the full article here