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Here are the top four news stories from the past, presented to you by U-Today.
Cardano is approaching the Vasil hard fork
Cardano Blockchain Developer input Output The late Bulgarian mathematician Vasil Dabov is nearing his upcoming hard fork combinator (HFC) program named after him: “Vasil.” The upgrade will greatly benefit the Plutus smart contract platform. Recently, the developers team successfully delivered a new node release for Vassil Upgrade with the first release of its command-line interface. The much-awaited hard fork event is planned to be held on June 29. At the moment, Input Output developers are focusing their efforts on solving the remaining issues encountered during the final testing phase, which includes 40 Cardano-based projects.
Litecoin (LTC) delisted from South Korea’s largest exchanges
Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges such as Upbit and Bithumb have decided to stop support Litecoin Due to the activation of the MimbleWimble Extension Block (MWEB) update on the main Litecoin network. According to Upbit’s statement, the decision to delist Litecoin (LTC) was guided by South Korea’s Specific Financial Information Act, which requires that it be able to examine transactions for transparency in order to prevent illegal money laundering or blackmail financing. Exchanges are required. On the other hand, MWEB was implemented only to increase privacy on the Litecoin network. Upbit has also reviewed the MWEB update, at which it was decided to discontinue support for LTC trading, as the non-disclosure selection feature included in the update was compliant with the anonymous transmission technology prohibited by the Financial Information Act.
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Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins wants to buy his first NFT
Anthony HopkinsThe legendary actor and two-time Oscar winner has announced that he is looking to buy his first non-fungible token (NFT) and has sought recommendations from his Twitter followers. Some users did not believe that Hopkins might be interested in the red-hot crypto trend and believed that his account may have been hacked. But skeptics shouldn’t be surprised by the actor’s sudden enthusiasm about NFTs, as last year’s Hopkins-starring thriller, “Zero Contact,” NFT platform Vuele . premiered on, Another group of users supported Hopkins and shared their favorite NFT projects, while others advised the 84-year-old acting legend to align himself with the latest crypto craze.
The direction of the Ripple case will now be determined by the speech of a former SEC official
Crypto Law founder John Deaton shares the details Conference Call Conducted by Federal Judge Sarah Netburn on Tuesday. As the source said, the judge asked the SEC to clarify what legal advice former director William Hinman received and for what purpose. The agency responded that Hinman sought legal advice from SEC attorneys on the application of securities laws to digital assets for his speech. Judge Netburn asked whether he sought legal advice to ensure he was not inconsistent, to which the SEC replied in the affirmative. Netburn then reminded the SEC that Hinman’s speech was his personal view and asked if the regulator stood by that statement today. The SEC did not respond to the question, but said that even though it was his personal view, “he still sought legal advice regarding the legal issues raised in that speech.”
