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Do Kwon, creator of the infamous, crypto-crashing Terra-Luna "stablecoins," is still missing. Well, not missing — according to him, that is.

Guy Blamed for Crypto Crash Says He Isn’t Fleeing Arrest Warrant, But Isn’t Turning Himself In to Cops Either

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Neal Stephenson, the science fiction icon who first coined and popularized the term "metaverse," is pausing his literary career to build his own.

Guy Who Invented the Word “Metaverse” Building His Own Metaverse

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Ethereum merge has regulators pondering whether they should treat ether as a security, which could signal a big turning point.

Oops! Ethereum’s Merge May Cause Huge Problems With the SEC

By Victor Tangermann

A crypto token allegedly honoring the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II was sent soaring, before fully collapsing in on itself.

Gullible Idiots Horrified When Queen Elizabeth Alt Coins Crash in Value

By Victor Tangermann

Have you ever wanted to rent an NFT? Neither did anyone else — and that's why an NFT rental platform has opted to shut its doors this week.

NFT Rental Platform Shuts Down Due to “Close to Zero Traction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Australian programmer who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin has a super believable excuse for why he can't prove it.

Guy Claims He Invented Bitcoin But Then “Stomped on the Hard Drive” Containing Proof

By Noor Al-Sibai

ETHPoW, a popular proof-of-work alternative to ether, crashed after Ethereum's merge, leaving miners in a predicament.

Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It’s Already Crashing in Value

By Victor Tangermann

A group of cryptocurrency miners — many of whom stand to lose their main stream of income due to the Ethereum Merge, have made their own Ethereum token.

Furious Crypto Miners Making Their Own Ethereum Where They Can Still Destroy the Environment After the Merge

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The estate of David Bowie is canceling its much-derided NFT project because of the death of another famous Brit — but there's some issues with their gambit.

David Bowie’s Estate Has a Very Believable Excuse for Nixing Its Hated NFT Project

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to economist John Hawkins, El Salvador's grand crypto experiment, led by Crypto Commander in Chief President Nayib Bukele, has been a disaster.

Economist: El Salvador’s Year With Bitcoin Currency Has Been “Spectacular Failure”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A decades-old law was used to sentence an OTC Bitcoin trader to prison. Rizzn says more clarity around Bitcoin and blockchain law is needed.

Guy Sentenced to Prison for Changing People’s Cash Into Bitcoin

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ethereum is about to implement a huge change dubbed "The Merge" to its platform — a change that has crypto miners shaking in their boots.

Crypto Miners Terrified by Ethereum’s Imminent Move to Proof of Stake

By Victor Tangermann

In a scathing new interview, early Coinbase investor Liron Shapira took a swipe at the cryptocurrency space, calling it "essentially worthless."

One of Coinbase’s First Investors Says Crypto Is Worthless and Should Be Shut Down

By Victor Tangermann

This crypto advocate has an idea: fill future games with poor people playing human-controlled non-playable characters (NPCs).

Crypto Guy: Desperately Poor People Could Be NPCs in Video Games

By Victor Tangermann

After announcing that it would be releasing a bespoke NFT line, the estate of David Bowie has deleted its initial post about the project.

David Bowie’s Estate Pulls Down NFT Announcement After Backlash

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin bros have long been defined by their near-delusional belief that the currency will always bounce back — but what happens when they lose it?

Analysts Warn of “Massive Capitulation” in Which Crypto Investors Just Give Up

By Noor Al-Sibai

Kanye West's famous, 1-of-1 "Robot Face" backpack was just purchased for 50 ETH — roughly $100,000 — by an NFT collective called Elon.Space.

Crypto Project Named After Elon Musk, But Not Associated With Him, Buys Kanye West’s Backpack

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After being on the run for over a year, Thedoex crypto exchange CEO Faith Ozur has finally been arrested and is facing some serious charges.

Missing Crypto CEO Who Stole User Funds Arrested, Facing 40,000 Years in Prison

By Frank Landymore

The world's most popular NFT trading platform, OpenSea, has reportedly seen a 99 percent drop in trading volume since May.

World’s Top NFT Marketplace Has Allegedly Lost 99 Percent of Its Trading Volume Since May

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After sending a Melbourne woman roughly over $7 million USD by mistake, cringe crypto exchange Crypto.com has won a lawsuit against the user.

Crypto.com Accidentally Sends Woman $7 Million, Sues Her to Get It Back

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A programming error accidentally — and permanently — shut down the entire Solana blockchain-based platform OptiFi, wiping out $661,000 worth of USDC.

