Maybe it WAS illegal: Mango Markets exploiter arrested on fraud charges
The Mango Markets exploiter previously called his attack on the crypto exchange “legal open market actions.”
Daily Crunch: What’s around the corner for the EV market in 2023?
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US military biometric capture devices loaded with data were sold on eBay
Image: Getty Old US military equipment being sold on eBay contained what appears to be biometric data from troops, known terrorists, and people who may have worked with American forces in Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East, according to a report from The New York Times. The devices were purchased by a group … Read more
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drifts Lower as Crypto Winter Continues
ALSO: CoinDesk Columnist David Z. Morris’ early soothsaying about the seriousness of the allegations against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of embattled crypto exchange FTX; bitcoin drifts toward $16.7K.
Southwest cancels thousands of flights, leaving passengers stranded across the US
Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,600 flights on Tuesday. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Southwest Airlines has left thousands of travelers stranded at airports throughout the country after a winter storm barreled through most of the US before and during the holiday weekend. While Southwest canceled over 2,600 of its flights on … Read more
10 predictions for crypto in 2023
Expect blockchain adoption to increase in the year ahead — in addition to the culture wars surrounding it.
Crypto Investment Firm Midas Shutting Down Platform Following Losses
The collapse of Celsius and FTX led to more than 60% of Midas’ assets under management being withdrawn.
Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico
Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor whose “highly profitable trading strategy” drained DeFi trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico, court documents said.
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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets
As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using … Read more
Top Solana NFT projects DeGods and y00ts to leave the blockchain and ‘explore new opportunities’
Two top Solana NFT projects, DeGods and y00ts, have announced they are leaving the blockchain in 2023, which is stirring up conflicting sentiments in the crypto community. Over the weekend, DeGods announced on Twitter that it will be migrating to Ethereum, while its sister project y00ts will be moving to Polygon early next year, the … Read more
Pudgy Penguins NFTs Break All-Time Highs With Holiday Rally
Pudgy Penguins NFT collection is setting new heights. The rising tide is lifting associated projects, too.
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LG Innotek is ready to put true optical zoom lenses in the next wave of flagship phones
The camera module uses a tiny, precise actuator to move the lens between 4x and 9x telephoto settings. | Image: LG Innotek LG’s smartphone-making days may be over, but LG Innotek — a major supplier of mobile camera modules — is alive and well. It’s introducing a new telephoto zoom camera module at CES 2023, … Read more
Mark Cuban to Bill Maher: ‘If you have gold, you’re dumb as fuck… Just get Bitcoin.’
The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks confirmed to Cointelegraph that he practices what he preaches, stating he does not own any gold himself.
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Clean energy: Scrubbing wind turbines with robots nets Aerones $39M
Aerones, a robotics startup that scrubs and inspects wind turbines so humans don’t have to, secured $38.9 million in fresh funding this month from dozens of undisclosed investors, TechCrunch has learned. Wind turbines produce clean energy, but their towers tend to leak oil, which can corrode blades, increase wind resistance and pollute the ground below. … Read more
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