‘Cryptoqueen’ associates face German court for role in $4B OneCoin scheme
The whereabouts of “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova are still unknown but the charges against OneCoin members are starting to pile up.
First Mover Asia: All Eyes on Aptos; Cryptos Trade Down Even as Stocks Rise
Aptos is launching at a time when the only concerns about the price of gas involve petroleum, not the virtual metaphor; bitcoin held comfortably above its recent $19,000 support.
BTC energy use jumps 41% in 12 months, increasing regulatory risks
Despite the European Union rejecting a proposal banning crypto mining earlier this year, more regulations could soon be implemented to mitigate the environmental impacts of crypto mining.
Jack Dorsey unveils decentralized social with algo choice and portable accounts
The long-awaited “Bluesky Social” app is now accepting users for private beta and says it will “launch soon”
Show HN: Stable Diffusion, but Fast
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The Rise of ‘Luxury Surveillance’
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Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty
The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol.
Focus is saying no to good ideas
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Starlink Aviation
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Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries highlights the company’s emerging ‘anti-tox’ strategy
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Activision Blizzard General Manager Johanna Faries elaborated on the company’s plans to clean up some of the worst behavior in the franchise’s community, even as new lawsuits and allegations about its own culture continue to emerge. Last month, Activision Blizzard released a formal code of conduct for the Call of Duty … Read more
Aptos Token Plunges in Trading Debut
The native token of Aptos blockchain opened for trading late Tuesday.
A16z Doesn’t Support Plan to Break Up DeFi Giant MakerDAO
MakerDAO, one of the largest decentralized protocols, is in the middle of a makeover. Rifts have emerged between investors and founders as they offer competing plans for making the protocol more decentralized and try to drive growth.
Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. The newsletter is a little later than usual today and for the next three days. Don’t worry, it’s for fun reasons: We want to be the first to tell you about the … Read more
Why members-only club Chief, with a waitlist of 60K, hates the term ‘girl boss’
Chief co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan started the company because they had experienced first-hand being women executives without a ton of support. They created a community of female leaders that is now 20,000 strong, with 60,000 sitting on waitlists, but just don’t call these women ‘girl bosses.’ The two women appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt … Read more
USB4 Specification v2.0
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Watch Google’s ping pong robot pull off a 340-hit rally
As if it weren’t enough to have AI tanning humanity’s hide (figuratively for now) at every board game in existence, Google AI has got one working to destroy us all at ping pong as well. For now they emphasize it’s “cooperative” but at the rate these things improve, it will be taking on pros in … Read more
IRS Expands Key US Tax Language to Include NFTs
Newly released draft instructions for the 2022 tax year change the language from “virtual currency” to broader “digital assets.”
Redditors have created millions of crypto wallets to buy NFT avatars
In July, Reddit jumped on the NFT train, launching an NFT-based marketplace that allows users to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate. Given the general sentiment around NFTs today, you might assume — like me — that the experiment ended poorly. But the opposite’s the case apparently. Today during a panel at TechCrunch … Read more
DAOs need checks and balances to have better governance
Decentralized autonomous organizations would benefit from greater checks and balances that prevent influential minorities from seizing control.
Effort to Reverse Bitcoin Fund Rejection Wins Broad Crypto Industry Support
In the brief,the Blockchain Association and two other groups said that a spot bitcoin ETF “was ideally suited” for investors seeking exposure to bitcoin.
Meet E-liza Dolls, the startup that’s building dolls to help young girls learn to code
E-liza Dolls, a Berkeley-based startup, is aiming to challenge the gender gap in STEM by helping young girls learn to code using dolls. The company, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, builds dolls that include programmable computers that girls can code through an app. The startup was founded in 2021 … Read more