Google Adds ENS Balances To Search Results
CoinGecko: Solana Is Most Popular Chain Of 2024, OKX Exits India, Satoshi's Wallet Receives Ultimate Runestone Ordinal
Welcome to Coinfeeds Daily Digest! Google has added Ethereum Name Service wallet balances to its search results, opening up the deeper crypto ecosystem to surfers of the mainstream. OKX has exited India and is set to wind down there completely by the end of April, as a result of the FUI IND (India's financial authority) ramping up its regulatory scrutiny. Also, a French energy company EDF has become a Chiliz validator, and a new Blast-based gaming token Super Sushi Samurai was exploited, with $4.6 drained, and dropped by over 99%. CoinGecko Research has crowned Solana the most popular chain this year with 49.3% of global interest in crypto, and a Bitcoin Ordinals project Runestone’s founders have sent Satoshi the Ultimate Runestone to effectively burn it.
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Google Adds ENS Wallet Balances To Search Results
Google has recently updated its search engine to include Ethereum Name Service (ENS) wallet balances in its search results. This innovative feature allows users to effortlessly search for an ENS domain, such as "example.eth", and instantly view the associated Ethereum wallet balance and address. | Read More
CoinGecko Research Declares Solana Most Popular Blockchain of 2024
Solana has been crowned the most popular blockchain of 2024, according to recent findings from CoinGecko Research. Capturing 49.3% of global crypto investor interest, Solana has outshined its competitors Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. This surge in popularity can be attributed to several factors, including a rally in its price and the strong performance of its ecosystem projects and memecoins, like Pyth and dogwifhat. | Read More
OKX Exits India Amid Regulatory Heat
OKX, one of the leading crypto exchanges, has announced its decision to cease operations in the country. The move by OKX comes in the wake of heightened regulatory scrutiny by Indian authorities. The Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU IND) has been at the forefront of this push, requiring cryptocurrency exchanges to register and comply with stringent anti-money laundering (AML) rules. | Read More
Satoshi Nakamoto's Wallet Receives Ultimate Runestone Ordinals NFT
Satoshi Nakamoto, has become the holder of a unique digital artifact known as the Ultimate Runestone Ordinal. This strategic move to send the Ordinal to Satoshi was intended to "burn" the inscription, making it inaccessible and effectively sealing the Runestone collection. The creators have ensured that no future inscriptions can be added or linked to the original, cementing the collection's status and uniqueness. | Read More
French Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Joins Chiliz As Validator
Exaion, a subsidiary of the French energy conglomerate EDF, has joined the Chiliz blockchain as a network validator. With its background in energy and technology, Exaion aims to contribute to the blockchain's growth, focusing on the energy efficiency of data centers. This is particularly relevant in the blockchain domain, where energy consumption and efficiency are hot topics. | Read More
New Gaming Token Super Sushi Samurai Exploited on Blast, $4.6 Million Drained
The gaming community on the Blast layer-2 network faced a significant setback when Super Sushi Samurai, a newly issued gaming token, was exploited, leading to a massive loss of $4.6 million. The exploit targeted a vulnerability in the smart contract's mint function of the token, which allowed the attacker to mint an excessive number of tokens and then sell them into the liquidity pool. The value of the SSS token plummeted by over 99%. | Read More