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<h2 id="header-0">Security news</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/tether/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tether</a></strong>, the company operating the blockchain-enabled platform <strong>tether.to</strong> that powers the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/tether/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">USDT</a> stablecoin, <a href="https://tether.to/en/tether-inhope-collaborate-to-combat-csam-in-web3/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">announced</a> that it would collaborate with <strong>INHOPE</strong>, a global network combatting online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), to share information, facilitate conversations between stakeholders, and take action to drive bad actors out of the crypto ecosystem. Tether is the first cryptocurrency to take a stand with INHOPE against CSAM, said the announcement.</li></ul><h2 id="header-1">Legal news</h2><ul><li>DeFi lending protocol <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/mango-markets-100-million-exploiter-reveals-identity.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mango Markets</a></strong> developer, <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/mango/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Mango Labs</a></strong>, is suing Avraham Eisenberg, the exploiter of the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/sol-solana/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Solana</a>-based platform for the $47 million Eisenberg allegedly holds from the exploit plus damages. <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66760250/1/mango-labs-llc-v-eisenberg/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According</a> to the complaint, the lawsuit seeks to nullify an agreement between <strong>Mango DAO</strong> and Eisenberg, made after the exploit, to return $67 million of the total $114 million stolen. Because the DAO&#39;s $10 million insurance fund was insufficient to cover depositors’ losses, it was forced to accept the agreement under duress, it claimed.</li></ul><h2 id="header-2">Regulation news</h2><ul><li>Former <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">UK</a> Chancellor of the Exchequer and the new chair of crypto custodian <strong>Copper</strong>, Philip Hammond, said that the country needs to move faster to establish a more effective regulatory regime for digital assets. “The UK needs to be leading in this area post-Brexit,” Hammond <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cedf68a5-8d0f-4270-a7b8-960223d6698e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">told</a> the Financial Times. “It’s allowed itself to slip behind. <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/switzerland/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Switzerland</a> is further ahead. The <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">EU</a> is also moving faster. There has to be appetite to take some measured risk.”</li><li>The <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/netherlands/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dutch</a> central bank, or <strong>De Nederlandsche Bank</strong> (DNB), has fined the European branch of crypto exchange <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/coinbase/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Coinbase</a></strong> €3.3 million ($3.6 million) “because Coinbase provided crypto services in the Netherlands in the past without registration with DNB, which is in non-compliance with the law,” <a href="https://www.dnb.nl/en/general-news/news-2023/dnb-imposes-administrative-fine-on-coinbase-europe-limited-for-providing-crypto-services-without-the-legally-required-registration-until-22-september-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">per</a> the press release. The regulator said Coinbase had been operating while unregistered between November 15, 2020, and August 24, 2022, adding that “DNB did reduce the fine by 5% because Coinbase had always intended to obtain registration with DNB.”</li></ul><h2 id="header-3">DeFi news</h2><ul><li>Decentralized finance (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/defi/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DeFi</a>) lending platform <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/aave/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Aave</a></strong> is set to launch the third version of its protocol on <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/ethereum/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ethereum</a></strong> after a successful decentralized autonomous organization (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/dao/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DAO</a>) vote. Aave v3 will be <a href="https://app.aave.com/governance/proposal/?proposalId&#61;147" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">launched</a> with support for seven assets: AAVE, LINK, WBTC, WETH, wstETH, USDC, and DAI. Pricing for all assets, except WBTC and wstETH, will come directly from a <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/chainlink/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chainlink</a></strong> feed.</li><li><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/web3/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Web3</a> identity solution <strong>Quadrata</strong> announced that it partnered with nine DeFi protocols: <strong>TrueFi</strong>, <strong>Archblock</strong>, <strong>BSOS</strong>, <strong>Frigg.Eco</strong>, <strong>Cred Protocol</strong>, <strong>Chelo Finance</strong>, <strong>CR Square</strong>, <strong>Chee Finance</strong>, and <strong>SPACE</strong>. “Quadrata’s passport network will provide identity verification for the users of each protocol, offering an imperative measure of safety and security,” said the press release.</li></ul><h2 id="header-4">Exchange news</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/bitpanda/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitpanda</a></strong> announced the launch of <strong>Bitpanda Technology Solutions</strong>, an Investing-as a-service infrastructure available in Europe and globally. Already serving more than 20 million customers in 25 countries with its initial White Label API, Bitpanda Technologies Solution is now adding features, asset classes, and several regulatory licences to its offering, it <a href="https://blog.bitpanda.com/en/bitpanda-technology-solutions-introduces-investing-service-everyone" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a>. The platform now allows fintechs, traditional banks, and online platforms to offer trading, investing, and custody services across stocks/<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/etf/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETFs</a>, cryptocurrencies, precious metals, and commodities.</li></ul><h2 id="header-5">Investment news</h2><ul><li>Financial services firm <strong>Wilshire</strong> has entered a partnership with digital asset platform <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/falconx/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">FalconX</a></strong> to develop a range of single-coin, multi-coin, and thematic indexes, providing institutional investors with access to the fast-growing over-the-counter (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/otc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">OTC</a>) crypto derivatives market and “enhanced ability to conduct safe and regulated trading,” <a href="https://www.wilshire.com/press-releases/wilshire-announces-partnership-with-falconx-as-its-preferred-digital-asset-index-product-provider" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> a press release.</li></ul><h2 id="header-6">Gaming news</h2><ul><li><strong>Mana Games</strong>, a multi-chain Web3 <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/gaming/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">game</a> launcher and social eSports application, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/concordium-announces-partnership-with-web3-gaming-portal-mana-games-301731359.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> it would introduce a unique win-to-earn P2P competition model with Identity built on the <strong>Concordium Blockchain</strong>. The new feature, set to launch by the end of January, will allow players to compete in Web2 AAA games and earn Web3 rewards, it added.</li></ul>

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