Blockchain's newest use case is defeating AI deepfakes
At the 10th annual Consensus crypto conference in Austin, Texas, a group of media execs and technologists explained how blockchain technology is well suited to combat what they see as an incoming wave...
Kabosu, the face of Dogecoin, passes away at 18; price of coin rises
Kabosu, a shiba inu dog whose iconic mug became the symbol of of the first-ever memecoin , has passed away at 18. The Japanese canine with a “much wow!” face has “crossed the rainbow bridge” according...
The SEC gives spot ethereum ETFs the go-ahead, approving 8 applications
Ethereum’s officially joining the spot ETF party. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved eight applications for spot ethereum ETFs Thursday afternoon. The regulator still needs to approve a s...
Ethereum’s price jumps on spot ETF approval rumors
The regulatory vibe may be shifting. Bloomberg analysts surprised the crypto world today, saying the chance that the SEC will approve at least one spot ethereum ETF later this week had spiked to 75%. ...
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund makes a $45M bet on crypto-prediction markets
Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm led by Peter Thiel, is said to have led a $45M investment round into Polymarket. The self-proclaimed “world’s largest prediction market” let...
FTX shockingly may be able to repay almost everyone
The bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX announced they were “in a position to propose a chapter 11 plan that contemplates the return of 100% of bankruptcy claim amounts,” a move that once seemed impo...
Robinhood Crypto joins other major exchanges as target of SEC Wells notice
Earlier today Robinhood Crypto said that it'd received a so-called Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, suggesting the regulator may be prepping some sort of enforcement ...
Binance founder CZ’s prison sentence hasn’t stopped an uptick in trading on the exchange
Yesterday, the founder and former chief executive of Binance was finally sentenced to 4 months in prison. The ruling marked the end of a multi-year investigation in which the crypto magnate — Changpen...
Bitcoin business will lose billions in the halving
The halving is coming. A refrain that reads like the teaser for a low-budget slasher flick has for the past year loomed over the publicly traded companies and the passionate enthusiasts powering the w...
Worldcoin pivots to the blockchain… with a 'humans only' discount
Worldcoin, the “ proof of personhood ” crypto project launched by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, said it plans to launch its own ethereum layer-2 (L2) blockchain dubbed World Chain. The pitch: a blockchain wher...
Stepn teams with Adidas for... NFTs?
Adidas is reportedly teaming up with Stepn, a web3 company that promised to reward users who engaged in physical activity like walking and running. The collab, announced this morning by Stepn, kicks o...
SEC Wins Case Against Do Kwon, Terraform Labs
A New York jury has ruled in favor of the SEC in its case against Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, finding them liable for fraud for misleading investors to believe their “algorithmic stableco...
Ripple labs launching a stablecoin
Ripple Labs said it plans to launch a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar later this year. The crypto and tech business would be entering a crowded market dominated by heavyweights Tether and Circle. R...
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin takes another hit
Unlike its eyeball-scanning metallic orbs, Worldcoin’s future isn’t looking so shiny. Last week, Portuguese regulators ordered the controversial Sam Altman-backed project to stop collecting user data ...