Like it or not, crypto depends on China
China's contributions to crypto remain enough to move markets, despite consistent crackdowns and assurances from firms.
Aaron Wise
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YouTuber finds only 900 daily users in Horizon Worlds — Meta’s $36B metaverse
The world's largest metaverse Horizon Worlds has dwindled to less than 1,000 daily active users, according to Jarvis Johnson.
Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange WhiteBIT raises red flags
The little-known exchange is currently advertising an APY of 24.8% to customers who deposit Tether for a year on its platform.
— Martin Shkreli, Sam Bankman-Fried
Jailed SBF swaps California mansion for moldy food and raw sewage
Sam Bankman-Fried has been moved to a Brooklyn-based jail known for its brutal conditions and high-profile inmates.
Coinbase’s Base rallies thanks to BitClout copycat Friend.tech
The most popular use for Base, Friend.tech, bears eerily similar features to BitClout, the failed social crypto experiment that's down 95%.
SEC wants 2nd Circuit to overrule Ripple XRP decision
The SEC has asked Judge Analisa Torres for interlocutory review and her permission to appeal two rulings that favored Ripple and XRP.
How long can Binance find refuge in El Salvador?
Troubled crypto exchange Binance was green-lit in El Salvador, a country run by a dictator who's all in on Bitcoin and Tether.
Coinbase tells SEC it no longer thinks crypto is the future of finance
Coinbase had claimed that, through crypto, it was creating more economic freedom for the world. Now it says it's just selling Beanie Babies.
Trump’s crypto ties may haunt him in court
Donald Trump isn't a fan of bitcoin but his family and inner circle have promoted a variety of dubious crypto projects over the years.
— DeFi
Curve exploit shows DeFi still far from decentralized in 2023
DeFi 2023 was supposed to solve the problem of centralized crypto collapses in 2022 like FTX, Celsius, Voyager, and Terra LUNA.