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Ben Weiss

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Sam Bankman-Fried sent to ‘notoriously hard’ prison in California

“He’s gone from a five-star hotel down to a one-star hotel,” said one federal prison consultant, in reference to Bankman-Fried’s move from...

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Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, was established in 2021 and prosecuted major crypto-related felonies.

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Crypto venture firms like Paradigm enjoy banner years, Multicoin posts 56% annual growth

New SEC filings show that crypto VCs had a massive bump in 2024.

07.04.2025 8

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Exclusive: Codex raises $16 million to build a blockchain just for stablecoins

Dragonfly led the round, while the venture arms of Coinbase and Circle also invested.

04.04.2025 3

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Renault and Nissan agree to loosen alliance as Japanese carmaker finds itself in financial trouble

The two carmakers have been partners since 1999 when Renault rescued Nissan from bankruptcy.

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Trump sons launch new Bitcoin mining business called ‘American Bitcoin’

American Bitcoin is yet another crypto venture from the Trump family over the past year.

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Sam Bankman-Fried parts ways with ‘Diddy’ as feds transfer crypto conman from Brooklyn prison to Oklahoma

The former FTX CEO is presumably en route to California, where his parents live.

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Incoming SEC chair Paul Atkins and his wife have 54 life insurance policies. Why?

Experts speculate that the dozens of policies may be a tax strategy—or that Atkins may be buying up others’ policies as an investment.

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Incoming SEC chair Paul Atkins owns up to $6 million in crypto-related assets—though no Bitcoin

Atkins has a position in Anchorage, a crypto custodian, and Securitize, a tokenization firm.

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Donald Trump’s crypto business launched a dollar coin called USD1: What we know so far

His family’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, implicitly confirmed the launch on Monday.

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Exclusive: Walrus Foundation raises $140 million from Standard Crypto and a16z for a high speed storage network

The foundation supports the Walrus protocol, a decentralized network for storing files.

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Exclusive: Pluralis raises $7.6 million from prominent investors to take on OpenAI with big decentralized models

Alexander Long has assembled a team of PhDs and postdocs to see if it’s possible to build decentralized models that compete with the tech titans.

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XRP soars 10% after Ripple CEO says SEC will drop appeal

The lawsuit was one of the agency’s longest-running cases against a crypto company.

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Exclusive: Crossmint nets $24 million to build crypto developer platform for tech firms

Rodri Fernández Touza dropped out of Stanford and Harvard to moonlight as a Buddhist monk. Then he became a founder.

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Four teens charged for alleged pistol-whipping, attempted Bitcoin robbery of OnlyFans influencer

Kaitlyn Siragusa, 31, was assaulted in her Houston home in early March.

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The stock market gained 2% during Biden’s first 60 days. Under Trump the market has tanked 7%

The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones have all plummeted since President Donald Trump took office in January.

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How Jump and Solana vets are building a hyper fast internet for blockchains

The high frequency trading-inspired project DoubleZero has raised $28 million at a reported $400 million valuation.

15.03.2025 8

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U.S. crypto czar’s $200 million portfolio held Bitcoin, Coinbase, and Robinhood

The AI and crypto czar divested a substantial portfolio of crypto holdings before he entered the White House, according to a memo.

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Argentina seeks arrest of U.S. crypto figure tied to Melania and Milei cryptocurrencies

Hayden Adams claimed to be one of the key actors behind the launch of Javier Milei’s memecoin in February.

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Binance nets biggest ever crypto investment as UAE-backed MGX puts in $2 billion

The investment came in the form of stablecoins and reflects the growing presence of crypto in the Middle East.

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Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars serving a 25-year sentence. So how is he conducting a media blitz?

The former FTX CEO spoke with Tucker Carlson from prison in early March.

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Coinbase CEO plans to hire 1,000 U.S. workers, saying Trump ‘breathed life back’ into industry

The crypto CEO attended the White House’s Crypto Summit on Friday.

