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Grand Theft Auto V Immortalizes Lost Titanic Submarine With Fan Mod
23.6.2023
One of the biggest slow motion tragedies in recent memory appears to have wrapped up with a bad if not altogether shocking ending. The lost OceanGate Expeditions Titan submersible is now believed to have imploded on its way to the Titanic wreck, and in fact the U.S. Navy apparently knew this...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: The SEC Told Us ‘Everything Other Than Bitcoin Is a Security’
13.6.2023
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, explained how negotiations reached a standstill with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Armstrong detailed the changes in how the SEC approached...
Wall Street Journal: U.S. Crypto Exchanges Have Listed Multiple SEC-Deemed Illegal Tokens
9.5.2023
Crypto exchanges based in the US may have listed multiple tokens deemed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to be unregistered securities, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The so-called unregistered securities are in reality digital tokens that the SEC does not consider to...
Disney Reportedly Axing Metaverse Division Amidst Company Restructuring
1.4.2023
The metaverse division of Disney has apparently fallen victim to the latest round of layoffs announced by the company. Per reports from the Wall Street Journal citing people “familiar with the situation,” the whole next-generation storytelling and consumer-experience unit, comprised...
Democratic Senators Push Against Meta’s Idea of Bringing the Metaverse to Teens
6.3.2023
Meta, the social network company, is getting some pushback on its plan to market and bring Horizon Worlds, its flagship metaverse app, to teens. Democratic senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal directed a letter to the company to halt these actions, citing concerns about the interactions that...
FTX Publishes Creditor List, Owes Millions to Well-Known Institutions and Government Agencies
26.1.2023
The now-defunct crypto exchange FTX has published its list of creditors, with the names unredacted. The comprehensive list, which is over 100 pages long, shows that FTX owes a lot of money to well-known institutions, including Binance, Airbnb, Apple, Amazon, Linkedin, Coindesk, the Wall Street...
FTX Owes Money to Netflix, Binance, Wall Street Journal, Filing Shows
26.1.2023
Lawyers for the bankrupt crypto exchange have published an extensive list of creditors that include media companies, airlines, universities and charities
SEC's 'one-dimensional' approach is slowing Bitcoin progress: Grayscale CEO
24.1.2023
Grayscale’s chief was the latest to take a swing at the authority for its so-called “regulation by enforcement” actions
New FTX Head Says Crypto Exchange Could Be Revived: Wall Street Journal
19.1.2023
John J. Ray III made the comment in his first interview since taking over FTX in November
Non-US FTX customers want private info redacted from bankruptcy filings
30.12.2022
The group stressed that publicly revealing the names and private information of customers runs the potential risk of identity theft, targeted attacks and “other injury.”
Report: SEC Heightens Probe Into Auditors Servicing Crypto Exchanges
23.12.2022
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Paul Munter, the agency’s acting chief accountant, the U.S. regulator is monitoring proof-of-reserves (POR) more closely. “We’re warning investors to be very wary of some of the claims that are being made by crypto companies,” Munter...
Report: Before the Bankruptcy Filing, FTX Co-Founder SBF Was Told by Crypto Execs to ‘Stop Trying to Depeg Stablecoins’
11.12.2022
According to a recent report published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), cryptocurrency executives were allegedly concerned that Sam Bankman Fried’s (SBF) Alameda Research was trying to “depeg stablecoins.” Purportedly, high-up executives from crypto exchanges are members of...
Washington Post, Forbes, Wall Street Journal Slammed for ‘Puff Piece’ Reports on FTX and Alameda Execs
20.11.2022
Following the highly criticized New York Times article that features commentary from the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the public continues to give the mainstream media flak for publishing “puff pieces” about SBF and the Alameda Research executive Caroline Ellison. A number...
Report: FTX CEO Told Staff Crypto Exchange ‘Effectively Paused’ Withdrawals
8.11.2022
According to a report shared by an FTX staff member, prior to Binance announcing it would acquire the exchange, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried explained that in 72 hours FTX saw roughly $6 billion in withdrawals. Furthermore, the staff member’s account notes that withdrawals on the exchange FTX.com...
Meta reportedly plans 'large-scale layoffs,' but what of its metaverse division?
7.11.2022
As of the end of September, Meta had more than 87,000 employees — a large proportion of which is said to work in the Reality Labs division
Report: The Oldest Bank in America, BNY Mellon Can Now Custody Bitcoin and Ethereum
11.10.2022
America’s oldest bank, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, commonly known as BNY Mellon, has announced the financial institution can now custody cryptocurrencies. A report published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, says BNY Mellon was approved by the New York State Department...
Mainstream media on the Merge: Risky move or climate nirvana?
7.9.2022
While mainstream outlets have generally grasped the complexity of upgrading a major blockchain “mid-flight,” it’s prompted a few to warn about the disruptions should it fail
Tether responds to Wall Street Journal ‘disinformation’
30.8.2022
To attack Tether’s reserves [...] further highlights an agenda by the publication to single out Tether and hurt its reputation,” the USDT issuer said
Stablecoin Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal's Claim of Inadequate Reserves
30.8.2022
Stablecoin issuer Tether has hit back at a Wall Street Journal article that claimed its balance sheet comprised of "unsafe assets."
Vince McMahon Reportedly Paid Four Women $12 Million To Keep Quiet About Alleged Affairs
8.7.2022
A new report from The Wall Street Journal found that former WWE CEO and chairperson Vince McMahon paid four women $12 million over the past 16 years. That includes the reported $3 million payout to a former WWE employee he had an alleged affair with previously unearthed by The Wall Street Journal....