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Congress maay actually regulate crypto after the market's latest crash that wiped out $40 billion in crypto assets. It may regulate stablecoins completely.

Congress Moves to Regulate Crypto After Meltdown Wipes Out Investments

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Actor Seth Green has been reunited with his pet Bored Ape NFT less than a month after losing it to an anonymous scammer, BuzzFeed News reports.

Family Guy Actor Pays Huge Ransom for Stolen Bored Ape

By Victor Tangermann

Anthony Hopkins appears to be getting into crypto and NFTs – but there may be a deeper reason the actor has taken on his cringiest role yet.

There’s an Interesting Theory About Why Anthony Hopkins Is Suddenly Shilling NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nobody can figure out whether or not Seth Green still owns the intellectual property from his stolen Bored Ape — but the courts may soon figure it out.

Lawyers Ponder Whether Stealing an NFT Should Give You Legal Rights to It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Good news, everyone! Climate change is now CANCELED thanks to an ingenious plot to put trees on the blockchain, because that's how the environment works.

The Environment Is Saved! We’re Putting Trees on the Blockchain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nothing inspires investor confidence during an economic crisis quite like rescinding job offers, as Coinbase may soon learn.

In Very Classy Move, Coinbase Is Withdrawing Job Offers From People Who Already Accepted Them

By Noor Al-Sibai

A former executive from one of the world's largest NFT marketplaces has been charged with insider trading by the US government.

Former OpenSea Executive Arrested by Feds for Insider Trading

By Noor Al-Sibai

Web3 sure is going great — just ask Molly White, the researcher whose crypto scam-busting skills have felled con artists left and right.

Awesome Woman Destroys “Predatory” Crypto Scams by Shaming Them to Death

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new NFT project aims to steal African artifacts back from Western colonialists — and it's actually pretty freakin' awesome.

Art Plundered From Africa Stolen Back, Sold as NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

The dust hasn't even settled from the Terra stablecoin, but the people behind it are already trying to make a new currency.

Creator of “Stablecoin” That Crashed to Zero Says It’s Creating a New One

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto scammers made a deepfake video of Elon Musk claiming he started the fake trading platform BitVex. Musk said the creepy video isn't him.

Elon Musk Alarmed by Deepfake of Him Endorsing Crypto Scam

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Hollywood actor Seth Green fell for a common phishing scam, with hacker getting away with one of his NFTs, which was meant to star in his upcoming show.

Someone Stole the Ape NFT That Was Supposed to Star in a New TV Show

By Victor Tangermann

Don't go to a stablecoin founder's house to try to talk to them if you're ever in South Korea.

Bankrupt Investor Arrested for Showing Up at Crypto Founder’s House

By Noor Al-Sibai

After selling an NFT for a cool $69.3 million (nice) last year, digital artist Beeple has fallen victim to hackers.

The Most Famous NFT Artist Got Hacked, Ripping Off His Followers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Italian Parmigiano Reggiano cheesemakers are inserting high-tech computer chips into the rinds of their cheese wheels to fight cheese crime.

Cheesemakers Embedding Tiny Tracking Chips in Parmesan

By Victor Tangermann

After spending $12,000 on Floyd Mayweather-endorsed NFTs that are now worthless, one Florida man is having major buyer's remorse.

Florida Man Horrified When NFTs He Bought Because Floyd Mayweather Told Him to Crater in Value

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nothing in the US economy has been more stable than the price of AriZona tea cans — what better value to peg a stable crypto coin towards?

New Crypto Backed by “America’s Most Stable Asset”: Cans of AriZona Iced Tea

By Noor Al-Sibai

Remember all those celebrities who did crypto ads? They're still rich, but they've been awfully quiet since the industry they shilled has tanked in value.

Crypto-Shilling Celebs Suddenly Very Quiet Now That It’s Crashing

By Noor Al-Sibai

Dogecoin founder Billy Markus apparently doesn't think very highly of the people who invest in cryptocurrencies like his.

Dogecoin Creator Says That 70 Percent of Crypto Investors Are Complete Morons

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mayors of several major US cities are noticeably quiet about city-based cryptocurrencies they once promoted as a solution to many of their cities' problems.

