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Former FTX Europe head Patrick Gruhn is spending his crypto riches— but his fortune is not without controversy.

The San Francisco-based exchange has reported better-than-expected 2024 Q1 results.

“Just cut the rates bro please,” pleaded a down-bad trader on Polymarket.

The cost to send BTC skyrocketed immediately following the halving, but fees have since fallen back to Earth.

The leading crypto critic in the U.S. Senate says the Iranian mining sector supports terrorism.

A mom used her boobs to help her son pump a meme coin, called LIVEMOM, to a $300K market cap before the token crashed.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted record daily net outflows on Wednesday as BlackRock’s IBIT faltered for the very first time.

Bitcoin is rising after a rough week, but meme coins like Pepe, Bonk, Dogwifhat, and Dogecoin are the biggest winners today.

Polkadot’s parachains offer a unique technical approach to achieving scalability and interoperability for blockchains.

Mirror’s team is now building a Farcaster-based social app called Kiosk, while Paragraph will take over Mirror. Collectively, they’ve raised $15 million.

The Manhattan man allegedly spent $1.7 million of investors’ money on gambling debts, $400,000 on Art Direct, and his kids’ private school tuition.

Creators building blockchain games with Solana Labs’ GameShift platform will be able to tap into Google Cloud features via the integration.

PayPal has linked up with MoonPay to offer its millions of users access to over 100 cryptocurrencies

According to a 13F report, BNP Paribas purchased IBIT shares in the first quarter of 2024—albeit less than 1 BTC worth at current prices.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are rebounding after a rough couple of days leading up to the Federal Reserve deciding not to change interest rates.

Michael Saylor announced the Orange protocol for decentralized identification, hoping to anchor digital identities in the dominant blockchain.

BOB announces the launch of its Bitcoin layer-2 protocol, with more to come over the next three weeks.

It’s now looking like a long road ahead for ETH to come to Wall Street. But that’s a surprise to few.

Ethereum gaming chain Ronin currently curates the games on its network. But it’s starting to eye up a permissionless future.

An Elliptic report shows how MIT-IBM AI Labs used deep learning AI techniques to detect fraud on the world’s dominant blockchain.

Amid signs of stubborn inflation in the U.S., the central bank kept its key interest rate at its highest level in over 23 years.

Investors often leave during the “local bottom.” and one analyst suggests BTC is reaching that point.

Jack Dorsey’s Block is reportedly under investigation for compliance issues, including with its Bitcoin business.

The biggest digital coin still has room to fall, the British firm said in a new report.

Lummis argued the Department of Justice’s position on self-custody “contradicts existing Treasury guidance” and “violates the rule of law.”

BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, created with Securitize, has $375 million in assets under management.

Powered by the Optimism OP Stack, Redstone enables “autonomous worlds” and other intriguing new types of on-chain Ethereum games.

Tether’s Bitcoin investment is paying off, achieving much greater profit than the company’s immense bond portfolio.

The competition aims to encourage developers to create, launch and trade their meme coins on BNB Chain.

“Decentralize your own security,” says Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin—but he doesn’t use a cold wallet for his own personal crypto.