Earlier this week, Rhode Island approved the license requested by Twitter Payments LLC, a payment branch of X, according to the Nationwide Multi-State Licensing System.
SHIB's total circulating supply stands at 589.35 trillion SHIB, with its value up by 0.74% at a $4.75 billion market cap.
JFS is set to join forces with BlackRock, a renowned New York-based investment management giant overseeing over $11 trillion in assets.
While the reason behind the latest move by Buterin is still unknown, it triggered the crypto community to speculate, especially since the transfer of this amount usually impacts the market, which is currently wallowing in a sea of red.
Even before the announcement's release, Shibarium already "accumulated over 65,000 wallets and 350,000 transactions" and "thousands of tokens" described as "fun, unusual and sometimes offensive."
Friend.tech is a decentralized social media app with a crypto twist. Essentially, every user here has their own chat group where they need to buy keys to enter into other people's private group chat. If and when users decide to leave that group chat, they can sell those keys to other users.
Storm was arrested Wednesday on money laundering and several other charges, including allegedly operating a crypto scheme that was said to have helped North Korea launder billions of dollars.
Unfortunately, Binance did not reveal the reason behind this development.
Coinbase announced this week that its recent reviews led to its decision to suspend the trading of six crypto assets on its platform, namely BarnBridge (BOND), DerivaDAO (DDX), Jupiter (JUP), Multichain (MULTI), Ooki (OOKI) and Voyager (VGX).
Kusama confirmed Shibarium was already producing blocks even if it wasn't live to the public yet.
Bitstamp's latest announcement on the suspension of its ETH staking program came on the heels of its plan to suspend the trading of Solana, Polygon, and other tokens for its U.S. users.
Authorities charged Roman Storm and Roman Semenov with federal money laundering and sanctions violations. The FBI arrested Storm on Wednesday, while Semenov is still at large.
Kusama clarified that while Shibarium is already producing blocks, it is still being tested and the team is making sure to put necessary measures in place.
The newly-formed committee is given "42 days to conduct the investigation before the members report back to the House.''
Bitget said users should "Ensure that you complete level 1 KYC verification as soon as possible, to prevent any potential restrictions in trading and other services."
It is worth noting that on the day Buterin moved the assets, the Ethereum Foundation - the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Ethereum and related technologies - also moved ETH worth $29.7 million to Coinbase.
Kusama has asked the team to take the day off since they "will continue scaling and testing in anticipation of working with our new (yet old) friends on Monday, ahead of re-opening the chain to the public," seemingly hinting that Shibarium could be available to the public anytime this week.
MicroStrategy, which has been accumulating Bitcoin as part of its holdings since 2021, revealed earlier this month that it made the biggest BTC purchase in the second quarter of 2023.
Elon Musk said users on X, formerly known as Twitter, will lose the ability to block followers and the feature will now only be available for direct messaging or DMs.
Kusama also said they wanted developers to be refreshed so they asked them to rest, perhaps to be prepared for the big week ahead.
Despite the measures taken by the team to make sure Shibarium will function as designed, the "MASSIVE influx of transactions and users" hampered the normal flow of the operation, following its launch Wednesday.
Shiba Inu's marketing strategist Lucie also informed the community that association with Shiba Inu or Shibarium does not guarantee that the project is legit or not a scam.
Following the approval of the GFSC in October 2021 and the delay of the planned launch last year, London-based Jacobi Asset Management announced the listing of Bitcoin ETF on the platform Euronext Amsterdam this week.
This week, two crypto projects, RocketSwap and SwirlLend, lost more than $1 million to supposed attackers.
The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) fined OPNX 10,000,000 UAE dirhams ($2.7 million) and its executives 200,000 UAE dirhams (around $54,000) each for violations.
But, Kusama, unaffected by the FUD and seemingly confident of their vision for the Shiba Ecosystem and the broader crypto community gave out several interesting statements that for many anticipating Shib Army, might mean that Shibarium is going live anytime this week.
Kusama delivered a rousing and impactful speech titled "Dear Humanity," where they outlined their bold vision for the cryptocurrency industry and the world.
"As you know, EXCLUSIVITY is the key utility of Leash and I have an exclusive exclusive for you all TUESDAY 1 PM EST," Shiba Inu's pseudonymous lead developer said, adding, "Then on Wednesday, a new utility for Leash will be unveiled."
The report underscores the influence of spot Bitcoin ETFs on the market, particularly if traditional financial giants' applications gain approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Getting added as a FedNow service provider allows Dropp to offer merchants a novel solution for real-time settlement and instant payment services.