Mt. Gox Repayment Coming in ‘Due Course’ as Bitcoin Dump Fears Spook Market
Mt. Gox, a popular Bitcoin exchange that was forced to shutdown eight years ago after a crippling hack, has announced...
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MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor Sued for Tax Fraud by DC Attorney General
Washington, DC, Attorney General Karl Racine today announced that he is filing civil charges against cloud computing software company MicroStrategy...
What Is ‘The Merge’? Ethereum’s Move to Proof of Stake
Ethereum is about to transition from a power-hungry, proof-of-work system to an environmentally friendly proof-of-stake system. This switch is known...
GammaX Raises $4M to Launch Crypto Derivatives Exchange on Ethereum Layer-2 Solution
GammaX, a Singapore-based company building a new high-performance hybrid crypto derivatives exchange, announced the closure of a $4 million seed...
This Week on Crypto Twitter: Did Israeli Regulators Know How Insolvent Celsius Was? And Did Bitboy Really Let Atozy Off the Hook?
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt It was an underwhelming week; the prices of all leading cryptocurrencies went down over...
After $177 Billion in Investment, Why Do Metaverse Graphics Still Suck?
It’s approaching 20 years since the release of Second Life, an early stab at an immersive multiplayer universe from Linden...
Bitcoin Tanks After Powell Says Fed May Keep Raising Interest Rates
The price of Bitcoin took a hit this morning, falling near $20,000, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the...
Reddit Is Airdropping Free Polygon NFT Avatars to Its Most Hardcore Users
In brief Online discussion community Reddit is airdropping free NFTs to some of its top users. Reddit launched the Polygon-based...
gm: Decentralized Pictures CEO on How Web3 Can Change Hollywood
gm: Decentralized Pictures CEO on How Web3 Can Change HollywoodDecentralized Pictures, the nonprofit co-founded by Roman Coppola, is enabling on-chain...
Coinbase Hit With $5M Lawsuit Over Exchange Crashes, Alleged Securities Violations
A Coinbase customer is suing the San Francisco-based exchange for $5 million for failing to properly secure customers’ accounts and...
Invesco Rolls Out New $30 Million Metaverse Fund
Global asset management firm Invesco has launched an investment fund focused on all things Metaverse. The Invesco Metaverse Fund is...
Meet the Sleuthing Firm Helping DeFi Projects Stay Compliant With Tornado Cash Sanctions
Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) The entire crypto industry continues to collectively unpack the ramifications...
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin and Ethereum Drop By Double Digits
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. It was a very red week for crypto, with most...
ApeCoin, STEPN Drop 15% as Gaming, Metaverse Tokens Plunge
In brief Several gaming and metaverse tokens have posted double-digit declines today. ApeCoin (APE) and STEPN (GMT) have seen sizable...
CME Group to Add ETH Options Ahead of the Ethereum Merge
Chicago-based derivatives exchange CME Group plans to launch options on Ethereum futures next month—just days before the long-awaited “merge” upgrade...
Dutch Officials Say Tornado Cash’s Code Could Be Criminal
Dutch officials told the non-profit DeFi Education Fund that it "may be punishable" if a developer writes code “for the...
What Happened to Bitcoin’s Satoshi? New Token-Funded Film Aims to Find Out
In brief A new film about pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto will be crowdfunded through a token sale. The sale...
Galaxy Digital Pulls Plug on $1.2 Billion BitGo Acquisition
Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment firm run by billionaire Mike Novogratz, today announced it would terminate its proposed deal with...
War on Crypto! From Ethereum Mixers to Media Newsletters
On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department added Tornado Cash to its blacklist, banning American citizens from using the crypto mixing...
This Week in Coins: Ethereum and Avalanche Rally, Crypto Winter Still Not Over
This week in coins. Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. Despite the ongoing cypto bear market, many top cryptocurrencies posted...
gm: Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto Savior?
gm: Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto Savior?FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is the man of the moment in crypto as he has bailed...
Ethereum Merge May Be Coming Sooner Than Expected
Ethereum’s long-awaited upgrade—known as “the merge”—could happen sooner than expected, on September 15 or 16, according to a prominent member...
