Daily Digest – April 26th

• Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, DOGE jumps 35%, Stripe tests new crypto payment on Twitter.

• $1 Million Worth of Bored Ape Yacht ClubNFTs stolen in Instagram heist.

• Fidelity will allow retirement savers to put Bitcoin in 401(k) accounts.

• Australian crypto ETF delayed due to pressure from unidentified broker.

• Cardano’s block size Increased by 10%, ADA gains 8%.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram Hack: Fraudulent Link Causes Losses of Millions of Dollars
 

The thieving of Bored Apes seemingly never ends, and now the expensive NFTs have been stolen not via OpenSea, as has usually been the case in these instances, but through Instagram.

On Monday, a hacker compromised the BAYC Instagram account and shared a phishing link under the pretense of announcing a fraudulent mint of land for the ‘Otherside’ metaverse...

Stripe to Allow Creators to Be Paid in Crypto on Twitter

Fintech giant Stripe recently teamed up with Twitter to introduce crypto payments to the social network’s creator community. USD Coin (USDC), which is a stablecoin tied to the U.S. Dollar, will be the only crypto option available for now. Twitter had previously introduced monetization features like ‘Super Follow’, a paid ticket system for ‘Space Events’ and ‘Tips’...

Cardano’s Block Size Increases by 10% Ahead of Vasil Hardfork — ADA Gains 8%

In an official post, the team behind the Cardano project, Input Output Global (IOG), has confirmed the approval and implementation of a proposal to increase the network’s block size...

Twitter Is Now Officially Elon Musk’s After a $44 Billion Bid

The tech world was taken by surprise yesterday. After negotiations and a refusal to join Twitter’s board of directors, Elon Musk has officially acquired Twitter.

The board of Twitter and Musk negotiated the initial bid made at the beginning of the month, and it was accepted on Monday 25th...

Fintech Expects $65K Bitcoin Price This Year

Bitcoin, the leading crypto, should regain its price and attain the level of $65,185 this year, according to the latest fintech industry expert survey.

A survey, conducted by comparison platform Finder in the first weeks of April, measured Bitcoin price predictions among 35 financial technology sector insiders...

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