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Trump holds long-awaited crypto summit, calls for bill ‘on his desk’ before August

"Never sell your Bitcoin. That's a little phrase that they have," Trump said during a Friday press conference. "I don't know if that's right or not."

08.03.2025 6

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Hackers are taking aim at board directors, warns Cisco security exec

Jason Lish, global CISO of Cisco, also said that bad actors are sending out more physical ransom letters.

07.03.2025 3

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Trump signs order for strategic crypto reserve, adds 200,000 seized Bitcoins

President Donald Trump promised Bitcoiners a strategic reserve during his appearance at a crypto conference in July.

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Robinhood taps HQ Trivia host for new contest with $2 million in Bitcoin prizes—and some Doge

The “Quiz Daddy” is back (just for two days), and he’s ready to dive back into the “nitty-gritty.”

05.03.2025 3

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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian wants to buy TikTok—and add a bold new crypto element

Ohanian posted Tuesday on X that he’s looking to bring TikTok “on-chain.”

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How North Korea cracked Bybit’s crypto safe to steal $1.5 billion in a record heist

North Korean hackers laid in wait for “probably many months." Here is a step by step guide to how they pulled off the robbery.

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Here are the 5 cryptocurrencies Trump wants to buy with your tax dollars

The U.S. president sent crypto markets soaring with just two posts Sunday on Truth Social.

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Coinbase’s stock slides nearly 30% as Bitcoin tanks

Other fintech firms that have a crypto business have also seen their stocks dip, including Robinhood.

28.02.2025 10

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Exclusive: Raise nets $63 million in round led by Haun Ventures to build a crypto platform for gift cards

George Bousis, founder and CEO of Raise, wants to put your $100 Walmart gift card on the blockchain.

28.02.2025 3

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Robinhood says SEC has halted probe into its crypto business

The regulator has also halted litigation or stopped investigations into Binance, Coinbase, and OpenSea.

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Coinbase says SEC agrees to right ‘major wrong’ and dismiss consequential lawsuit against crypto exchange

The regulator sued the U.S.’s most prominent crypto exchange in June 2023 for allegedly flouting securities laws.

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Sam Bankman-Fried cozies up to Trump and Elon Musk as FTX cofounder reportedly looks for pardon: ‘I don’t think anyone was guilty’

In interviews with the New York Sun, the former crypto billionaire criticized the judge who presided over his trial as well as a case against Donald...

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Figure gains SEC approval for first interest-bearing stablecoin launch

It’s the first time the regulator has approved the registration of an interest-bearing stablecoin as a public security.

20.02.2025 8

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Argentine President Javier Milei endorsed a memecoin that lost $4 billion in hours. Now a judge is investigating him for fraud

Milei’s memecoin foray has led to a flood of finger-pointing over who was responsible for the cryptocurrency’s crash.

19.02.2025 4

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Coinbase posts near-record results, but stock slumps on concern over temporary ‘Trump bump’

“We are a multiproduct business,” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said after his company released reported its Q4 earnings.

14.02.2025 4

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Meta and OpenAI have spawned a wave of AI sex companions—and some of them are children

The uncensored AI economy is booming, giving rise to hard legal and ethical questions.

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Coinbase rides crypto bull run to $1.3 billion in Q4 profit

Coinbase's 2024 totals revenue and net income come second only to its totals in 2021.

14.02.2025 4

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Robinhood hits record $1 billion in Q4 revenue, boosted by 500% jump in crypto fees

The online brokerage’s stock soared in 2024 as investors flooded back into crypto to trigger another bull market.

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Goldman Sachs gobbles up Bitcoin and Ethereum as crypto ETF holdings soar past $2 billion

The investment bank isn't the only Wall Street titan gobbling up crypto.

12.02.2025 3

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SEC puts Binance lawsuit on ice, citing new crypto task force

President Donald Trump has followed through on a number of promises to the crypto industry.

11.02.2025 6

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Stripe could be valued at $60 billion—roughly 40% less than 2 years ago—after investments from firms including Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital's possible investment in digital payments giant Stripe follows recent reports of its founders planning to go public within one year.

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