EU bans self-custody wallets
According to Finbold journalist Viniciois Barbosa, the EU Parliament's leadership committee banned the use of self-hosted wallets on March 19 to prevent anonymous transactions. ( Full News )
Reaction: People are not happy with this. I think this stupid decision has been made by the EU with the aim of criminalising those with "Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins."
OTHER NEWS
International Incident
KuCoin becomes India's first FIU-compliant crypto exchange
KuCoin has registered with the Indian Finance Ministry's Financial Investigation Unit (FIU). KuCoin is the first offshore exchange to do so.
Mixed Reviews: While many crypto accounts linked to India are welcoming Kucoin, many Indian Kucoin traders are nervous about the possibility of heavy taxes.
FRAUD
Zigzag accuses ZKasino of fraud
ZkSync DEX project ZigZag has accused the ZKasino team of committing a $15 million fraud. The ZigZag operator claims that other users and former ZKasino workers have also accused the company of fraud. ZKasino has not issued a statement yet.
Bitcoin
Grayscale outflowing it all
Grayscale is down to 356.44K BTC from 618.28K BTC. Although Grayscale still HODL more BTC than any other ETF, Arkham claims that at the speed at which Grayscale is outflowing Bitcoin, it has only 14 weeks before it will outflow all the Bitcoins from its trust.
EARN
Active: GateIo P2P campaign
Get.io has launched campaign for P2P users, this includes all fiats. UK users are excluded. Timing is between March 22 and 28. First 50 users with most points will earn $100 in USDTest trial fund for trading in GateIo. (Full Details)
FRAUD ALERT
Serer Alerts on L2
Ava Labs founder Emin Gün Serer has warned of SBF-like fraud regarding L2. According to Serer, there are many garbage L2s coming out at the moment that use centralised sequencers without leaving evidence of fraud. (Full Details)