Ethereum's “low-risk DeFi” applications like payments and savings could drive the chain's revenue in a similar way that search and ads sustain Google's business
Vitalik Buterin Says Focus On Low-Risk DeFi Than Memecoins Zack Abrams / The Block : Low-risk DeFi, not memecoins, can best sustain Ethereum's economy, co-founder Vitalik Buterin says Evans Karanja / ...
Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure
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An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking SEC's X account in 2024 and posting a false announcement that the SEC had approved bitcoin ETFs
And Exposed Cybersecurity Flaws Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt : Man Who Hacked SEC's X Account to Pump Bitcoin Gets 14 Months in Prison Owotunse Adebayo / Cryptopolitan : Hacker of the US SEC X account se...
Coinbase faces pump-and-dump accusations after its subsidiary Base launched a “content coin” on Zora; Coinbase clarifies that Base will never sell the tokens
But Coinbase Disowns It Jacob Lyon / Protos : What's the deal with Zora, Base, and content coins? Disrupt Africa : Content Coins vs Meme Coins: How Using AI Agent Crypto Aims to End This Debate Crypto...
Indian authorities have seized nearly $190M in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions
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Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
For reasons you can guess at, debanking has been the topic du jour in my Twitter feed. Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge News : FinTech CEOs Expose How Feds Colluded In ‘Debanking’ Schemes After Andreessen ‘Op...
Kamala Harris is courting crypto investors and pro-crypto Democrats in Congress, as some prominent Democrats temper their initial skepticism of crypto assets
For Now Yves Smith / naked capitalism : Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry David Dayen / American Prospect : Not Enjoying the Mark Cuban for President Campaign Jasper Goodman / ...
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk and Tesla pumped up Dogecoin into a “pyramid scheme”, finding that Musk's statements were “aspirational”
Federal Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit Accusing Tesla, Musk of Market Manipulation Involving Dogecoin Anan Ashraf / Benzinga : Tesla CEO Elon Musk Wants To Bring Back Dogecoin As A Payment Optio...
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at French airport Jennifer ...
US SEC filing: oilfield services company Halliburton says it has taken some systems offline after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access
Washington, D.C. 20549 — FORM 8-K — CURRENT REPORT Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : US oil giant Halliburton confirms cyberattack behind systems shutdown Suzanne Downing / Must Read Alaska : Oil...