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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

President Joe Biden has issued a first-of-its-kind executive order to regulate cryptocurrencies. But it’s unclear what exactly will change.

Biden Issues Executive Order to Finally Regulate Cryptocurrency

By Tony Ho Tran

The Bored Ape Yacht Club, the second-largest NFT collection out there right now, announced this week that it donated $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million in Crypto to Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann

Just when you thought crypto nerds had outdone themselves, they do something wild — like trying to work around copyright law in the most outlandish fashion.

The Dune NFT Project Is Back With an Inscrutable New Scheme

By Noor Al-Sibai

Larry Dvoskin, an NFT entrepreneur, recently paid at least $2,000 to publish an article about how great NFTs are in The Rolling Stone.

NFT Guy Pays Rolling Stone to Run Article About How Great NFTs Are

By Tony Ho Tran

The NFT market is starting to cool down, Bloomberg reports. The average trading value of the nonfungible tokens has dropped precipitously lately.

Report: The NFT Bubble Could Be Starting to Burst

By Victor Tangermann

Russians are still able to use cryptocurrency exchanges to circumvent newly imposed sanctions — and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is absolutely furious.

Hillary Clinton Calls Out Crypto Exchanges for Letting Russia Bypass Sanctions

By Victor Tangermann

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now for sale on eBay — and, unsurprisingly, a lot of them are ripoffs.

Knockoff eBay NFTs Are Kind of Based, Actually

By Noor Al-Sibai

Imagine the worst aspects of both Pokémon and non-fungible tokens and you begin to get the gist of what happened with Pixelmon.

NFT Buyers Furious After Art They Spent $70 Million on Turned Out to Be Completely Hideous

By Noor Al-Sibai

An anonymous genius behind the username "Bayneko" effectively turned an NFT into an infectious disease, causing it to land in almost 100,000 wallets.

COVID-Themed NFT Infects Your Wallet Whether You Like It or Not

By Victor Tangermann

After rightfully facing blowback online, the Associated Press cancelled its plans to create an NFT from the image of a migrant boat.

News Service Shamed Into Canceling Sale of NFT of Desperate Migrants

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The founder of the Pussy Riot has teamed up with American non-fungible token (NFT) artists to use crypto to raise funds for Ukrainian aid groups.

Pussy Riot Founder is Selling NFTs to Fund Ukrainian Aid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Another day, another bad crypto take — but with war brewing in Ukraine, this one really takes the cake.

Crypto Dude Mocked for Shockingly Tone Deaf Post About Ukraine Invasion

By Noor Al-Sibai

A few users who got scammed with the hoax "Cool Kitten" NFTs decided to get a little revenge on their swindlers with a coup.

A Bunch of People Who Got Scammed by an NFT Project Took Sweet Revenge

By Tony Ho Tran

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Ja Rule, rapper and grifter behind the Fyre Festival fiasco, is trying to get into the NFT game.

Of Course the Guy Behind Fyre Fest Is Selling NFTs Now

By Victor Tangermann

OpenSea, the largest digital marketplace for NFTs, is facing a $1 million lawsuit over an owner, who claimed to have lost his Bored Ape NFT to hackers because of a known security flaw.

NFT Man Sues for $1 Million After His Precious Ape Is Stolen

By Victor Tangermann

Crypto miners in Montana revived a dying coal-powered plant in Montana last year and the resulting spike in emissions was staggering.

Crypto Miners Took Over an Entire Power Plant, Spiking CO2 Emissions

By Lonnie Lee Hood

We regret to inform you that the crypto bros are at it again — except this time, the "bro" in question is Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Sister Posts Skin-Crawlingly Horrible Song About Crypto

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's "sad" enough that Melania Trump's NFT sales bombed — but now, it looks like she may have had to buy it herself to save face.

Melania Trump Accused of Secretly Buying Her Own NFT to Avoid Disgrace

By Noor Al-Sibai

The makers of "Magic: The Gathering" have sent a sent a cease and desist letter to a group of fans that plan to launch a series NFTs.

Maker of “Magic” Cards Sends Cease and Desist to Project Minting Unauthorized NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

YouTuber and professional boxer Logan Paul is starting his own NFT marketplace because we live in the absolute worst possible timeline.

Notorious Scoundrel Logan Paul Files Paperwork to Start NFT Marketplace

By Noor Al-Sibai

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud

Prominent NFT Marketplace Shuts Down Almost All Sales for Fraud

By Noor Al-Sibai

MoviePass is coming back and it wants to track your eyes. Watch ads to earn credits in-app and trade with other users. But they pause if you look away.

Cursed App Says You’ll Earn Crypto If You Stare at Ads With Your Eyes Open Like in “A Clockwork Orange”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The rapping CEO who got arrested for alleged crypto laundering isn't a flight risk because, her lawyer says, she wants to stay close to her frozen eggs.

Lawyer for Crypto Laundering Rapper Says She Won’t Flee Because of Her Frozen Embryos

By Noor Al-Sibai

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is investing $200 million into Forbes so that the website can become publicly traded.

The World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Is Investing $200 Million in Forbes, a Site Where Anyone Can Shill Crypto

By Jon Christian, Noor Al-Sibai

The UK chapter of the World Wildlife Fund has cancelled its NFT project after critics pointed out it's still based on the polluting Ethereum blockchain.

