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Lawyer Explains Why He's Suing Celebs Who Shilled FTX Before Its Spectacular Meltdown

Behind the Lawsuit Against Celebs Who Shilled FTX Before Its Spectacular Meltdown

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

As crypto exchange FTX continues its demise, 3AC's Zhu Su and Kyle Davies have somewhat unexpectedly crawled out of the rubble.

Guy Linked to Huge Crypto Meltdown Says It’s Just a Coincidence That He’s Hanging Out in a Country With No Extradition to United States

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Sam Bankman-Fried bankrolled a lot of politicians before his crypto exhange FTX went belly up. But are those politicians going to return the money? Well...

Politicians Refuse to Say Whether They’ll Give Back Donations From Sam Bankman-Fried

By Frank Landymore

Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, and a number of other athletes poured a lot of money into FTX, the Sam Bankman-Fried-run exchange that just collapsed.

Tom Brady Appears to Be Totally Screwed by the FTX Collapse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

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

The racketeering lawsuit against Elon Musk and his many companies just keeps getting bigger. The suit says Musk marketed Dogecoin but knew it was worthless.

Racketeering Lawsuit Accuses Elon Musk of Pumping Up Dogecoin Value

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Introducing: The "Bear Market Screaming Therapy Group," a Telegram group where downtrodden everyday crypto investors go to scream crypto winter woes away.

Crypto Investors Are Creating Voice Chats Where They Just Scream and Sob

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Binance crypto exchange could be in trouble with the American government over allegedly serving Iranians in spite of terrorism sanctions on the country.

Crypto Exchange That Invested in Forbes Accused of Violating Terrorism Sanctions

By Noor Al-Sibai

A developer used his speech at a gaming conference to trash talk NFTs, and was met with a huge round of applause from the audience.

Speaker at Crypto-Funded Convention Trashes NFTs, Gets Loud Applause

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bored Ape's Bored and Hungry restaurant in Los Angeles has gone back to accepting good old fashioned US dollars as its sole currency for ape-themed food.

Bored Ape Restaurant No Longer Taking Crypto, Just US Dollars, After Crash

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amid an industry collapse and a class-action investor defrauding lawsuit, the Binance crypto exchange is looking for 2,000 new employees.

Many Crypto Startups Are Firing People Right Now, But This One Is Hiring 2,000 New Employees

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bitcoin bros are really, really not OK, as evidenced by the latest sad cope from a financial planner who likely just lost his clients a ton of money.

Financial Planner Desperately Explains to Clients Why the Bitcoin Crash Is Good, Actually

By Noor Al-Sibai

Just a few months after spending who knows how much on Super Bowl ads, leading cryptocurrency exchanges are now laying off thousands of employees.

Crypto Exchanges Lay Off Thousands, Months After Uber-Expensive Super Bowl Ads

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analysts for investment bank UBS warned that crypto markets might be entering another “crypto winter” as prices steadily fall for the asset.

Financial Analysts Say Bitcoin’s Price Is Going to Keep Falling and Falling

By Tony Ho Tran

The crypto bros are at it again folks — and this time, they're trying to help the rich make money off of court cases.

Crypto Startup Lets You Fund Other People’s Lawsuits Against Each Other

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Crypto.com is getting roasted for a new Matt Damon ad that likens investing in the blockchain to being a historical figure and pioneer. Twitter disagrees.

Crypto.com Is Getting Roasted for an Absurdly Self-Important Ad Starring Matt Damon

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda wants the company to lead blockchain and decentralized video games, as well as NFTs, even if players aren't on board.

President of Games Company Says He Knows People Hate NFTs But He Thinks They’re Good

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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

Let this be a warning to every crypto enthusiast out there who's set on creating the next meme-worthy coin.

Tolkien’s Estate Shuts Down “Lord of the Rings” Cryptocurrency

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The grift behind NFTs is unsurprising given the capitalist dystopia we call home.

Cory Doctorow Roasts NFTs as “Massive, Fraud-Ridden Speculative Bubble”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The day after the cryptocurrency finally hit the New York Stock Exchange, Bitcoin has reached the highest price at any point in its 12-year history.

Bitcoin Hits Highest Price in Its Entire History

By Jon Christian

The New York Stock Exchange is expected to start allowing traders to bet on Bitcoin, in a milestone for the world of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin Is Hitting The New York Stock Exchange Tomorrow

By Jon Christian

The Biden administration is allegedly looking into an executive order directing federal agencies to study crypto and give recommendations.

Biden Secretly Considering First-Ever White House “Crypto Czar”

By Tony Ho Tran

Hamster Trades Cryptocurrencies, Outperforms Warren Buffett

Hamster Trades Cryptocurrencies, Outperforms Warren Buffett

By Tony Ho Tran

Hoax Press Release Claims Walmart Will Accept Litecoin, Causing Spike and Then Crash

Hoax Press Release Claims Walmart Will Accept Litecoin, Causing Spike and Then Crash

By Tony Ho Tran

A new crop of lenders have emerged doling out loans to cryptocurrency enthusiasts who, in turn, use it to buy more crypto.

Crypto Fanatics Are Taking Out Loans to Buy More Crypto

By Tony Ho Tran

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

Man Sues Parents of Kids Who Stole His Bitcoin

By Tony Ho Tran

12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed has made nearly $400,000 after programming and selling a series of NFTs of pixelated doodles called "Weird Whales."

Science & Energy

12-Year-Old Earns $400,000 Selling NFTs to Idiots

By Dan Robitzski

The hacker who stole $600 million in crypto from The Poly Network has started to return half the money, claiming they pulled off the heist "for fun :)"

Hacker Steals $600 Million in Crypto, Gets Scared and Returns It

By Dan Robitzski

In order to meet the industry's incredible energy demands, crypto miners are buying and setting up shop inside existing power plants.

Crypto Miners Are Buying Up Entire Power Plants

By Dan Robitzski

A retired gas-fired power plant was converted into a Bitcoin-mining facility in upstate New York — and its heating up a nearby lake considerably.

Science & Energy

Neighbors Accuse Bitcoin Mining Facility of Warming Up Entire Lake

By Victor Tangermann

Bitcoin billionaire and crypto exchange founder Mircea Popescu has reportedly been found dead off the coast of Costa Rica, MarketWatch reports.

Bitcoin Billionaire Reportedly Found Dead

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese officials continued their crackdown on cryptocurrencies in the country, ordering banks to stop supporting any transactions involving crypto.

China Orders Banks to Stop Handling Crypto, Bitcoin Plummets

By Victor Tangermann

US regulators have rung the alarm bells over the recent rise in stablecoins, cryptocurrency tokens that have a fixed price and are backed by reserves.

US Regulators Are Terrified of Stablecoins

By Victor Tangermann

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous identity masking Bitcoin's creator or creators, has enough of the crypto to be the world's 19th richest person.

This Country Plans to Be the First to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

By Tony Ho Tran

During the week since Musk's announcement, almost every mainstream cryptocurrency has plummeted in value, from Bitcoin to Dogecoin.

Cryptocurrency Has Absolutely Tanked Since Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Announcement

By Jon Christian

Elon Musk is firing back — and pointing to his time at digital payment company PayPal for credentials in the world of cryptocurrency.

Elon Musk Brags That He Understands Cryptocurrency Because of PayPal

By Jon Christian

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of the Securities and Exchange Commission coming after him for tweets about the cryptocurrency dogecoin.

Dogecoin Creator Said Elon Musk Is a “Self-Absorbed Grifter”

By Tony Ho Tran

Cryptocurrency Is Now Worth More Than All US Currency in Circulation

By Tony Ho Tran