— Crime, El Salvador
Hacker doxxes nearly every adult in El Salvador
A hacker in El Salvador has released detailed information, including full names, birthdays, phone numbers, and social security numbers.
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Ordinals founder Casey Rodarmor to launch Runes at Bitcoin halving
The founder of Bitcoin Ordinals and their NFT-like Inscriptions is launching a fungible token standard and BRC-20 competitor called Runes.
Justin Bieber’s past comes back to haunt amid Diddy, Hillsong, and NFT issues
Justin Bieber promoted an NFT collection that cost $1.6K to mint yet now resells for less than $150. That adds to his very public downfall.
Why is Luke Dashjr the only Bitcoiner who can assign BIP numbers?
Bitcoin Core developer and miner Luke Dashjr is also the sole administrator of the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal upgrade process.
Elon Musk’s free speech crusade targets Jack Dorsey’s Block
Elon Musk is using corporate funds from Twitter, the company he acquired from Jack Dorsey, to sue Dorsey’s crypto company, Block.
Justin Sun insists he never meant to sell Tron and BitTorrent to US investors
Justin Sun has requested a US district judge to stop the SEC from suing him, Tron and BitTorrent. He mostly claims the SEC lacks jurisdiction.
Unauthorized Ozempic meme coin imposed 50% tax at outset
An unauthorized meme coin OZMPC that used the name of diabetes drug Ozempic without its maker’s permission has siphoned millions from buyers.
— SBF
SBF committed perjury, keeping the crypto tradition alive
Sam Bankman-Fried was caught lying in court like many crypto entrepreneurs before him. Why do they lie when the consequences are so serious?
Sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex probed over $20B USDT transfers
US and UK authorities are investigating a potential breach of wartime sanctions against Russia involving Garantex and tether transfers.
You can now mine rather than inscribe a square Bitcoin block image
Marathon had to forgo some transaction fee revenue to carefully craft its bitcoin block image with less competitively priced transactions.