World Wildlife Foundation Cancels NFT Project After Critics Point Out That It Was Actually a Huge Polluter

By Victor Tangermann

It's 2022, so naturally, the feds have brought down a Bitcoin-laundering power couple — one half of whom is a crypto wallet CEO who is also an extremely bad rapper.

Feds Arrest Crypto CEO for Bitcoin Laundering, But Her Real Crime Was Against Rap Music

By Noor Al-Sibai

Investors are buying exclusive rights to simple strings of emojis called "Yats" by early adopters — for some reason we can't figure out.

Because the World Has Lost Its Mind, You Can Now Buy NFTs of Strings of Emojis

By Victor Tangermann

The 27 most expensive recorded NFT sales in January amounted to $1.3 billion — but it came from just two crypto wallets trading with each other.

Evidence Is Piling Up That a Huge Number of NFT Sales Are Fake

By Tony Ho Tran

The identities of the creators of the wildly successful NFT project known as the Bored Ape Yacht Club have seemingly been revealed.

Creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Reportedly Doxxed

By Jon Christian

NFT creators are using wash trading to falsely inflate the prices on their JPGs every day according to crypto market transparency publication Chainanalysis.

NFT Scammers Are Using a Sneaky Trick to Make Their JPGs Seem Like They’re Worth a Fortune

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ex-investment banker Colborn Bell, who owns millions of dollars worth of NFTs, warns the market for the tokens is about to crash, Fortune reports.

Huge NFT Collector Warns of “Cataclysmic Market Crash”

By Victor Tangermann

The tree-stump-sized gold cube worth a reported $11.7 million that graced Central Park's frozen lake is apparently promoting a cryptocurrency and NFTs.

The Central Park Gold Cube Is an NFT Publicity Stunt, You Idiots

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 24-year-old man from Bethesda, Maryland decided to take some extreme measures to get his hands on the $400,000 worth of cryptocurrencies owned by his father.

Man Drugs His Father’s Tea to Steal $400,000 in Crypto

By Victor Tangermann

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

Environmentalists Sell NFTs of Endangered Animals, Because We’re Condemned to Suffer

By Noor Al-Sibai

People are actually debating how to pronounce the moniker "NFTs." The Verge thinks it should be "neft." We disagree.

Debate Rages Over How to Pronounce “NFT”

By Victor Tangermann

A number of thieves on the OpenSea platform have made more than $1 million by exploiting a loophole in the NFT trading platform.

Thieves Just Stole Even More Bored Ape NFTs

By Tony Ho Tran

Hip-hop star and fashion designer Kanye West took to Instagram to let the world know that he wants people to stop asking him about NFTs.

Kanye West Slams NFTs, Saying He Creates “Real Products” Instead

By Tony Ho Tran

Texas governor Greg Abbott begged crypto miners to halt operations in the event the Texas grid shuts down completely like in February 2021.

Texas Governor Begs Crypto Miners to Shut Down If the Power Grid Is About to Fail

By Tony Ho Tran

Paul Krugman declares the current crypto crisis and tanking currency values to be really similar to the subprime mortgage crisis of the 2000s.

Nobel Prize Winner Says Crypto Reminds Him of the Disastrous Mortgage Crisis

By Lonnie Lee Hood

OpenSea announced this week that a solid 80 percent of the NFTs minted through its free NFT creation tool are spam or fraud.

NFT Marketplace Admits That 80 Percent of NFTs Are Spam, Scams and Fraud

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In an interview with Australian website Finder, two Ubisoft VPs tried to explain why gamers should care about NFTs and embrace them as the future of gaming.

Gaming Exec Says His Customers Are Idiots For Not Understanding How Great NFTs Are

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook-now-known-as-Meta is attempting to sell off its ill-fated cryptocurrency project the Diem Initiative, according to Bloomberg.

Facebook Is Reportedly Trying to Sell Off Its Botched Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

Melania Trump launched an NFT auction that ended with the image going for $80,000 less than the starting bid due to crashing crypto markets.

Melania Trump NFT Completely Bombs During Auction

By Tony Ho Tran

This just in: the Trumps are mad that people are using their name to make money off of unwitting rubes.

Trump Family Aghast That Grifters Made a “TrumpCoin” Cryptocurrency

By Noor Al-Sibai

NFTs were supposed to help independent artists. Instead, many say that they're forcing to deal with a bunch of new headaches.

Independent Artists Say NFTs Are the Bane of Their Existence

By Simon Spichak

The aggregate crypto market has lost more than $1 trillion in a crash since late last year, and some experts argue regulation is the solution.

The Crypto Crash Has Destroyed a Trillion Dollars in Wealth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Ozzy Osbourne and his NFT project CryptoBatz posted a tweet that led to people beign scammed out of thousands of dollars with little recourse.

Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT Company Got a Bunch of His Followers Scammed Out of Their Money

By Lonnie Lee Hood

When he's right, he's right, folks.

Elon Musk Absolutely Hates Twitter’s Hexagon-Shaped NFT Profile Pics

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin continues to tumble down, down, down.

Bitcoin Is Down Really, Really Bad

By Noor Al-Sibai

Months after El Salvador announced that it would accept bitcoin as legal tender, the country has found itself on the verge of economic collapse yet again.

An Entire Country Switched to Bitcoin and Now Its Economy Is Floundering

By Tony Ho Tran