https://decrypt.co/206893/someone-got-8-4-million-blur-nft-marketplace-latest-airdrop
One JPEG flipper saw millions of dollars in rewards from Blur’s Season 2 airdrop. Now the marketplace is teasing its own Ethereum layer-2 network, Blast.
https://decrypt.co/206893/someone-got-8-4-million-blur-nft-marketplace-latest-airdrop
One JPEG flipper saw millions of dollars in rewards from Blur’s Season 2 airdrop. Now the marketplace is teasing its own Ethereum layer-2 network, Blast.
https://decrypt.co/206432/how-taproot-wizards-plan-finally-move-bitcoin-forward
Taproots Wizards co-founder Udi Wertheimer sees it as a way to push Bitcoin’s culture forward.
https://decrypt.co/206415/polygon-version-of-bitcoin-ordinals-sends-gas-fees-skyrocketing
Before the drop, Polygon gas fees had increased 1,000% compared to the same time a day ago.
https://decrypt.co/205966/ethereum-and-bitcoin-hold-steady-as-us-inflation-cools-to-3-2
Inflation has dropped significantly from a 40-year high last June, but it remains above the Fed’s target.
https://decrypt.co/205542/is-crypto-winter-over
Some are saying “We’re so back,” but crypto has no Punxsutawney Phil.
https://decrypt.co/205501/bitcoin-ethereum-demand-push-2023-crypto-fund-investment-over-1-billion
Digital asset investment products are on track for their third largest year of allocations, with Bitcoin and Ethereum leading the charge.
Text-based inscriptions associated with BRC-20s plummeted 72% after the code was unleashed. There’s signs someone is running a copy of it.
https://decrypt.co/205367/celsius-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy-with-repayment-plan-approved
Backed by a new entity with $450 million in seed funding, the failed crypto lender may come back to life.
https://decrypt.co/204996/bored-ape-nft-holder-threatens-legal-action-over-apefest-eye-injuries
The CEO of Artfi, Asif Kamal, is one of several ApeFest attendees who experienced eye pain after the festival.
The market for Bitcoin Ordinals was active on Tuesday after Binance rolled out support for ORDI, the original BRC-20 token.
https://decrypt.co/204674/nft-volume-hits-3-month-high-thank-massive-cryptopunks-sale
Sales of NFTs hit a three-month high on Monday, building on a positive trend that emerged in October before “The Simpsons” took on NFTs.
The Simpsons-themed NFT projects surged on Monday after the seminal sitcom bashed digital collectibles in the latest episode.
https://decrypt.co/204491/simpsons-skewered-nfts-not-before-cashing-craze
NFTs were a punchline on ‘The Simpsons’ this weekend. But in 2021, the iconic show sold golden, Bart-themed digital collectibles to its fans.
https://decrypt.co/204481/bitcoin-ethereum-and-other-crypto-funds-nab-767-million-just-6-weeks
Institutions are showing sustained interest in crypto investment products, pushing a six-week inflows streak to $767 million.
https://decrypt.co/204379/nfts-back-sales-jump-32-october-led-ethereum-dappradar
After months of falling sales, the NFT market grew substantially in October, per data from DappRadar—even if it’s still far from the peak.
https://decrypt.co/204329/coinbase-ready-hit-ground-running-bitcoin-etf-approval-coo
Crypto’s influential figures have speculated a spot Bitcoin ETF would be good for the asset’s price, but Coinbase’s COO underscored stability.
https://decrypt.co/204154/sam-bankman-fried-verdict-ftx-fraud
A jury found the former crypto mogul guilty of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering charges in New York.
https://decrypt.co/204184/coinbase-reports-2-million-q3-loss
The San Francisco-based firm has beat analysts’ profit and revenue expectations thrice this year.
https://decrypt.co/203847/judge-calls-going-infinite-inadmissible-hearsay-sam-bankman-fried-trial
While Michael Lewis’ book flew under the radar, the prosecution put a spotlight on Zeke Faux’s “Number Go Up.”
https://decrypt.co/203778/sam-bankman-fried-cant-remember-damn-thing
“I’m not sure, I don’t recall” tells the story of the FTX founder’s testimony on Monday.
https://decrypt.co/203544/sam-bankman-fried-always-planned-to-sell-ftx-to-binance
The disgraced crypto founder testified that he built FTX to serve a niche that would make it an acquisition target of Binance.
The former CEO of the failed FTX exchange took the stand for an audience of one, so Judge Lewis Kaplan could vet the admissibility of his statements.
https://decrypt.co/203287/stocks-are-down-bitcoin-is-way-up-will-this-time-be-different
Bitcoin ETF hype can explain a lot about why BTC appears to have decoupled from stocks. But analysts say that’s not the only reason.
https://decrypt.co/203261/sam-bankman-fried-will-testify
The FTX founder will testify after the defense presents three witnesses, his lead attorney, Mark Cohen of Cohen & Gresser, told the court.
https://decrypt.co/203106/coinbase-submits-final-argument-to-dismiss-sec-lawsuit
Legal loggerheads have persisted between the SEC and Coinbase since June.
https://decrypt.co/202863/what-are-the-odds-sam-bankman-fried-testifies-in-his-trial
The formal crypto mogul has remained silent in court so far. But that could change as his trial progresses.
https://decrypt.co/202583/google-blackrock-considered-investing-ftx-before-bankruptcy
The exchange wanted to tap big names for its C1 funding, but FTX buckled before it closed the round.
https://decrypt.co/202417/sbf-asked-former-ftx-lawyer-for-legal-justifications-for-missing-funds
Can Sun structured billions of dollars in personal loans to FTX insiders, but said he had “no idea that customer funds were being misused.”
https://decrypt.co/202223/ftx-had-5-billion-when-it-was-supposed-to-have-20-billion
An expert witness called in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial said between January 2021 and October 2022 FTX never had all its customer’s funds.
https://decrypt.co/202017/doj-star-witnesses-what-will-sam-bankman-fried-do-now
The case is still up in the air, but the government has unloaded its three key witnesses against Sam Bankman-Fried.