— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
From STRF to STRD — is Michael Saylor just selling junk bonds?
Investors are criticizing Michael Saylor’s latest MicroStrategy preferred share, Stride (STRD), as essentially a high-risk “junk bond.”
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HTX withdraws $570M from Aave, briefly spikes lending rates
Justin Sun-advised HTX withdrew $570M from Aave, briefly spiking borrowing and lending yields, before depositing $600M back into the protocol.
No, California didn’t pass a law to seize your idle bitcoin
Misinformation about a California State Assembly vote affecting digital assets like BTC spread across social media this week.
ANALYSIS: Does the Circle IPO value Tether at $316B?
Circle’s upcoming IPO will provide a unique opportunity to value the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, Tether.
Ripple’s Chris Larsen to fund police surveillance, drones in San Francisco
As part of the $9.4M gift, Ripple Labs will sublet a lavish office to the San Francisco Police Department's drone surveillance unit for free.
Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm is running out of money for legal fees
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is asking for another $2M after already spending millions over the past two years.
Does Ross Ulbricht owe back taxes on crypto donations?
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht received millions of dollars in crypto and could owe a substantial amount in gift taxes to the IRS.
Circle IPO traders send wrong CRCL stock up 16,000%
Circle (CRCL) is going public this week, but traders transposed their excitement to another CRCL stock, which spiked 16,000%.
Who donated 300 BTC to Ross Ulbricht?
Someone donated 300 BTC to Ross Ulbricht this weekend, and despite some initial skepticism, it doesn't appear to be him.
— Crime, John Karony
LONG READ: How John Karony went from visionary to convicted fraudster
The SafeMoon saga, in all its low-rent absurdity and sheer incompetence, may be the perfect encapsulation of crypto’s maximum-fraud era.