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Following a new update from Binance, experts forecast that Binance Coin (BNB) will rise to $750.58. As talks about the Ethereum Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) continue, experts foresee Ethereum (ETH) will rise to $4,884.99 by the end of April. More of the best DeFi investors are drawn to Rebel Satoshi ($RBLZ) following its recent listings. This year, top crypto coins such as Ethereum and Binance Coin have demonstrated strong performances. Consequently, beginner cryptocurrency investors are exploring tokens offering significant returns. This surge in interest explains the attention garnered by $RBLZ, Rebel Satoshi’s governance token, which has been listed on exchanges. Curious about why ETH and BNB investors are looking at $RBLZ? Read on. Binance Coin price prediction: will BNB’s impressive surge continue? On March 7, top cryptocurrency exchange Binance unveiled new trading pairs for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance Coin on its platform. This ...

Source: AdobeStock / Iryna Budanova Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Investment news Major Ethereum (ETH)-focused blockchain company ConsenSys announced the launch of MetaMask Staking, a new feature directly incorporated in the MetaMask Portfolio dapp. “MetaMask Staking will increase access to staking by allowing MetaMask users globally to stake crypto (ETH) with leading liquid staking providers, Lido and Rocket Pool,” said a press release. Through this new feature, users can compare the rewards rate, network control, and popularity of different liquid staking providers and choose the one they want to stake with, it added. Société Générale , a French multinational investment bank and financial services company, minted $7 million as a loan of DAI from the stablecoin’s issuer MakerD...

Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens Ethereum (ETH) core developers are now targeting a March deadline for the highly anticipated Shanghai network upgrade, which will allow staked ETH to be withdrawn. Speaking in a recent developer call, Ethereum lead developer Tim Beiko said that enabling staking withdrawals is “clearly the highest priority for everybody.” During the call, Ethereum core developers agreed on a tentative March deadline for rolling out the Shanghai upgrade, which is needed to enable withdrawals. Beiko followed up in a tweet posted on Thursday where he said that given the high priority the Shanghai upgrade now has, certain details – including a number of EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) – that were meant to be part of it may have to wait in case they are not ready. “If by January, we don't meet the EOF milestones mentioned above, we'll remove it from Shanghai so withdrawals ship ASAP,” Beiko said in the tweet. EOF ...

Source: AdobeStock / Alexandr Blinov Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Banking news Russia’s biggest bank Sber announced that its proprietary blockchain platform will be compatible with Ethereum (ETH). Developers will be able to freely transfer smart contracts and entire projects between the bank’s blockchain network and Ethereum. Blockchain news The DFINITY Foundation , the not-for-profit contributing to the development of the Internet Computer (IC) blockchain, announced the Internet Computer’s mainnet integration with Bitcoin (BTC), bringing advanced smart contract functionality to the world’s largest crypto, said the announcement. The Internet Computer can now serve as a Layer 2 for Bitcoin where smart contracts on the Internet Computer can hold, send, and receive BTC natively, without the need for b...

Source: AdobeStock / Vladimir Kazakov The crypto think tank Coin Center has sued US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over sanctions imposed on the coin mixer Tornado Cash, saying the service has legitimate use cases. In the lawsuit, filed in Florida on Wednesday this week, Coin Center said Tornado Cash is “an open-source software tool that helps Americans maintain their privacy while using cryptocurrency.” “The Administration’s use of the foreign-affairs power to punish domestic cryptocurrency users was unprecedented and unlawful,” the lawsuit added, referring to the sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Among those named as defendants in the suit were US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and OFAC Director Andrea Gacki. New York-based crypto investor David Hoffman and Florida-based software developer Patrick O’Sullivan were among the plaintiffs named in the suit. Source: Coincenter.org According to the lawsu...