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South Korea Gets Tough on Crypto Crime: Life Sentences for Offenders
A Virginia lawmaker has put forward a proposal to establish a working group aimed at studying blockchain technology,Cornell RachelBitsonic Execs Behind Bars: $7.5M Theft Lands Jail Time
Bitsonic Execs Behind Bars: $7.5M Theft Lands Jail TimeChristopher SmithSuper Bowl LVIII: No Crypto Ad Spots Expected in the Lineup
Millions of American football fans tuning in to watch the Kansas City Chiefs face the San FranciscoCraig GreenQredo's Acquisition Sparks Excitement: Fusionchain Custody Service Set to Rise
A new platform is set to emerge from the assets of the digital hosting service Qredo,Barry StidhamSingapore Arrests 3AC's Su Zhu
Su Zhu, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was detained in Singapore while attempting to leave the country,Sherry CantwellValkyrie Pauses Ether Futures Contract Purchases
On September 29, global asset management firm VanEck announced via X (formerly Twitter) that it intends to allocate 10%Jerry McNeillInvesco Galaxy: Pioneering the Spot Ether ETF Frontier
On September 29, asset management firms Invesco and Galaxy Digital made applications for an Ethereum spot Exchange-traded fund (ETF).Hallie GillVanEck's Ether ETF Ads Released Ahead of Potential Monday Launch
Investment manager VanEck has initiated a marketing campaign for its upcoming Ethereum coin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF). Analysts speculate that this ETF could launch as early as October 2.Craig Green3 Reasons Behind Bitcoin Miner Sales: Not Capitulation
At the Bitmain World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) in Hong Kong, several publicly traded Bitcoin miners challenged the commonly held belief that miners'Christopher SmithZuckerberg's Photorealistic Metaverse Tech Wows Crypto Twitter
While critics have been skeptical of Meta's metaverse ambitions in recent years, Mark Zuckerberg's recent appearance as a photorealistic avatarCraig GreenSBF Trial Dates Revealed: FTX Founder Faces 6-Week Trial
Former FTX CEO Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried's criminal trial is set to begin on October 4 and is scheduled to run until September 9, 2023,Barry StidhamEpic Games Cuts 830 Jobs Over 'Unrealistic' Metaverse Goals
Epic Games, the company known for Fortnite, is cutting approximately 830 employees, which accounts for 16% of its workforce.James DeanGemini 'supports' Genesis mediation, but frustrated by pace
Crypto lender Genesis and its group of major creditors have agreed to a 30-day mediation process in an attempt to move forward with a final restructuring plan, although one firm expressed "frustration" at the pace of progress.Barry StidhamFDIC Blames Signature Bank Failure on Poor Governance and Illiquidity
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ex-post evaluation of Signature Bank (SBNY) revealed that poor management and inadequate risk management practices were the root causes of its collapse.Sherry CantwellGame engine Unity adds MetaMask functionality to new Web3 tools
Unity's video game development platform has added a number of crypto platforms to its asset store to help simplify decentralization for developers interested in Web3 technologies.Craig GreenVisa and Mastercard halt new cryptocurrency partnership
U.S. payments processors Visa and Mastercard have delayed new partnerships with crypto firms amid heightened regulatory scrutiny from high-profile bankruptciesCornell RachelFTX Co-Founder Nishad Singh Pleads Guilty in Fraud Investigation
Nishad Singh the former head of engineering at bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange giant FTX pleaded guilty to six criminal chargesMartha GrizzardAlgorand Wallet MyAlgo Warns Users Withdrawing Funds After $9.6M Exploited
Algorand-based wallet provider MyAlgo is warning users to withdraw assets from all wallets created with mnemonic phrases,Wayne IngramCoffeezilla accuses Khabib Nurmagomedov of promoting NFT scam
Coffeezilla popular YouTuber and “Internet sleuth” covering crypto scams is now accusing mixed martial arts legend Khabib Nurmagomedov of using NFTsHallie GillTencent Cloud will reportedly offer deepfake creation tools for $145
Tencent Cloud the cloud service provider of Chinese tech giant Tencent — has launched a new digital human creation platform that allows users to create deepfakes of anyone based on three-minute video clips and 100-sentence voice material.Jerry McNeill
