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Friend.tech Co-Founder Posts Bounty to Migrate Platform off Base
27.5.2024
Racer, a co-founder of Friend.tech – a socialfi network – has posted a bounty of $200K for anyone bringing an implementation allowing the migration of its platform off Base, the Coinbase incubated rollup Layer 2. Racer declared: “System design bounty: If you can figure out a...
Trump Vows to Pardon Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht if Re-Elected
26.5.2024
Former President Donald Trump has made a promise to grant a presidential pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, if he is re-elected in November's election.
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Trump promises to release Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected
26.5.2024
Former United States President Donald Trump vows to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht if re-elected
Disgraced FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried is Being Transferred to California Prison
23.5.2024
Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced to 25 years for financial fraud, is being moved to a federal correctional facility in California despite his request to stay in New York for appeal preparations.
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Worldcoin Ordered to Cease Operations in Hong Kong Over Privacy Compliance Issues
22.5.2024
Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday instructed OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project to halt all activities in the region. This includes scanning and collecting iris and facial images from the public using iris-scanning devices.
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Zest Protocol Co-founder: Adding New Programming Capabilities Could Propel BTC’s Defi Ecosystem Beyond ETH’s
22.5.2024
According to Tycho Onnasch, co-founder of Zest Protocol, new programming capabilities which can be added to Bitcoin could help the leading crypto asset cancel out Ethereum’s early advantage of being able to deploy decentralized finance (defi) on Layer one (L1). Onnasch argued that once...
Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes 'Buy and Burn'
21.5.2024
Gala investor DWF Labs also said that it had purchased 28 million GALA tokens "to alleviate market selling pressures."
Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets, on Solana’s DeFi Layer 2 Plans, Perpetual Trading, and 2024 DeFi Summer | Ep. 336
21.5.2024
Tristan Frizza, the Founder of DeFi platform Zeta Markets, discusses how he came to build on Solana (encouraged by a chat with the chain’s founder), Solana’s congestion issues, building the first Solana L2, and how this will benefit Zeta and the wider community.
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Vitalik Buterin stresses AI risks amid OpenAI leadership upheaval
21.5.2024
Vitalik Buterin calls superintelligent AI "risky" amid leadership upheavals at OpenAI, stressing the need for caution and decentralization in AI development
Dark web market owner arrested in New York after FBI traces crypto
21.5.2024
The FBI claimed it found Incognito Market’s alleged owner, Rui-Siang Lin, by tracking crypto from the dark web drug market to a crypto exchange account allegedly in his name
Humanity Protocol Teases Several Major Partnerships Following $1 Billion Valuation
20.5.2024
Humanity Protocol, the artificial intelligence startup pioneering new identity verification technology, is teasing “several major partnerships” ahead of its testnet launch. The news follows its $1 billion valuation last week that saw key investors such as Kingsway Capital and Animoca Brands...
TON cryptocurrency NOTcoin Bottoms Around $0.0054 As Miners Book Profits, Whales Circle
20.5.2024
TON cryptocurrency NOTcoin, the brainchild of co-creator Sasha Plotvinov, launched on major centralized exchanges on 16 May last week to much fanfare – where is the coin price headed next?
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Billionaire Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Holds $7 Million in Notcoin, Pledges to Hold Until 100x
18.5.2024
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has received a generous donation from over half a million players of the viral Telegram-based clicker game called Notcoin.
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Tornado Cash founder sent to prison, DeFi’s EU struggles: Finance Redefined
17.5.2024
The Tornado Cash developer has been detained in the Netherlands since August 2022 after the United States government blacklisted Tornado Cash
Solana's SOL Could Hit $200 By Month End, Hedge Fund Founder Says
17.5.2024
The fifth-largest cryptocurrency is benefitting from multiple catalysts, including bustling meme coin and DeFi activity, upcoming network upgrade and increasing interest in restaking arriving to the ecosystem
Dogecoin Creator Expresses Pessimistic Stance on Spot Ether ETF Approval
16.5.2024
Billy Markus, the co-founder of Dogecoin, has expressed his scepticism regarding the approval of spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs), although the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not yet made a decision on the matter.
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Vijay Chetty Steps Up as CEO of Eclipse Labs After Founder Neel Somani’s Departure Over Allegations
16.5.2024
Vijay Chetty, the newly appointed CEO of Eclipse Labs, has announced his commitment to leading the company’s mission of bridging the gap between Ethereum and Solana with a high-performance and trust-minimized blockchain. Formerly the Chief Growth Officer, Chetty brings firsthand experience...
Eclipse Appoints New CEO as Neel Somani Faces Sexual Misconduct Accusations
16.5.2024
Eclipse Labs founder and CEO Neel Somani has officially stepped down and been replaced by Vijay Chetty “effective immediately” following allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Eclipse founder Neel Somani replaced as CEO amid sexual misconduct claims
16.5.2024
Eclipse’s chief growth officer Vijay Chetty was named CEO “effectively immediately” with the firm announcing that Neel Somani was departing
EOS Network Foundation Founder: Bitcoin Halving Spurs Development of Solutions Enhancing Network Efficiency
16.5.2024
With Bitcoin transaction fees recently becoming a more critical component of miner revenue, Yves La Rose, CEO of Exsat, believes there is “an increased incentive to adopt and develop solutions that enhance transaction throughput and network efficiency.” According to La Rose, this...