Crypto Dev Enters Wrong Command, Destroys Entire Company

By Victor Tangermann

An NFT collection depicted -- and monetized -- porn performers as collectible digital assets. The only problem? It never got their permission.

Sleazy Project Sold NFTs of Porn Stars, But Never Got Their Permission

By Noor Al-Sibai

WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann is back, with a property management crypto startup. The confusing part? Its crypto can't pay rent.

WeWork Guy’s Apartment Rental Company Plans to Launch Crypto That Can’t Be Used to Pay Rent

By Noor Al-Sibai

Binance CCO Patrick Hillman claims cybercriminals have been using a deepfake to take meetings with — and money from — a number of eager crypto projects.

Scammers Deepfake Crypto Exec to Steal Money From People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's been a banner month for billionaire crypto whisperer Sam Bankman-Fried — and now, he's showing his hand and hinting at his next moves.

Millennial Says He’s Spending $1 Billion to Bail Out the Crypto Industry

By Noor Al-Sibai

US-based Bitcoin mining company Stronghold Digital Mining is facing an uncertain future following the devastating cryptocurrency crash that rocked the industry this year.

Bitcoin Miners Forced to Sell Mining Rigs to Pay Debts

By Victor Tangermann

One specific group of jilted Celsius investors may have found a loophole that, by some miracle, might actually help them get their money back.

People Who Lost Crypto in the Celsius Collapse Desperately Trying to Get It Back

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sir Anthony Hopkins is doing what none other has done before — transforming his iconic body of work into NFTs, for some reason.

We’re Ambivalent: Anthony Hopkins Is Turning His Work Into NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

Coinbase Is Riddled With Insider Trading, Researchers Allege

By Victor Tangermann

Though the company has yet to make a public announcement, embattled cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is reportedly set to make another round of layoffs.

Crypto.com Reportedly Doing More Layoffs After Promising It Wouldn’t

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mark Cuban, billionaire and Dallas Mavericks governor, is the target of a class action lawsuit aimed at himself and Stephen Ehrlich, CEO of Voyager Digital.

Mark Cuban Sued for Promoting Crypto Exchange That Exploded

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Infamous Pharma Bro Martin Shrekli supposedly sold a huge chunk of his own crypto token, Martin Shkreli Inu, and left customers with worthless currency.

Update: Martin Shkreli Says He Was Hacked, Didn’t Sell Off His New Crypto Token

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the missing founders of bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), likely have caused the domino-like crypto market crash.

Two Blockchain Sleazebags May Have Crashed the Entire Crypto Market

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A 17-year-old high school student was arressted for allegedly using Bitcoin to pay for multiple bomb threat calls made to his school.

Teen Accused of Using Bitcoin to Pay for Bomb Threat at His High School

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of the Ethereum blockchain, keeps making fun of the Bored Ape Yacht Club — which is built on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Founder Mocks Bored Apes, Which Are Built on Ethereum

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Celsius crypto wallet bankruptcy keeps rearing its ugly head — this time, affecting the father of a "Bachelorette" contestant.

“Bachelorette” Contestant Pushes Dad to Invest in Crypto, Causing Him to Lose It All

By Noor Al-Sibai

Texas paid Riot Blockchain, a crypto mining company, millions of dollars to partially shut down during an intense heat wave.

Texas Paid Crypto Mining Company Millions to Not Mine Crypto

By Lonnie Lee Hood

An NFT collection called "CryptoDickbutts" has jumped 690 percent in value this week because, apparently, nothing matters anymore.

NSFW-Named NFTs on the Rise, Because Nothing Makes Sense Anymore

By Noor Al-Sibai

Iran has purchased $10 million worth of imported goods using cryptocurrency — a move that could evade American trade sanctions.

Iran Just Made a $10 Million Import Order Using Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

A consumer watchdog group has issued a stern warning to more than a dozen celebrities for promoting NFT collections without proper financial disclosures.

Celebrities Smacked Down Over Shilling NFTs Without Legal Disclosures

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto exchange Coinbase got slapped with two class-action lawsuits less than two weeks after it was reportedly under SEC investigation.

Coinbase Slapped With Two Separate Class-Action Suits

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A cryptocurrency company is offering a bounty of up to $19 million to its "white hat hacker friends" after hackers made off with hundreds of millions.

Crypto Company Offers Massive Bounty to “White Hat Hackers” After Giant Heist

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hackers were able to exploit a basic flaw in crypto bridge Nomad to rob the platform of roughly $190 million in user investments.