Miami Backed a City Crypto, Which Then Imploded and Lost 95% of Its Value

By Victor Tangermann

The value of Bitcoin is dropping precipitously, while gang violence is on the rise in El Salvador, a country that adopted Bitcoin as legal tender.

Gang Violence Surging as Crypto Crashes in Bitcoin Country

By Noor Al-Sibai

If the great crypto crash of 2022 is giving you deja vu, you're not alone as blockchain expert David Gerard argued.

Expert Says Crypto Crash is Just Like 2008 Financial Crisis

By Noor Al-Sibai

Madonna relased an NSFW NFT collection called Mother of Creativity on SuperRare. Proceeds go to charity and the clips show her birthing trees and bugs.

Madonna Releases Extremely Explicit NFT Collection

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Actor Ezra Miller was apparently having a normal one during their recent arrest in Hawaii when they claimed they filmed an altercation to put it into NFTs.

Actor Ezra Miller Claims They Filmed Alleged Assault to Turn It Into NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto CEOs are losing billions of dollars in wealth amid an implosion of the value of several mainstream cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reports.

Coinbase Founder’s Wealth Shrinks From $13.7 Billion to $2.2 Billion

By Victor Tangermann

A nosedive in the crypto market tanked LUNA, a stablecoin based on the US dollar. Reddit users panicked, posting mental health and depression struggles.

Suicidal Posts Spike After Crypto Project Crashes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The crypto wallet company Coinbase appears to have quietly snuck a mutually-assured destruction clause into its latest earnings report.

Coinbase Says If It Goes Bankrupt, It Might Seize Users’ Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

A report from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes found that there's been a marked increase in malware campaigns geared towards the NFT community.

Crypto Fans Are So Dumb They’re Clicking .EXE Files Disguised as NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin is down horrendously — and it's losing money for many investors who thought it was a sure shot during balmier days.

Analysis Finds That 40 Percent of Bitcoin Investors Have Lost Money

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Texas woman told Bloomberg her Tinder boyfriend scammed $8 million of her inheritence in crypto. She's suing him and the exchanges.

Woman Scammed for $8 Million in Crypto, Sues Exchanges

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A bunch of animals are going extinct, but don't worry, you can buy NFTs of them!

Bored Apes’ Latest Drop Cratered in Price After Fans Snapped Them Up

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Vatican is trying to jump on the latest trend: a digital art gallery for NFTs in the metaverse, a "public-private partnership" to extend its heritage.

We’re a Bit Confused by the Vatican’s NFT Plans

By Victor Tangermann

Bro are you really using 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices just so you can create 3 new apes? You could make serious bucks on this Bored Ape mint.

NFT Thing Mocked for Ludicrously Incomprehensible Tweet

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Famous NFT Hater Elon Musk Changes Profile Picture to Stolen Apes

By Victor Tangermann

Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway said he wouldn't take $25 for all the cryptocurrency and bitcoin in the world. What happened?

Warren Buffett Says He Wouldn’t Buy All the Bitcoin in the World for $25

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Despite hackers stealing $13.7 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, interest was so high in its metaverse plots the Ethereum crypto blockchain crashed.

Bored Apes’ New Drop Was So Popular That It Crashed the Entire Ethereum Blockchain

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A hack used a crypto exploit to steal $1 million worth of cryptocurrency but self-destructed the contract and lost the currency permanently.

Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Hackers took control over the Instagram and Discord accounts of Bored Ape Yacht Club and got away with millions worth of NFTs.

Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs

By Victor Tangermann

Wellness culture has really gone too far this time.

New Cryptocurrency Makes You Exercise to Mine Coins

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

Crypto Stocks Are Doing Absolutely Horribly

By Victor Tangermann

The shills are alive with the sound of crypto, apparently.

Lindsay Lohan Accused of Taking Huge Payments to Shill Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

Spaceflight Company Mocked for Selling Useless NFTs

Spaceflight Company Mocked for Selling Useless NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Crypto fiends have been bad, bad boys — and one adult entertainer is finally putting them in their place.

Porn Star “Punishes” Man for Buying NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Things didn't quite go according to plan when Israeli crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi tried to sell an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's inaugural tweet.

