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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

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

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

At this point, you really gotta wonder whether investing in cryptocurrencies is even worth it.

Wildly Overconfident Crypto.com Bros Admit That Hackers Stole $30 Million of Its Money

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's 2022, so really, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to buy a black diamond from space in crypto, right?

A Huge Black Diamond From Space Is Officially Going on Sale

By Noor Al-Sibai

An options trader-turned-economic philosopher is slamming Bitcoin as a contagion — and as a former backer of the cryptocurrency, he should know.

Ex-Crypto Backer: Bitcoin Is a “Contagious Disease” and It’s About to Get Nasty

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk wants to fire a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer who'd previously interviewed him during a 2018 Tesla investigation.

Elon Musk Demands Lawyer Be Fired for Being Mean to Tesla That One Time

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Kim Kardashian was sued for promoting a cryptocurrency that allegedly made its creators very wealthy at the expense of its investors.

Kim Kardashian Sued for Promoting “Pump and Dump” Crypto Scam

By Tony Ho Tran

This week Kosovo announced a total crypto ban after spending the last 60 days in a government state of emergency over an ongoing energy crisis.

Another Entire Country Just Banned Crypto Mining

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new AMD graphics card was designed to be less desirable for crypto miners to reduce issues with the GPU shortage and scalpers.

New Graphics Card Is Bad at Cryptomining on Purpose, Maker Says

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Bitcoin was hit by a precipitous price drop on Wednesday following a draconian Internet crackdown in Kazakhstan, the second-largest mining hub in the world.

Bitcoin Crashes as Major Crypto Country Shuts Down Entire Internet

By Tony Ho Tran

Mozilla is dipping its toes into cryptocurrency — much to the chagrin of two people who were instrumental in the erstwhile browser's creation.

Mozilla Founder Horrified by Browser’s Foray Into Cryptocurrency

By Noor Al-Sibai

After an extremely sad online-only relaunch, RadioShack is gasping for relevancy by launching a cryptocurrency exchange for rich old people.

Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People

By Noor Al-Sibai

An NFT enthusiast made a typo that ended up costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars when selling his "Bored Ape" NFT.

Guy Accidentally Sells $300,000 “Bored Ape” NFT for 1% of Its Value

By Noor Al-Sibai

Kickstarter is moving to the blockchain and its users are legitimately furious about it.

Kickstarter Creators Furious Over Company’s Move to Blockchain

By Noor Al-Sibai

The feds are looking intro cryptocurrencies and apparently have been since the Trump administration.

The Head of the CIA Says It’s Been Doing Mysterious Cryptocurrency Work

By Noor Al-Sibai

Hackers have stolen almost $200 million from the BitMart cryptocurrency exchange, the latest in a long line of heists, headaches, and heartbreak for those who invest and trade in crypto.

Hackers Just Stole Nearly $200 Million from a Crypto Exchange, in the Second Heist in Two Weeks

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a bizarre, unhinged, and possibly trolling Twitter thread, one user claimed their purchase of a $186,000 NFT is causing their divorce.

Crypto Bro Claims They’re Losing Their Wife and Kids Because They Bought a Super-Expensive NFT

By Noor Al-Sibai

The "land" purchased is located in Decentraland's Fashion Street district and paid 618,000 MANA, an Ethereum-based token used as currency in Decentraland.

Plot of Metaverse “Land” Sells for $2.4 Million

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of crypto enthusiasts are furious after they lost a bid to purchase a copy of the US Constitution at a Sotheby's auction.

Crypto Bros Furiously Angry After Failing to Buy the US Constitution

By Tony Ho Tran

As if nothing is sacred anymore, the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers is getting a new name: the Crypto.com Arena. Not everybody is thrilled.

The Staples Center Will Be Renamed the “Crypto.com Arena” Because We Are Condemned to Eternal Damnation

By Victor Tangermann

The cryptosphere is abuzz over a Florida court case in which the plaintiffs are claiming that one of the co-creators of bitcoin is dead.

Dubious Court Case Claims Bitcoin Co-Creator Is Dead

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Canadian crypto company is being criticized for opening a bitcoin mine in an impoverished Navajo Nation.

Startup Criticized for Bitcoin Mine in Impoverished Navajo Community

By Tony Ho Tran

A glitch on the prominent crypto data platform Pyth showed Bitcoin prices plummet down to just over $5,400 on Monday, but the drop never happened.

Science & Energy

Wall Street Glitch Showed Bitcoin Crashing to $5,400

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey had an incredibly weird exchange of tweets regarding crypto and safe words on Thursday.

Elon Musk Tells Jack Dorsey “Crypto” Is His Safe Word

By Tony Ho Tran

A group of Bitcoin bros' plan to buy a cruise ship and turn it into a floating crypto utopia, fell apart during the boat's (empty) maiden voyage.

Bitcoin Dudes Buy Cruise Ship for Crypto Utopia, Immediately Bungle Everything

By Dan Robitzski

Sales of NFTs on OpenSea, an NFT buying and selling platform, hit a record high of $3.4 billion in August and is on track to do well in September.

After Cratering, NFT Prices Are Spiking Again

By Tony Ho Tran

"Fboy Island" contestant and self-proclaimed crypto investor Garrett Morosky successfully conned one of the show's stars then tried to keep the money.

