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Crypto Traders Flock to Unibot as Telegram Bot Tokens Near $100M Market Cap
The swiftly-growing category commands a market capitalization of just under $100 million.
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Ethereum Fees Spike as Bots Spend Millions to Front-Run Punters of PEPE, CHAD
An entity connected to a wallet named “jaredfromsubway.eth” is sandwiching crypto traders, mainly those betting on tokens such as pepe and chad.
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Ethereum Bot Gets Attacked for $20M as Validator Strikes Back
The incident raises questions about whether validators can be trusted, one former member of the Ethereum Foundation said.
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Crypto Exchange Binance to Use Twitter as Web 3 ‘Sandbox,’ Help Musk Fend Off Bots: Exec
Patrick Hillman, chief strategy officer at Binance, discusses the goals to help Elon Musk fend off internet bots on Twitter and why Binance sees the potential for Web3 innovat...
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Twitter Bot Issue Goes Beyond People Trying to Pump Coins: Binance Exec
Twitter Bot Issue Goes Beyond People Trying to Pump Coins: Binance Exec
Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann addresses Twitter's bot issue, saying "these AI bots are out there ruining our reputation as an industry." He also discusses th...
Twitter Bot Issue Goes Beyond People Trying to Pump Coins: Binance Exec

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Frances Haugen: Facebook Informer
She was the source for the damning "Facebook Files." Here's how she thinks DAOs and blockchains could fix the company nobody likes.
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Elon Musk: Twitter Deal 'Cannot Move Forward' Pending Fake Account Data
Elon Musk: Twitter Deal ‘Cannot Move Forward’ Pending Fake Account Data
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter will be on hold until he has more clarity on the platform’s “calculation” of fake or spam accounts. “The Hash”...
Elon Musk: Twitter Deal 'Cannot Move Forward' Pending Fake Account Data

Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana Goes Dark for 7 Hours as Bots Swarm ‘Candy Machine’ NFT Minting Tool
It wasn’t immediately clear how the bot traffic overcame network safeguards.
Scenes from Solana's Miami Hacker House in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Web 3 and the Rise of Small Media
Taking on Web 2's ad bot-infested business model with Sybil-resistant media.
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Human Protocol Expands hCaptcha Tool, Launches Wallet to Make AI Smarter
“Proof-of-HUMANity” could also thwart front-running DeFi bots.
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