CFTC Sues a DAO, Raising Legal Questions for DeFi Founders and Users
The regulatory crackdown on crypto continues.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday announced settled charges against the founders of bZeroX,...
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NFT Software Company Chain Inks Four-Year Deal With New England Patriots
Web3 software firm Chain has entered into a four-year marketing deal with Kraft Sports + Entertainment, a sporting subsidiary of...
Bitcoin Dips as Fed Again Raises Interest Rates to Combat Inflation
The price of Bitcoin dropped sharply following the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would hike interest rates by 75 basis...
Binance Expands Stablecoin BUSD to Polygon, Avalanche
Crypto exchange Binance has made its stablecoin, Binance USD (BUSD), available on Avalanche and Polygon. The token had so far...
Ethereum Name Service Regains Control of EthLink Domain in Lawsuit Against GoDaddy
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has regained control of the eth.link domain name after winning an injunction in its lawsuit...
Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon: I Am Not ‘On the Run’
Earlier this week, South Korean prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the disgraced co-founder of the Terra ecosystem...
What Are Meebits? Metaverse-Ready NFTs From the Creator of CryptoPunks
Launched in 2017, CryptoPunks were one of the earliest examples of an NFT crypto collectible; a series of 10,000 pixel-art...
Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Wants to Sell its $23M Stablecoin Holdings
In the latest chapter of Celsius’ ongoing liquidity crisis, which first became public when the lender froze customer withdrawals in...
Ethereum Energy Usage, Carbon Footprint Down 99.99% After Merge: Report
In brief Ethereum’s merge, which transitioned to an eco-friendly consensus model, was successfully completed overnight. A report from the Crypto...
Ethereum Classic Hash Rate Soars as Merge Nears and Miners Roam
As Ethereum’s long-awaited upgrade nears, miners appear to be switching their rigs over to Ethereum Classic. Ethereum is set to end...
Justin Trudeau Slams Conservative Rival’s ‘Irresponsible’ Bitcoin Views
Canada’s newly elected Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, is a Bitcoin enthusiast—and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not a fan.Speaking...
Leading Derivatives Exchange CME Group Launches Ethereum Options
CME Group, a leading derivatives exchange, has announced plans to roll out Ethereum options contracts.Options and futures are types of...
It’s Time to Separate NFTs From Digital Art
About the authorAbigail Carlson is a web3 marketing manager at ConsenSys Mesh. She previously held communications roles on a political...
Why DeFi Speculators Are Borrowing Ethereum as Merge Looms
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) With Ethereum’s merge event just days away, the entire industry...
Quentin Tarantino, Miramax Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs
In brief Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and movie studio Miramax have reached a settlement over Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” NFTs on Secret...
Investigators Recover $30M in Stolen Crypto From Axie Infinity Hack
In brief More than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Axie Infinity’s Ronin network has been recovered by investigators,...
gm: Bitcoiner Dan Held Talks Ethereum Merge, PoW vs PoS, and NFTs
gm: Bitcoiner Dan Held Talks Ethereum Merge, PoW vs PoS, and NFTsDan Held is an old-school Bitcoiner who has been...
21Shares Parent Company 21.co Raises $25M at $2 Billion Valuation
21.co, parent company of crypto investment firm 21Shares, has raised $25 million in a funding round led by London-based hedge...
Australian Federal Police Rolls Out Dedicated Crypto Unit
The Australian Federal Police has set up a dedicated unit for tracing and seizing cryptocurrency linked to criminal activity, operating...
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Avalanche Exposed by Self-Proclaimed Crypto Whistleblower, Ted Cruz Visits Crypto Mine
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Crypto prices this week were again underwhelming across the board. Despite signs of growing...
Forget About DeFi Summer: NFT Autumn is Arriving
While we’ve all heard the well-trod mantra that “bear markets are for builders,” until very recently, it felt like hardly...
How ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Co-Writer Roman Coppola Got into Bitcoin
The nonprofit Decentralized Pictures is looking to change the face of the film industry using Web3 technology—but its founders’ journey...