Hackers Loot Blockchain Bridge for Millions In “Frenzied Free For All”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Pearson education company is looking to recoup some of the money it loses when people resell its expensive books...by turning those textbooks into NFTs.

Great, They’re Turning Expensive College Textbooks into NFTs Now

By Noor Al-Sibai

Major Luxury Brand Slinging Hideous and Unaffordable NFT Pendants

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A crypto enthusiast wants to dig through a landfill to recover a tossed hard drive, which he says contains roughly $180 million worth of Bitcoin.

Man Who Lost $180 Million Bitcoin Hard Drive 9 Years Ago Still Trying to Dig Through Trash

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is under investigation by two attorneys general for his new company, Druglike, which he says isn't a pharmaceutical company.

Martin Shkreli’s Crypto Startup Under Investigation by Two Separate Attorneys General

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A firm is organizing a class-action lawsuit against Yuga Labs, accusing them of inflating the worth of digital assets BAYC NFTs and native token ApeCoin.

Bored Apes Creators Facing Class Action Lawsuit

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Mainstream cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly under investigation by the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Bloomberg reports.

Coinbase Reportedly Under Investigation by the SEC

By Victor Tangermann

On the list of terrible things to wake to wake your pregnant wife up with, the news that you've lost $100,000 in crypto is right up there.

Man Wakes Pregnant Wife to Tell Her He Lost $100,000 on Crypto

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new report, cryptocurrency company EminiFX collected a quarter of a billion dollars from investors before being exposed as a Ponzi scheme.

Shockingly, Crypto Project That Promised 5% Returns Per Week Turned Out to Be a Ponzi Scheme

By Victor Tangermann

A Coinbase manager, who has since been let go from the cryptocurrency exchange for insider trading, has been arrested after attempting to flee the country.

Coinbase Manager Arrested as He Tries to Flee the Country

By Victor Tangermann

In a puzzling attempt to parody the practice of purchasing expensive ENS names, an NFT collector had a "joke" title flipped back to him — for over $150k.

NFT Guy Accidentally Spends $150K on Stupid Joke He Tried to Make

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Now, Tesla has reportedly offloaded 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, another sign that major players are starting to grow wary of a "crypto winter."

Tesla Sells Off Most of Its Bitcoin, at a Huge Loss

By Victor Tangermann

Coinbase secretly announced it is "temporarily shutting down" a US-based affiliate program, according to Insider, scaring investors.

Coinbase Leak Scares Crypto Investors

By Victor Tangermann

Even if the crypto market isn't exactly growing in terms of profit, the enthusiasts who mine it are certainly increasing their energy consumption.

United States Crypto Miners Are Now Using as Much Power as Houston

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Linkin Park Singer Creates Technology to Turn You Into a Human NFT in Online Meetings

By Lonnie Lee Hood

MetaMask co-founders Aaron Davis and Dan Finlay are well aware that they played a big part in allowing Ponzi schemes to flourish.

Crypto Founders Say It’s Not Their Fault They’re Enabling Ponzi Schemes

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto winter has apparently reached the high seas. OpenSea, the world's most popular NFT marketplace, has announced widespread layoffs, joining several other industry leaders who have had to make major workforce cuts amid the cryptosphere's catastrophic slump.

Top NFT Marketplace OpenSea Fires 20 Percent of Its Employees

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Embattled crypto lender Celsius finally filed for bankruptcy yesterday, and there's still no telling when, or if, customers will ever get their money back.

Crypto Lender That Kept Bragging About How Great It Was Files for Bankruptcy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Crypto miners finally made at least one eco-conscious decision this week when they shut down temporarily to avoid overloading Texas' electric grid.

Texas Gets So Hot That Crypto Miners Call It Quits

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Bitcoin bros are so not OK that some of them have begun believing that the cryptocurrency was sent down by the Christian God himself.

Religious Zealots Think Bitcoin Was Created by God

By Noor Al-Sibai

A children's videos distributor is releasing a collection of NFTs based on Blippi, an IP created by a YouTuber who once defecated on his friend.

YouTuber Who Blasted Friend With Explosive Diarrhea Selling NFTs to Children Now

By Victor Tangermann

Once known for a place to share music for free, LimeWire has been turned into an NFT marketplace. And people aren't exactly surprised.

LimeWire, Once a Renowned Source of Porn and Malware, Now an NFT Marketplace

By Victor Tangermann