Riccardo Curatolo

Riccardo Curatolo · 3 days ago

Binance Confirms $6.3B Hack: $3B Frozen, Withdrawals Suspended

Binance confirms the Oct. 29-30 attack: an estimated $6.3 billion in unauthorized withdrawals, roughly $3 billion frozen on-chain, and losses to be covered by…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 4 days ago

Bithumb Data Breach: Employee Systems Hit, Korean Regulators Launch On-Site Probe

Bithumb detected unauthorized access to an internal employee system on October 27. Korean regulators launched on-site inspections the next day. No wallet data…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 5 days ago

EIT Innovation Projects: Up to €900,000 for AI in Media, but TRL 7 Is the Gate

EIT Culture & Creativity's Innovation Projects opens with up to €900,000 per project for AI in audiovisual media, but TRL 7 is the entry bar. First deadline:…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 6 days ago

MFL Arena Goes Public October 27: One-Way Gems and Pro Players on Flow

MFL Arena, the free-to-play mode of the blockchain football management game on Flow, opens to all on October 27 with no invite codes. Gems only flow one way:…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 11 days ago

Claude Duet Works in the Background: What Anthropic's Agent Actually Does

Claude Duet, Anthropic's new background agent, launched October 21, 2026. It works across connected apps while you're away, but the US-only preview comes with…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 11 days ago

EIT Spark Grant: Up to €30,000 to Launch Your Creative Tech Startup

EIT Spark covers up to €30,000 in eligible costs for creative tech founders without a registered company. Deadline is November 16, 2026.

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Riccardo Curatolo · 15 days ago

Newsletter #102: Deutsche Bank Custody, Circle's 40-Market Push

Deutsche Bank expects its crypto custody launch within weeks, while Circle targets 40 emerging markets. US Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs shed $548.5 million in…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 15 days ago

CONSOB Orders CASPs: 3 Months to Wind Down Non-MiCA Stablecoin

CONSOB backed ESMA's October 2026 ruling: CASPs must block new stablecoin purchases immediately and wind down existing positions by January 8, 2027.

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Riccardo Curatolo · 21 days ago

Bitcoin-Backed Loans: The Legal Proposal Brought Before Italy's Parliament

Using Bitcoin as loan collateral without selling it: attorney Antonio Di Giorgio brought a two-step Civil Code proposal to Italy's Parliament on September 24,…

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Riccardo Curatolo · 24 days ago

YouHodler Italy Gets Consob CASP License Under MiCAR: Lener & Partners Advises

YouHodler Italy secured a Consob CASP license on October 8, 2026, covering five MiCAR services. Lener & Partners advised throughout, from the December 2025…

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