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.

https://decrypt.co/205377/a-bitcoin-devs-bot-bucked-brc-20s-now-he-might-share-the-sophon-with-the-world

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.

https://decrypt.co/204724/bitcoin-ordinals-daily-trading-hits-6-month-peak-ordi-token-surges-binance-listing

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.

https://decrypt.co/204558/nft-traders-respond-simpsons-roasting-spending-millions-knockoff-collectibles

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.

https://decrypt.co/203450/sam-bankman-fried-testifies-during-special-hearing-after-the-jury-is-sent-home

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.