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New Mexico is the eighth state sued by the CFTC over prediction markets, as Gary Gensler doubted the regulators’ claim of authority over sports event contracts. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/cftc-sues-new-mexico-over-prediction-market-jurisdiction?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

The Aztec Connect platform was deprecated in March 2023, but the immutable smart contract still held over $2 million in crypto assets. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/aztec-connects-depreciated-smart-contract-exploited-for-2-million?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone its second-largest downward difficulty adjustment this year, following February’s 11% shift. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-10-in-11th-largest-downward-adjustment?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

A single missing feature in Bitcoin Script has spawned twelve competing proposals. Cointelegraph Research gives an overview. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/research/bitcoin-covenants-part-1-exploring-new-possibilities-for-complex-spending-conditions-on-the-bitcoin-network?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick tells clients “winter is over” as the analyst said crypto prices have likely seen the low for the cycle, ahead of Strategy’s Bitcoin purchase update. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stanchart-looks-for-3-signs-of-btc-bottom-including-strategys-monday-news?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network works toward a longer-term solution. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-quantum-proof-accounts-7-cents-researcher?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss