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  • Hamster buys Bitcoin, TikTok bans crypto, REvil goes dark

    The headlines this week:

    – Mr. Goxx is a crypto trading hamster — and he’s only slightly underwater 

    – TikTok bans crypto ads but some fear it won’t stop shitcoin shilling 

    – UK ad watchdog gets ‘proactive’ in crypto scam crackdown 

    – REvil goes dark as Biden pressures Putin over ransomware attacks 


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    11 min
  • Binance blues, Ethereum festival, Chinese threat

    The headlines:

    – Esports influencer fired for pumping and dumping ‘Save The Kids’ crypto

    – Inside Decentraland, where users can’t drink but they can buy blunts

    – Binance ‘Chutes and Ladders’ ends where it started: Hong Kong

    – China murders ‘Cat Coin’ company, mounts head in latest crypto warning


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    12 min
  • McAfee NFT, Wright 'win,' Binance woes

    The headlines this week:

    – Binance blackballed in UK, ousted from Ontario, jabbed again in Japan

    – Craig Wright wins Bitcoin white paper copyright suit by default

    – ‘Never before seen’ footage of John McAfee on the run goes unsold

    – Bitcoin mining stocks are doing better than Bitcoin in 2021


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    12 min
  • Bitcoin and sperm, crypto and Kim, blockchain and freedom

    The headlines:

    – Is unvaccinated sperm really the next Bitcoin?

    – Kim Kardashian shilling EthereumMax warned us crypto would collapse.

    – Judge spits T.I. lyrics to dismiss ICO case, rapper’s lawyer approves.

    – Free speech activists defy China by porting Apple Daily to the blockchain.


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    11 min
  • Musk's lost invite, Tether's media scrutiny, Satoshi's epic saga

    The headlines this week:

    – Elon Musk missed the cut, won’t hold sway on Bitcoin Mining Council.

    – Tether attracts mainstream media scrutiny over its commercial paper.

    – ‘British FBI’ deputy director spooked by luxury assets sold for Bitcoin.

    – Margaret Thatcher and swine flu: Failed Bitcoin ship Satoshi has seen it all.


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    10 min
  • Lifeboat Bitcoin fund, El Salvador loan, Chia warranty ploy

    The headlines this week:

    – SSD maker sets data limit after Chia miners ruin drives, exploit warranties.

    – Victims of $3.6B crypto Ponzi still believe they’ll get their money back.

    – El Salvador Bitcoin scheme could torpedo $1.3B IMF loan, analysts warn.

    – What happened to the Lifeboat Foundation’s Bitcoin Endowment Fund?


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    11 min
  • NFT bubble bursts, secret Soulja deal, BSC flash forays

    The headlines this week:

    – Soulja Boy tweets $24K pay-to-play deal with SafeMoon clone — then deletes it.

    – Crypto traders in China flock to OTC desks despite scrutiny, report.

    – The NFT market bubble has popped and we’ve got the charts to prove it.

    – Binance Smart Chain hackers made $167M with flash loans, exploits in May.


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    8 min
  • Voice goes dark, Chia wants IPO, Hydra hits $3B

    The headlines this week:

    – US Senator urges OCC to rescind bank charters of 3 crypto companies.

    – BitTorrent founder’s Chia crypto listed this month. Now it wants an IPO.

    – Block.one sunk $150M into Voice — now it’s an unfinished NFT platform.

    – Dark web marketplace Hydra has now processed $3.2B in crypto.


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    10 min
  • Chia stock rally, Sony Bitcoin patent, crypto crash losses

    The headlines this week:

    – Chia crypto triggers HDD stock rally as Western Digital, Seagate surge.

    – Sony patent outlines Bitcoin betting system for esports tournaments.

    – Take-Two CEO: Crypto and the metaverse probably won’t matter in 5 years.

    – Bitcoin crash wiped $22B from crypto billionaires — here’s who lost the most.


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    8 min
  • Microsoft cans blockchain, sad NFT auction, Bitcoin hungry hackers

    The headlines this week:

    – SEC chief: Crypto exchanges need a regulator for market manipulation.

    – Hacker crew hungry for Bitcoin says it regrets cyberattack on US fuel lines.

    – NFT collector shares sad videos of Christie’s $17M CryptoPunk auction.

    – Microsoft cans Azure Blockchain, pushes users to Ethereum’s ConsenSys.


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    8 min

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