Weekend Wrap: $50M NFT platform shutters, OpenSea’s ‘HUGE mistake’ and more
The closing of NFT project Recur comes two years after it was valued at $333 million and had the backing...
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SEC seeks appeal over Ripple, crypto prices plunge and EU debuts Bitcoin ETF: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 13-19
SEC files motion for appeal on Ripple’s case, Bitcoin and Ether prices plunge and Europe welcomes first spot Bitcoin ETF.
Curve Finance to reimburse users, another DeFi hack, and ConsenSys launches L2: Finance Redefined
The DeFi ecosystem had another exploit of over $2 million on a stablecoin liquidity pool this past week, just weeks...
Bitget and crypto influencer embroiled in legal saga after ReelStar token listing fiasco
Evan Luthra says Bitget froze his account in April. The exchange claims it was done on suspicions of market manipulation...
Crypto games need EVO-style viral moment, Nitro Nation review: Web3 Gamer
Blockchain games desperately need a viral moment to succeed, Cut The Rope in The Sandbox, Axie and Aelph hand out...
Banning ransomware payments: An attractive but dangerous idea
The U.S. and Australia are considering banning ransomware payments, but will it solve the problem, or harm people and destroy...
Big Questions: Did the NSA create Bitcoin?
Is Bitcoin the biggest intel honeypot in history? A former NSA agent says “they absolutely have the capability” but others...
Metaverse project The Sandbox unlocks $133M worth of tokens
The next batch of token unlocks for The Sandbox is on Feb. 14, 2024, and will unfreeze over 200 million...
SBF ordered to jail, Bitcoin ETF delayed and SEC to appeal Ripple case: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 6-12
Sam Bankman-Fried has bail revoked, ordered to jail; the SEC delays decision on a spot Bitcoin ETF; and the SEC...
Price analysis 8/11: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, DOGE, ADA, SOL, MATIC, LTC, DOT
After the Aug. 11 Bitcoin ETF decision delay, BTC’s boring price action looks set to carry on through the weekend.
Grails’ lucky dip of famous NFT artists, new hope for PFP holders: NFT Collector
Pudgy Penguins CEO reveals why PFT holders aren’t doomed, Grails offers a blind tasting to buy famous NFT artists, and...
AI Eye: Apple developing pocket AI, deep fake music deal, hypnotizing GPT-4
Apple developing AI to run locally on your phone, researchers ‘hypnotize’ GPT-4 to turn it evil, and Google negotiates a...
Is fully decentralized blockchain gaming even possible?
A ragtag group of communists and ZK-rollup fans are working tirelessly to make blockchain games composable and fully on-chain. It’s...
PayPal stablecoin launch sparks wave of fake PYUSD tokens
Nearly 30 fake PYUSD tokens cropped up in the wake of PayPal’s most recent announcement.
CoinGecko now has an index for crypto tokens alleged as securities
According to CoinGecko, nearly $85 billion worth of crypto falls under the category of “alleged SEC securities.”