Crypto Investor Tricks Woman Into Falling in Love, Betrays Her for $100,000

By Dan Robitzski

Investigators Scrambling To Track Down $97 Million Stolen From Japanese Crypto Exchange

Science & Energy

Investigators Scrambling To Track Down $97 Million Stolen From Japanese Crypto Exchange

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk once again criticized Bitcoin, arguing that the underlying technology of Dogecoin is better suited for scalability.

Science & Energy

Elon Musk Slams Bitcoin’s Underlying Technology

By Dan Robitzski

The producers of the popular Netflix series "Queer Eye" are working on a new major TV network show — and its a bit of a doozy.

Reality Show Seeks Idiots Who Have Forgotten Their Bitcoin Passwords

By Victor Tangermann

A new startup called Worldcoin plans to offer a crypto of the same name to everyone on Earth in exchange for scanning their eyeballs.

This Startup Is Paying People to Scan Their Eyeballs

By Dan Robitzski

A farmer in Wales built his own Bitcoin mine, which he powers by burning the methane emitted from his cows' decomposing turds.

A Farmer Is Using Cow Turds to a Power Bitcoin Mining Operation

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese authorities arrested over 1,100 people accused of laundering money through Bitcoin in order to hide their telecom fraud.

China Arrests Over 1,100 People for Laundering Crypto

By Dan Robitzski

A new bill in front of the New York state senate would impose a three-year ban on all crypto mining to take stock of its environmental impacts.

New York May Ban All Bitcoin Mining

By Dan Robitzski

As Dogecoin's price spiked, a huge influx of people trying to get in on the action overwhelmed and took down the trading app Robinhood

Science & Energy

Robinhood Went Down Yet Again, This Time Due to Dogecoin Spike

By Dan Robitzski

Crypto scammers are publishing apps that imitate real bitcoin wallet companies to scam crypto owners out of their savings.

Science & Energy

Man Downloads Wrong App, Losing $600,000 in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

Crypto fan Cameron Winklevoss says that the NFT fad is going to "liberate art." This whole exercise is getting exhausting.

Crypto Titan Makes Grandiose, Nonsense Claim That NFTs “Liberate” Art

By Dan Robitzski

Nevada's governor wants to establish innovation zones that'll give tech companies the ability to establish laws—and one crypto frim is interested.

Nevada Just Letting a Crypto Firm Run Entire Town as “Innovation Zone” (?!?)

By Tony Ho Tran

Janet Yellen, Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, suggests that it's time to crack down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

Top Biden Appointee Suggests Cracking Down on Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

Programmer Stefan Thomas has thousands of Bitcoin tucked away, but he forgot his password and only has two guesses left before he loses it forever,

Man Has Only Two Password Guesses Left to Recover $236 Million in Bitcoin

By Dan Robitzski

The Russian oil company Gazpromneft built a Bitcoin mining facility in its Siberian oil field to make use of energy from excess gases.

Russian Oil Company Builds Bitcoin Farm in Siberia

By Dan Robitzski

The Wyoming Banking Board just voted to approve Kraken, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, as a special purpose depository institution.

For the First Time, a Cryptocurrency Exchange Is Becoming a US Bank

By Victor Tangermann

After federal law enforcement seized millions of dollars' worth of crypto from terrorist organizations, Congress is left with questions.

The IRS Seized Millions in Terrorists’ Crypto. Congress Has Questions

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. federal law enforcement reportedly funneled millions in crypto from terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS in a record-breaking seizure.

Science & Energy

The US Seized Millions in Crypto From Terrorist Groups

By Dan Robitzski

The National Science Foundation is investing in a crypto startup that plans to explore ways to get Americans on the blockchain.

Science & Energy

The US Gov Is Paying a Crypto Startup to Explore a Digital Dollar

By Dan Robitzski

A patent application from Microsoft describes a system that would read a person's brainwaves and mine cryptocurrency as a reward for completing tasks.

Microsoft Wants to Mine Cryptocurrency Using Your Brain Waves

By Dan Robitzski

The Venezuelan government is now paying people to start using its official altcoin by airdropping crypto to public employees, retirees, and the military.

Here’s Why Venezuela Is Giving Retirees Free Altcoins

By Dan Robitzski

There's a correlation between the prices of avocados and the price of Bitcoin. It's all-but-certainly a fluke, but certainly a bizarre one.

There’s a Correlation Between the Price of Bitcoin and Avocados

By Dan Robitzski

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance said that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will be barred from the country if it's released as planned.

French Gov Official Warns Facebook: Libra Is Not Welcome Here

By Dan Robitzski

The Next Blockchain Revolution? Crypto-Powered Beer Vending Machines

The Next Blockchain Revolution? Crypto-Powered Beer Vending Machines

By Victor Tangermann

“Transparent” Blockchain Is Pretty Darn Useful For Sharing Private Info

“Transparent” Blockchain Is Pretty Darn Useful For Sharing Private Info

By Dan Robitzski

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

New York’s Attorney General Begins Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Practices

By Dan Robitzski

Venezuela Set to Launch Its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Venezuela Set to Launch Its Own Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

By Chelsea Gohd

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Your Future Coffee Could Be Bought Using Amazon Stock

Your Future Coffee Could Be Bought Using Amazon Stock

By Tony Peccatiello

Bitcoin Breaks $100 Billion in Value, Soars Over $6000 for the First Time in History

Bitcoin Breaks $100 Billion in Value, Soars Over $6000 for the First Time in History

By Jolene Creighton