The Weekend Shift: Hackers, Pandas, Synthesizers
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FTX chief ‘frustrated’ with crypto’s anti-regulatory messaging over Russia
Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase have refused blanket bans on Russian users, citing libertarian values. FTX has already cut off Russian banks.
Sanctions, censorship, and ESG: Is Bitcoin still fungible?
With governments in Russia and Canada sanctioning specific crypto addresses, concerns arise over the slow erosion of Bitcoin's fungibility.
ConsenSys to buy more Ether, revamp MetaMask with $450M raise
Ethereum giant ConsenSys just raised $450 million from the likes of Microsoft, Temasek, and SoftBank. It's ready to sink it into more Ether.
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Hedge fund shorts Tether, expects it to collapse in the next year
Fir Tree, which manages $4 billion in assets, reckons Tether is backed by watery Chinese commercial paper tied to troubled real estate plays.
Goldman Sachs, Cumberland wade deeper into Bitcoin, Ether derivatives
Finance giants Cumberland and Goldman Sachs have moved to offer clients exotic crypto derivatives in the form of unilateral options.
A career timeline of Justin Sun, crypto’s most annoying over-marketer
Justin Sun is a colorful character in crypto history to say the least. Here's a timeline of his career, the good, bad, and ugly.
US government spooks have cracked ‘anonymous’ Bitcoin wallet Wasabi
For years, Wasabi claimed its Bitcoin mixing service was private and untraceable. But Chainalysis can track funds with simple techniques.
Operation Couch Cushions: Sun allegedly told Poloniex devs to take users’ Bitcoin
Shortly after Justin Sun bought Poloniex in 2019, the crypto founder allegedly turned his interest to taking 'lost' Bitcoin from its users.
The Weekend Shift: Space, Gaming, Crypto Scams
The most interesting reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend -- curated for you by the Protos newsroom.