• ConsenSys lawsuit, Bitcoin-powered cyberwar, shameless shills
    Mar 4 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Anonymous set for cyberwar with Bitcoin-powered Russian hacker crew

    — Crypto founders exploit Ukraine’s pleas for cash to shill their tokens

    — ConsenSys lawsuit reveals JPMorgan owns critical Ethereum infrastructure

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    12 mins
  • Bitcoin spurs coal, web3 poaches execs, gunman demands crypto
    Feb 25 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — ‘Struggling’ coal plant emits 500% more carbon after Bitcoin mining revival

    — Web3 crypto startups poach top execs from Facebook, YouTube, Amazon

    — Apple store gunman who demanded $220M crypto ransom dies by cop car


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    9 mins
  • NFT right-clickers, Optimism bounty, Intel miners
    Feb 18 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Hacker could’ve printed unlimited ‘Ether’ but chose $2M bug bounty instead

    — Right-click savers send NFT marketplace Cent into indefinite hiatus

    — Intel hopes new Bitcoin mining chip will reduce its environmental impact


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    9 mins
  • Trump wash trades, Nike sues NFTs, Bitcoin funds Ukraine
    Feb 11 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Nike sues over sneaker NFTs to clean house before metaverse arrives

    — It sure looks like Melania Trump wash traded her ‘white hat’ NFT for $170K

    — Weaponry and cyberwar: How Bitcoin funds anti-Russia efforts in Ukraine

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    11 mins
  • Cryptoland failure, Biden order, YouTuber rugpull
    Feb 4 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Cryptoland: Fiji island won’t be crypto’s Fyre Festival after all

    — Biden wants US to regulate crypto as matter of national security

    — YouTuber rugpulls fans for $500K in crypto, token pumps 300% anyway

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    11 mins
  • Quantum Bitcoin ‘threat,’ Myanmar negs crypto, US does too
    Jan 28 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Fearing revolution, Myanmar’s military gov’t wants to ban crypto and VPNs

    — New US laws make it difficult for small businesses to accept crypto

    — No, quantum computers won’t hack Bitcoin by 2022

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    10 mins
  • Binance hiring snafu, NFT tax cheats, Chamath doesn't care
    Jan 21 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Ignorance no excuse: IRS to hunt NFT tax cheats for billions of dollars

    — Journalist bluffs his way into a senior Binance job worth $220K per year

    — Bitcoin bull Chamath Palihapitiya reckons 'nobody cares' about Uyghur genocide

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    10 mins
  • NFTs not art, Kardashian and crypto, Kleiman vs. Wright
    Jan 14 2022

    The headlines this week:

    — Crypto investor wants Kim Kardashian in court over pump and dump

    — Can NFTs be 'art'? Wikipedia can't decide, will worry about it later

    — Here we go again: Kleiman pushes for Wright retrial over Nakamoto Bitcoin


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    12 mins