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Crypto Crime-Focused Justice Department Leader Leaving: Report
Nicholas Quaid, second-in-command in the criminal division, spent his nearly two-year stint at the DOJ developing the regime around crypto crime legislation and prosecution.

Crypto Options Trading Startup Synquote Raises $2.8M From Initialized, Polygon
The company will look to expand its platform for trading derivatives contracts in tokens that don’t usually have such markets.

Algorand Boosters Push Back on Helium’s Proposed Move to Solana
Decentralized Wi-Fi network Helium Network has proposed moving to the Solana blockchain. But a Solana competitor has another idea in mind.

Bored Ape NFT Band to Make Music With Beyoncé-, Timberlake-Linked Producers
Grammy Award-winning producers James Fauntleroy and Hit-Boy are creating the sound of Universal Music Group’s Kingship band.

Near Blockchain Moves Ahead With Phase One of Sharding Upgrade
As a part of Near’s four-step plan to shard the network over the next year, the protocol will introduce 200 new validators.

Crypto Influencer Cooper Turley Creates $10M ‘Coop Records’ Music Startup Fund
The FWB co-founder’s latest creation will act as an incubator, venture capital firm and record label all in one.

Hubble Protocol Raises $5M to Expand Solana-Based DeFi Protocol
The protocol aims to create a Solana-based equivalent of MakerDao: a DeFi protocol with a U.S. dollar denominated stablecoin.

Swan Bitcoin Moves Into TradFi With Platform for Financial Advisers
The new product allows advisers to manage their client’s bitcoin positions as well as access educational content for clients new to crypto.

LG Shuns Ethereum, Picks Hedera for Television NFTs
The consumer electronics company, which has served on the Hedera Governing Council since 2020, is bringing NFTs to television screens through a platform built on the Hedera network.

Automated NFT Market Maker Sudoswap to Release Its Governance Token via Airdrop
Holders of XMON, the native token behind the 0xmon NFT collection, will receive 41.9% of SUDO’s initial supply of 60 million.
