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  • Bukele Bitcoin, Coinbase Lend, Binance probe

    The headlines this week:

    — Binance staff exploited users’ crypto trades for personal gain, whistleblower 

    — It took just 12 days for Coinbase to submit to SEC, despite Armstrong rant

    — El Salvador president Bukele down 15% on Bitcoin, despite buying the dip

    — Bitcoin.org hackers peddled BTC giveaway scam similar to Twitter heist


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    11 min
  • Coinbase bonds, BitMEX surrender, Mastercard buyout

    The headlines this week:

    — Mastercard buys Monero-tracing analytics unit to build trust in crypto

    — Coinbase stock is in the toilet, now it wants to sell $2B in junk bonds

    — BitMEX insider Dwyer agrees to US extradition after hiding out in Bermuda


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    6 min
  • Tether ban, Bitcoin Babe, Coinbase rekt

    The headlines this week:

    — Canada’s largest markets watchdog banned Tether — is USDT a security?

    — ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ shows up to challenge Wright’s Bitcoin white paper win

    — SEC threatens Coinbase over crypto interest account, CEO cries foul

    — Bitcoin Babe crypto exchange chief says banks treat her like terrorist


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    13 min
  • Chia burns miners, teens steal Bitcoin, Trump disses crypto

    The headlines this week:

    — China says returning 500K miners to Genesis still in-line with crackdown

    — Teen clipboard hackers who stole $800K Bitcoin could still get away with it

    — Chia miners sell damaged SSDs at a loss after ‘green Bitcoin’ tanks 90%

    — Anti-Bitcoin Trump: Crypto ‘may be fake,’ invest in US dollars instead





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    13 min
  • NFT hype cycle, fan token revenue, Coinbase hack pledge

    The headlines this week:

    — European football clubs made $200M selling crypto tokens to fans

    — Gartner’s Hype Cycle predicts 5 years until mainstream NFT adoption

    — Coinbase wants to help track crypto cyberattacks — but its own users are shit out of luck

    — Crypto goon gets 5 years in prison for $4M ‘decentralized bank’ ICO scam


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    13 min
  • Sun mints Tether, Mafia digs Monero, AI scans NFTs

    The headlines this week:

    — Chinese state media brags about killing 11 companies caught using crypto

    — Tether personally issued TRON’s Justin Sun at least $200M in USDT

    — Italian feds say Mafia pays cartels for cocaine with Bitcoin and Monero

    — DeviantArt enlists AI to police NFT markets for stolen art


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    10 min
  • Mining power, Messi tokens, crypto records

    The headlines this week:

    — London law firms form global ‘crypto fraud network’ CFAAR

    — Chinese BTC miners sent 200K rigs to Canada but can’t find enough power

    – Crypto breaks 2 records in a day for biggest fine and DeFi hack

    – Messi accepts crypto in Paris Saint-Germain deal worth over $40M per year


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    12 min
  • Fake Bitcoin news, fifth BSV attack, Binance charity drama

    The headlines this week:

    — IT guy at Polish police headquarters caught mining Bitcoin in secret

    — Bitcoin SV rocked by fifth 51% attack, serial culprit attempts double spends

    — Fake Bitcoin news wave hits Apple, Amazon, and now Saudi Aramco

    — Binance won’t get medical records in fight over $10M crypto, says Malta charity


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    13 min
  • Bitcoin power, ransomware porn, Binance charity

    The headlines this week:

    — Metro worker upholds tradition by mining Bitcoin with stolen electricity, quits

    — Hacker demands Bitcoin ransom to stop porn flood on ransomware forum

    — Binance charity sued over $9M Bitcoin meant for cancer patients in Malta

    — FaZe talent manager took 20% cut for brokering crypto pump and dumps



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    12 min
  • Glassdoor rabbit hole, FIFA bot bust, gold crypto Ponzi

    The headlines this week:

    – We ranked crypto companies with Glassdoor — it opened a rabbit hole

    – Giant PS4 farm stole $250K power a month to ‘mine’ FIFA — not Ethereum

    – Swede gets 15 years in prison for $16M crypto Ponzi that lasted a decade


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    13 min

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