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CryptoGPT is Trending on Twitter… Is It All Style and No Substance?
CryptoGPT claims that it allows users to monetize their data — and "turn every task of daily life into a source of income." But some on Twitter are deeply skeptical.
By Connor Sephton
1w ago
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Vitalik Buterin 'Anti-Endorses' Memecoins — and Warns They Have No 'Moral Value'
"$BITE and most other coins being discussed on this forum are shitcoins, have no redeeming cultural or moral value," he told a little-known Reddit thread.
By Connor Sephton
1w ago
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CoinMarketCap News, Mar 8: Think the Fight Against Inflation is Over? Think Again
Also today, Vitalik Buterin just caused one memecoin to fall by 77% in just 25 minutes. Here's why.
By Connor Sephton
1w ago
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Vitalik Buterin Dumps $700,000 of Memecoins — and Hodlers Are NOT Happy
Ethereum's co-founder sold off 500 trillion SHIK tokens he had been gifted — causing their value to plunge by a jaw-dropping 77% in just 25 minutes.
By Connor Sephton
1w ago
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Ripple's Garlinghouse Expects 'Pivotal' Securities Lawsuit Decision This Year
A precedent-setting verdict in the Securities and Exchange Commission's suit calling its XRP token an unregistered security should come this year, Brad Garlinghouse said.
By Leo Jakobson
2w ago
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Solana Still Doesn't Know Why It's Suffered Yet Another Outage
"Solana is like a lifestyle-friendly blockchain because you can have nights and weekends off," one disgruntled Twitter user said.
By Connor Sephton
3w ago
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Kim Kardashian, Paul Pierce and Floyd Mayweather Seek to Toss EMAX Lawsuit Again
While the celebrities paid a high price to the Securities and Exchange Commission for their roles in promoting Ethereum Max, they've so far avoided a class action lawsuit.
By Leo Jakobson
3w ago
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Terra Founder Do Kwon Pulled $100M Out of Price Protection Fund, SEC Alleges
The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Kwon of yanking 10,000 Bitcoins out of Terraform and Luna Foundation Guard funds shortly after the stablecoin's collapse.
By Leo Jakobson
4w ago
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Ex-NBA Star Paul Pierce Fined $1.4M By SEC for Shilling Ethereum Max
Pierce's posts came shortly after he was fired as a pundit for ESPN because of an Instagram Live video that showed him disregarding COVID rules while in a room with exotic dancers.
By Connor Sephton
4w ago
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Norway Seizes $5.9M in Crypto From North Korean Axie Hackers
The seizure of funds stolen from leading NFT-based play-to-earn game Axie Infinity last year was the country's largest ever, prosecutors said.
By Leo Jakobson
1mo ago
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1.1 Million New Tokens Launched in 2022 — Only 40,000 Survived… and 10,000 Are Possible Scams
The ease of creating a new token — it can be done virtually cut-and-paste — is one reason they are so popular in crypto, Chainalysis said.
By Leo Jakobson
1mo ago
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Alleged Mango Markets Exploiter Fights To Keep $47M 'Bug Bounty'
The Justice Department, CFTC and SEC may call him a market manipulator, but Avraham Eisenberg has no intention of backing down.
By Leo Jakobson
1mo ago
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CoinMarketCap News, Feb 3: Doge's Couch Up for Auction... But Bids Aren't Accepted in DOGE
Also today, a top rapper is going to headline a virtual Super Bowl concert in the metaverse.
By Connor Sephton
1mo ago
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The Couch Doge Sat On is Being Auctioned Off
But rather awkwardly, bids are only being accepted in Ether... not DOGE.
By Leo Jakobson
1mo ago
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Another Tiny Caribbean Nation Looks at Making Tron Legal Tender... Or Not
Tron founder Justin Sun's claim that St. Maarten is adopting Tron's TRX as a legal tender seems to be stretching the facts by a fair bit.
By Leo Jakobson
1mo ago
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Crypto News
Man Jailed After Stealing $2.5M of IOTA from Over 100 Investors
Wybo Wiersma, a Dutchman living in the United Kingdom, had established a website called iotaseed.io, which apparently allowed people to generate a secure seed phrase.
By Connor Sephton
1mo ago
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CoinMarketCap News, Jan 19: Crypto Markets in Disarray After Sudden Reversal in Fortunes
Also today, Amateur rapper Heather Morgan has a new job — despite the fact she's awaiting trial on suspicion of attempting to launder Bitcoin worth billions.
By Connor Sephton
2mo ago
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Bitcoin's Rally Falters as Stock Markets Drop, with Altcoins Tumbling Harder
On Wednesday, the S&P 500 shed 1.6% after gloomy economic data from the U.S. revealed that retail sales fell more than expected in December.
By Connor Sephton
2mo ago
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