Guy Tries to Sell Twitter Founder’s First Tweet NFT for $48M, Gets Top Bid of Just $280

By Victor Tangermann

Astronaut Scott Kelly is raising money for Ukrainian relief by selling NFTs that actually aren't ugly.

Celebrity NASA Astronaut Sells NFTs to Raise Money for Ukraine

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Bored Ape NFT owner lost two NFTs worth over half a million dollars after falling victim to an astonishingly simple scam.

Scammer Steals Apes Worth $500,000 by Photoshopping Checkmark Onto JPG

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin — with a capital B — was designed to have a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins, a limited coin supply. Miners are about to hit the 19 million mark.

They’ve Now Mined Almost All the Bitcoin That Will Ever Exist

By Victor Tangermann

Will Smith's Academy Awards confrontation with comedian Chris Rock has already hit the dubious world of blockchain, with a coin and even NFT drop.

Ah Yes, There’s Already an NFT Collection of Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock

By Jon Christian

A new analysis has found that the majority of NFT drops are complete failures -- either generatig no interest, or not enough to cover their minting fees.

Huge Surprise: Two Thirds All NFT Drops Are Complete Failures

By Noor Al-Sibai

Museums financially strapped by the pandemic have turned to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to help them recoup money from eager collectors.

Broke Museums Are Selling NFTs of Famous Paintings by Raphael and Da Vinci

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation announced that the country would begin selling NFTs based on the timeline of the Russian invasion.

Ukraine Is Selling NFTs to Finance Its Military

By Tony Ho Tran

Exxon Mobile is used to waste about 18 million cubic feet of gas per month. Now it's using the fossil fuel to power crypto mining rigs.

Exxon Mobil Is Starting to Burn Excess Gas to Mine Bitcoin

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Six months ago, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender and began requiring all businesses take it — and according to actual Salvadorans, it's apparently been a disaster.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Has Become a Complete Mess

By Noor Al-Sibai

The people behind a spinoff project based on the mega-popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection are suing each other in federal court over who gets what.

A Major NFT Project Is Falling Apart in a Storm of Lawsuits

By Noor Al-Sibai

After El Salvador's disastrous decision to make Bitcoin legal tender, Malaysia is excited to follow suit, Bloomberg reports.

Malaysian Government: Let’s Turn Bitcoin Into Legal Tender

By Victor Tangermann

Universal Music has purchased a Bored Ape NFT to the tune of $360,817 to frontline a new all-NFT music group called Kingship.

Universal Music Buys Ape NFT to Frontline a New Cursed Band

By Tony Ho Tran

Elizabeth Warren is trying to sanction Russia and regulate cryptocurrency while she's at it — and she's angered a surprising number of people.

Everyone Hates Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Regulation Bill

By Noor Al-Sibai

After a much anticipated launch by Yuga Labs, ApeCoin — the crypto from Bored Ape Yach Club — has dropped precipitiously in price.

Bored Ape Launched a Coin and So Far, It’s Not Going So Great

By Tony Ho Tran

Snoop Dogg's decision to bring Death Row records into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has chagrined a lot of his fans.

Fans Furious With Snoop Dogg for Pulling Records Off Streaming for NFT Purposes

By Noor Al-Sibai

The IP to the highest selling NTF collection in the world called CryptoPunks was just bought by the creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).

Second Most Valuable NFT Collection Buys IP of Most Valuable NFT Collection

By Victor Tangermann

One man's enthusiasm for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) induced an L that he willingly posted.

Crypto Guy Complains That Woman Canceled Date Because He’d Talk About NFTs Too Much

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new "exclusive dating" app called "Lonely Ape Dating Club" is designed to connect those who are already collecting NFTs with like-minded folks.

Of Course There’s a Dating App for NFT Collectors

By Victor Tangermann

Remember the bodega vending machine guy? Well, he's back — and he wants to do pharma on the blockchain.

Remember That Startup That Wanted to Replace Bodegas? Its Cofounder Is Back to Put Pharma on the Blockchain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Has Elon Musk figured out the source of the "Satoshi Nakamoto" pseudonym given to Bitcoin's mysterious creator?

Elon Musk Shares Galaxy-Brain Theory About Bitcoin Creator

By Noor Al-Sibai