Rancher puts cows on the blockchain for clout
This weekend’s viral blockchain story about tokenizing cows to collateralize loans for farmers in Brazil fails to hold up to scrutiny.
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BitMart processed just 63 withdrawals after closure announcement
BitMart withdrawals are moving slowly with analysts claiming only 63 were processed in the 24 hours following it's closure announcement.
Protos•Jacob Lyon27 Jul
Inside the mystery of BitMEX’s insurance fund
The BitMEX insurance fund was marketed as protection but a new lawsuit alleges it grew on collateral stripped from customers.
Protos•Aaron Wise24 Jul
European Union sanctions Justin Sun’s HTX
The EU has added Huobi Global S.A. and HTX to its list of sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Protos•Bennett Tomlin24 Jul
Ansem banned by Uber, blames being late and ‘loud as f**k’
Crypto influencer Ansem claimed he struggled to salvage his 4.2 Uber rating due to "an accumulation of just bad habits."
Protos•Jacob Lyon24 Jul
Intel posts record $16B growth, workers rewarded with job cuts
Intel beat its own forecasts, posted a massive $16B in revenue, but still found a raft of jobs to terminate.
Protos•Aaron Wise24 Jul
Andrew Tate’s memecoin down 97% while he tweets from cell
Andrew Tate's memecoin DADDY halved after US Marshals detained him and his brother pursuant to a UK criminal extradition.
Protos•Aaron Wise23 Jul
Nigel Farage aide received $9M on Polymarket account, report
Convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage backer George Cottrell had $9M deposited into his Polymarket account in in October 2024.
Protos•Jacob Lyon23 Jul
BitMEX to close, but what about its $270M insurance fund?
BitMEX announced it will close in September, following “a strategic review of the business and the broader crypto industry.”
Protos•Jacob Lyon23 Jul
DeFi loses $35M in a day: Are ‘bounties’ inviting more hacks?
Verus was criticized for setting a 25% bounty following an $11M May exploit. Now AFX has upped the ante, offering $7.2M.
Protos•Jake Harrison23 Jul
Grayscale filing reveals 100 wallets hold 90% of Worldcoin
Grayscale’s S-1 for its Worldcoin ETF admits that just 100 wallets hold roughly 90% of all WLD tokens in circulation.
Protos•Aaron Wise22 Jul
TRM claims HTX is rotating wallets to ‘stay ahead of screening’
TRM Labs has issued a new analysis claiming that HTX has been rotating its wallets "to stay...ahead of screening" following sanctions.
Protos•Bennett Tomlin22 Jul
Professional crypto scammer says drunk girls scammed him
Self-proclaimed crypto rugpuller Ronnie Magrehbi says he was robbed of $14,000 worth of crypto by drunk Australian girls partying in Bali.
Protos•Jacob Lyon22 Jul
SpaceX IPO banks yell ‘buy’ as stock craters
SpaceX has shed over $1.1T since June 16, but the banks that split $500M selling its IPO still rate the stock a "buy."
Protos•Aaron Wise22 Jul
Jack Mallers leaves Twenty One after overseeing 91% decline
Jack Mallers claims he took "no severance" for leaving Twenty One, yet he took $1.6M in cash for a separation agreement.
Protos•Aaron Wise21 Jul
AI firm ORO says North Korean hacker stole $600K worth of crypto
ORO revealed that it lost $630K in crypto when a North Korean hacker tricked a staff member into installing a malicious Microsoft extension.
Protos•Jacob Lyon21 Jul
OKX hires the architect of the BitLicense it never won
Andrew Cuomo’s administration invented the BitLicense. OKX, a crypto exchange New York hasn’t licensed, just appointed him to its board.
Protos•Aaron Wise21 Jul
Michael Saylor has sold $14 billion MSTR under 2.5x mNAV
Michael Saylor’s 2.5x mNAV anti-dilution pledge lasted less than three weeks. Strategy has sold $14.3B of MSTR below that mNAV since.
Protos•Aaron Wise20 Jul
Across, Allbridge, TeleSwap lost $5.7M to bridge hacks in past week
A trio of hacks targeting blockchain bridges Across, Allbridge, and TeleSwap have seen over $5M lost in recent days.
Protos•Jake Harrison20 Jul
South Korea’s stock exchange has paused trading 38 times this year
South Korea’s KRX activated its 38th trading pause this year after more downward volatility crashed the price of the KOSPI by 4.46%.
Protos•Jacob Lyon20 Jul