— BitTorrent, Crime
Scoop: Justin Sun shot down BitTorrent moderation despite porn concerns
Justin Sun pushed a no-moderation policy at file-sharing giant BitTorrent, according to documents received by Protos.
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Expert in losing money Su Zhu says you can afford to lose $10k
Three Arrows co-founder Su Zhu says you can afford to lose $10k in the Western world because you’ll earn it back in salary.
It’s been a messy launch for friend.tech’s FRIEND token
Despite launching last year, FRIEND's user interfaces weren’t working as well as you'd expect from a project with over $50M in fee revenue.
Justin Sun’s empire crumbles as USDD depegs again
Sun's USDD is meant to stay priced at a dollar via a series of algorithmic mechanisms but it's deviated 3% and currently trades for $0.97.
Solana project CEO says ‘sybil attackers’ gamed metric hoping for airdrop
After criticism over data credibility from Martin Shkreli, io.net CEO Ahmad Shadid explained, “We move fast, and sometimes we break things.”
Nilam Resources gives up, no more 24,800 bitcoins
Penny stock Nilam Resources has issued a press release stating that it will no longer be seeking to acquire 24,800 bitcoins.
Bitcoin Sign Guy sells the Bitcoin sign
Christian Langalis, a.k.a. the 'Bitcoin Sign Guy,” has decided to auction off the piece of paper that he held up behind Janet Yellen in 2017.
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Who are Samourai Wallet’s Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill?
Samourai Wallet has had its website seized, its app removed by Google, and developers Rodriguez and Hill have been arrested.
Depeg of $3B restaking token ezETH causes over $60M in DeFi liquidations
Renzo Protocol’s liquid restaking token ezETH, suffered a sharp depeg in response to an unpopular and misleading tokenomics announcement.
Do Kwon can’t leave Montenegro, but owes the US millions
While Do Kwon languishes in a Montenegro detention facility, the US government has had its say on his on-again, off-again extradition.