How Sam Bankman-Fried became crypto’s curliest billionaire in 4 years
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was trading boring ETFs at Jane Street until 2017. Then he found Bitcoin was more expensive in Japan.
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Bitcoin billionaires, NFT collector trade lawsuits over $650K in unwanted Beeples
An NFT collector claims the Winklevoss twins trapped him into buying Beeple artworks and locked him out of his million dollar NFT collection.
FTX billionaire chief doesn’t ‘get paintings,’ says Mona Lisa looks ‘dumb’
“Visual aesthetics are not something I understand,” said FTX chief Bankman-Fried to Axios. “Paintings in general, artwork, I don’t get it.”
The Weekend Shift: Atomic Clock, Non-Alcoholic Beer, J Dilla
The most interesting reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend -- curated for you by the Protos newsroom.
SEC killed Coinbase Lend over 4% interest — what about Ether staking?
Coinbase Lend may be dead in the water, but the SEC has been unable to keep crypto holders from even bigger profits through staking.
Fuck Worldcoin, crypto’s Theranos fever dream cooked up in Silicon Valley
Worldcoin is a Silicon Valley UBI scheme that enables crypto's richest investors to milk cash from every eyeball that signs up.
Grayscale owner tries to lure ETF buyers by pumping its own Bitcoin stock
Digital Currency Group can now grow its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust holdings to $1 billion, but will ETF investors care?
Bitcoin dev has fix for Lightning’s existential problem — offline payments
The Lightning Network is Bitcoin's popular scaling solution — a way to ensure ultra-cheap transactions. But it's a slave to the internet.
‘Surviving Life With Your Gigantic Penis’ author laundered $740K with Bitcoin
The owner of non-profit science lab The Geek Group admitted to washing over $740,000 with Bitcoin for clients, including drug dealers.
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Tether calls short seller’s $1M Tether bounty ‘pathetic bid for attention’
Hindenburg’s Tether bounty is the first attempt by a private entity to pay for uncovering what gives the number one stablecoin its value.