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MrBeast $23 million crypto profit report earns 1M impressions 30.10.2024 2:36
A team of five researchers has put together an odd report claiming that MrBeast made a bunch of money promoting crypto projects.
CHART: Almost every new Poloniex listing is a memecoin 30.10.2024 2:16
Of Poloniex’s last 100 listings, 94 of them are so-called ‘memecoins,’ many of questionable quality or legality.
Nishad Singh receives FTX chief’s support ahead of today’s sentencing 30.10.2024 1:33
Former FTX exec Nishad Singh is scheduled to be sentenced today and has received a letter of support from FTX bankruptcy CEO John J. Ray III.
Is a Gamestop-style gamma squeeze fueling bitcoin’s rally? 30.10.2024 5:34
As bitcoin rallied on Tuesday toward all-time high prices, Gamestop traders started asking if a gamma squeeze was in play.
DWF Labs partner allegedly caught trying to drug job applicant 29.10.2024 2:13
A partner at the Singapore-based crypto firm DWF Labs has been accused of spiking the drink of a potential employee at a meeting.
Craig Wright lawsuit made 184 ‘twisted and incoherent’ claims, say analysts 29.10.2024 2:47
Fact-checkers say over 70% of Craig Wright’s claims in his latest UK lawsuit are “misunderstandings,” or “blatant misrepresentations.”
Consensys blames SEC at top of 20% staff layoff announcement 29.10.2024 2:45
As the SEC’s lawsuit continues against Consensys’ alleged violations of US law, the company has laid off 1/5th of its staff.
Did Bhutan just sell 935 bitcoins from its Bitdeer mining partnership? 29.10.2024 2:33
The coins were moved in two separate transactions of $59.2 million and $7.3 million shortly after bitcoin crept above the $70,000 threshold.
CHART: Crypto election markets and polls show very different odds 29.10.2024 3:55
On Monday, Donald Trump’s odds of US election victory were 66% on crypto-friendly Polymarket but just 48% on The Hill. What gives?
Marc Andreessen’s crypto-trading AI breakthrough is human-operated 28.10.2024 4:18
The crypto world is entranced by the dawn of supposed AI-managed hedge funds. Unfortunately, A16z and other humans are actually responsible.
Why didn’t Donald Trump and Joe Rogan mention bitcoin or crypto? 28.10.2024 2:40
Joe Rogan’s three-hour interview with Donald Trump avoided the topic of crypto, right as his recent crypto project flopped… Curious!
Solana wallet Phantom down due to ‘major incident’ 28.10.2024 1:00
Phantom, a cryptocurrency wallet popular on Solana, is currently experiencing downtime due to a “major incident” with the backend.
OpenAI tool used to create voice bot that can drain crypto wallets 28.10.2024 3:01
Computer scientists used OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, in tandem with a number of other freely available tools, to carry out phone-based scams.
Japanese man sentenced to 3 years after creating crypto ransomware with AI 28.10.2024 1:41
In a reported legal first for Japan, the man was sentenced for abusing generative AI to create code for crypto ransomware.
CHART: Tether has attracted US government action 19 times 28.10.2024 5:38
A timeline of Tether’s run-ins with US courts and law enforcement traces back over a decade, but its market cap has steadily grown.
Does a bitcoin rally to $100K repay El Salvador’s IMF loans? 25.10.2024 3:51
Simplistic calculations of El Salvador’s bitcoin holdings assume that a rally to $100K would allow IMF loan repayment. It probably won’t.
Golden State Warriors sign crypto deal with Coinbase amid FTX lawsuit 25.10.2024 2:00
The Golden State Warriors and its star player are being sued by investors of FTX, but that won’t stop a budding Coinbase romance.
Dutch gov’t asks public to critique crypto data bill 25.10.2024 1:43
Citizens can share comments on a proposed bill that will require crypto exchanges to share user data to all EU (and select non-EU) states.
CHART: It’s been 262 days since Solana’s last major outage 25.10.2024 1:40
Citizens can share comments on a proposed bill that will require crypto exchanges to share user data to all EU (and select non-EU) states.
Poloniex exit leaves Ethereum stUSDT nearly abandoned 24.10.2024 2:50
Poloniex has withdrawn from Staked USDT (stUSDT) on Ethereum, vastly dropping the utilization of the protocol.
Lawsuit accuses ‘dangerous’ Character AI bot of causing teen’s death 24.10.2024 2:47
Sewell Setzer III had reportedly spent months using Character. AI to talk to an AI chatbot, becoming obsessed and isolated before his death.
Denmark’s ‘historic’ crypto tax change is far from a done deal 24.10.2024 2:56
Some news outlets have reported that Denmark has “made history” by introducing crypto tax on unrealized gains and losses. Not true!
Did ‘AI’ Truth Terminal just pump and dump a coin named $RUSSELL? 23.10.2024 2:04
An X account that utilizes AI tools convinced traders on X that it endorsed RUSSELL, a token themed around Brian Armstrong’s dog.
Austrian crypto scammers blew thousands on clubbing, hookers, shark tank 23.10.2024 2:15
Five people were jailed in Austria for their part in a $16M scheme that conned 40,000 victims into investing in real estate and EXW token.
Crypto firm convicted for USDT-Naira trading, ordered to pay $86K 23.10.2024 1:33
Official Gredo Limited has been convicted in a Nigerian court of illegally conducting USDT-Naira trades without a banking license.
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