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Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges
The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
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Nasdaq, After Pivoting Crypto Ambitions to Tokenized T-bills, Sees Staffers Exit Amid Delays: Sources
After ending its crypto custody plan, Nasdaq pivoted to tokenized U.S. Treasuries, but progress was too sluggish for some now-former employees, a person familiar with the matt...
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U.S. CPI Softer Than Expected at 0.3% in April; Bitcoin Rises to $63.7K
In a year of mostly bad news on inflation, the government's Wednesday report gave some hope that Fed rate cuts might still be on the table.
Lido Co-Founders, Paradigm Secretly Back EigenLayer Competitor as DeFi Battle Lines Form
The popularity of new blockchain "restaking" protocols led by EigenLayer has drawn a response from the principals behind the liquid staking platform Lido, which itself burst o...
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
Salame's attorneys highlight that he wasn't involved in the core fraud perpetuated by Sam Bankman-Fried, and he has had nearly his entire net worth destroyed by the implosion...
Bitcoin Fee Crash Could Lead to Faster Miner Selling, Analysts Say
Bitcoin's mean transaction fee has reversed the post-halving Runes-led spike, squeezing miners' revenue.
Vanguard, Avowedly Anti-Crypto, Names Bitcoin-Friendly Ex-BlackRock Exec as CEO
Samil Ramji, who led BlackRock’s ETF business including the launch of the firm’s spot bitcoin product, departed the firm in January.
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Consensus 2024
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Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
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‘We're Doing it, We Believe in it’: The Sandbox’s Nicola Sebastiani on Bringing Gaming to the Metaverse
The Chief Content Officer, who is speaking at Consensus this month, says 280,000 Sandbox users are now generating creating games and experiences on the platform.
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DeFi Gigabrain Tarun Chitra on ETH Staking, Restaking and Why ‘Financial Nihilism' Is a Real Consumer Product
The Gauntlet founder talks about the state of crypto ahead of Consensus 2024.
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Fatemeh Fannizadeh on Crypto Law, Switzerland and How KYC Is Failing
Fannizadeh, a Swiss lawyer and strategic advisor specializing in the crypto industry, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.
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Ryan Selkis Goes to Washington
Ryan Selkis built a political fundraising machine for crypto that's ready to sway elections in 2024. That's why the Messari founder is one of CoinDesk's Most Influential peopl...
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Sergey Nazarov: The Crypto Oracle
Chainlink is where digital assets meet the real world, and Nazarov is predicting TradFi and crypto will become intertwined.
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Halving Impact and Macro Shifts Create Tailwinds for Bitcoin
Despite the drop in bitcoin’s price since April’s halving, there are still plenty of reasons to be bullish about BTC and crypto, says Paul Marino, Chief Revenue Officer at Gra...
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Incoming Vanguard CEO Won't Reverse Decision Not to Launch Bitcoin ETF
The former BlackRock executive didn't address the issue of giving Vanguard clients access to any of the other spot bitcoin ETFs that are available.
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The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer
In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class? With the latest Runes data an...
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Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges
The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
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House Resolution to Overturn Controversial SEC Rule Likely to Pass in Senate: Sources
Critics of the SEC bulletin argue it constrains companies unfairly.
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Huobi Hong Kong Withdraws License Application for the Second Time
HBGL Hong Kong Limited, the entity behind Huobi Hong Kong, first withdrew and then re-submitted its application for a Hong Kong VATP license in February.
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel Beefs Up Crypto Practice, Adds 3 Crypto-Native Lawyers Including Lewis Cohen
Lewis Cohen will co-chair the firm’s digital assets and emerging technology practice alongside former SDNY prosecutor Samson Enzer.
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Crypto's Election Season Is Kicking Off
Crypto is looking to play a bigger role than ever in this year's elections. We want to know how big.
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Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
Salame's attorneys highlight that he wasn't involved in the core fraud perpetuated by Sam Bankman-Fried, and he has had nearly his entire net worth destroyed by the implosion...