Metaverse Tokens ApeCoin, Axie Infinity Ring in New Year With 6% Surge
Metaverse and gaming tokens have started the New Year on a high note, while games giant Square Enix has doubled down on blockchain.
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Did SBF Move Money? Man Utd NFTs Under Fire. Eisenberg Arrested!
SBF returns to Twitter, Avraham Eisenberg is busted, and Manchester United gets accused of NFT art plagiarism.
Sam Bankman-Fried Expected to Plead Not Guilty on FTX Fraud Charges
The FTX founder and former CEO will reportedly enter a not guilty plea to eight charges of fraud from U.S. authorities.
Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Buys the Dip, Scoops Up $5.5M in Coinbase Stock
Ark Invest has once again moved to purchase cheap Coinbase stock, adding $5.5 million worth of COIN shares to its ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF).
Bahamas Securities Commission Confirms It Has $3.5B in FTX Assets
The confirmation comes as tensions remain about the Bahamian regulators' role in FTX’s ongoing legal issues.
Bankrupt Celsius Seeks to Extend Claims Deadline for Burned Users
The move intends to provide Celsius’ account holders with additional time to file potential proofs of claim.
Nouns Ethereum NFTs Will Appear in 2023 Rose Parade
Seth Green’s production company built a Nouns-inspired float and costumed characters for next week’s pre-Rose Bowl festivities.
Sam Bankman-Fried Will Face Judge Who Presided Over Trump, Kevin Spacey
A “no-nonsense” Manhattan judge who has handled a number of high-profile cases will now oversee SBF’s.
Caroline Ellison 'Knew That It Was Wrong,' Implicates Sam Bankman Fried
Misleading financial statements hid just how entangled Alameda and FTX finances were.
NEAR Protocol Project Octopus Network Lays Off 40% of Team
Octopus joins firms like Coinbase and OpenSea, who have all made big cuts to staff numbers in 2022 amid the challenging market environment.
Laughing Through Tears: Crypto Memes of The Year
This year, heavy industry-wide losses from Bitcoin to the now-collapsed FTX exchange drove crypto fans to seek refuge in humor.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Suffers Near 40% Drop Amid U.S. Deadly Winter Storm
As extreme weather conditions left more than one million without power on Friday, several U.S.-based Bitcoin miners have paused operations.
Judge in SBF Case Recuses Herself Over Husband’s Firm’s Past Work for FTX
Bankman-Fried will be assigned a new judge in his criminal trial after the initial judge disclosed a “possible conflict.”
North Korean Hackers Have Stolen $1.2B in Crypto Since 2017
According to South Korea's main spy agency, North Korea is suspected of using these funds for its nuclear and missile programs.
OKX Proof-of-Reserve Report Shows 101% Bitcoin, Tether Reserves
OKX joins a long list of crypto firms rushing to prove their stability, but regulators continue to question the reliability of such reports.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Flat in Final Week of 2022, Solana and Dogecoin Down Bad
Bitcoin and Ethereum slid less than 2% in the final week of a brutal year for crypto prices; SOL and DOGE fell much harder.
FTX Customers Owed $1.9B Ask Court to Keep Their Names Secret
A group of FTX customers from outside the United States doesn't want to be named in the crypto exchange's bankruptcy proceedings.
Solana Slides Another 16% and Falls Out of Top 20
Once among the most valuable cryptocurrencies on the market, SOL has shed 97% of its value since its peak and is falling fast.
Alameda-Linked Funds on the Move Again via Coin Mixers
Wallets linked to Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research are swapping and transferring crypto funds, using coin mixers to obscure transactions.
China to Roll Out State-Backed Exchange for Digital Collectibles
The state-backed marketplace will serve as a secondary trading platform for what China refers to as digital collectibles.
The Year in Crypto, 2022 Part 1: NFTs Peak, Terra Tumbles, Musk Buys Twitter
In our first half recap of the year in crypto, we run back FTX's massive valuation, OpenSea's peak, Terra's collapse, and regulatory talk.
Mango Markets Attacker Avraham Eisenberg Arrested, Charged With 'Market-Manipulation Offenses'
Eisenberg has been charged with commodities fraud and commodities manipulation for his role in the $110 million Mango Markets exploit.
The Crypto Ads That Made Waves in 2022
Crypto advertisements exploded onto our streets and screens in 2022—but the crypto crash meant that many of them have aged badly.
'Bag Fumble of the Century': Biggest Ls in NFTs in 2022
If 2022 taught us anything, it's that we are not all "gonna make it." These NFT traders and creators learned some tough lessons this year.
Donald Trump Says He Launched NFTs for the 'Sort of Cute' Art
The ex-president says he didn't do it for the money—but still thought his NFTs "might sell."
North Korea-linked NFT Phishing Campaign Targets OpenSea, X2Y2, Rarible Users
The phishing scheme used a web of over 500 fraudulent websites to extract key information from NFT users during the minting process.
Crypto Is Down Bad, But VCs Keep Pouring Money In
After the collapse of FTX, Web3 VCs say they believe in decentralized tech as much as ever. What the hell else can they say?
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin, Ethereum See Modest Gains Heading Into Christmas
Coins are limping into the new year. And in its investigation of FTX’s collapse, the SEC appears to have redoubled its assault on crypto.
Is Craig Wright’s Campaign to Convince the World That He Invented Bitcoin Over?
I no longer care what you think,” he says. “I seek to see my creation used.”
FTX Urges Bankruptcy Court to Freeze $450M in Robinhood Shares Owed to Creditors
Given the list of creditors claiming the Robinhood shares, FTX asked the court to wait for a "fair" solution to be determined.