Chainlink’s LINK Soars, Outperforming Other Crypto Majors

The uptick comes as the company has secured a number of notable partnerships with traditional finance institutions.Source

SEC Rips Into Binance.US Over ‘Shaky’ Asset Custody, Asks Court to Order Inspection

The regulator asked a U.S. court to reject Binance’s “half-hearted” objections to its motion seeking depositions, an inspection and communication from the exchange.Source

Roughed-Up Bitcoin Miner Stocks Attempt Rally as BTC Retakes $27K

Many in the sector are down 50% or more over the past two months.Source

Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Fails to Launch, in Rare Tech Misstep for the Blockchain

Developers of the Ethereum blockchain say there was a misconfiguration in the genesis files of the test network, and now they plan to try again in about two weeks.Source

DOJ Slams Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Intrusive’ Proposed Jury Questions

Federal prosecutors are criticizing void dire questions proposed by Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team.Source

Bitcoin at $26.4K Set for Weekly Gain, but Rallies Might Continue to be Sold

The world’s largest crypto has bounced from a 3-month low below $25,000 hit on Monday.Source

Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Hits Record High for Daily Transactions, Eclipsing Rivals

FriendTech, which is only available on Base, is driving a significant portion of the activity, according to IntoTheBlock.Source

German Finance Heavyweights Develop Fully-Insured Crypto Staking Offering, Plan 2024 Release

Boerse Stuttgart Digital, the crypto-focused arm of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, has already obtained a digital asset custody license in Germany.Source

Ethereum Blockchain Launches ‘Holesky’ Test Network, on First Anniversary of Historic ‘Merge’

The debut of the testing system – designed to be twice as big as the main network so developers can simulate massive scaling, comes a year after Ethereum completed its historic “Merge” shift to a “proof-of-stake” model from the original “proof-of-work” setup that Bitcoin uses.Source