Lunar colony ‘unlikely’ by 2030, but that’s not the point — MoonDAOCo-founder Pablo Moncada said the ambitious goal is lofty for a reason, and that his DAO could eventually become a solution to the “walled-off” landscape of space exploration.Jan 23, 2024Tom Mitchelhill
US lawmakers press Meta over crypto and blockchain plansThe United States congresswoman wants to know what Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning to do with its five crypto-related trademark filings lodged with the USPTO.Jan 23, 2024Jesse Coghlan
SEC blames ‘SIM swap’ attack for hacked X account prior to official Bitcoin ETF approvalThe SEC had multifactor authentication enabled six months prior to the hack, but it was disabled by X Support following a request by an SEC staff member, the securities regulator revealed.Jan 22, 2024Brayden Lindrea
3 bull market narratives for 2024 that you haven’t heard about yetLayer-3s, superchains, appchains and chain development kits (CDKs) are just some of the developments in blockchain primed to take off in the year ahead.Jan 22, 2024Lugui Tillier
Binance and SEC lawyers present arguments on crypto as a security: ReportJudge Amy Berman Jackson said she would take a joint motion from Binance and Binance.US to dismiss under advisement following arguments on whether certain tokens were securities.Jan 22, 2024Turner Wright
New malware uses pirated apps on MacOS to highjack crypto walletsBasic honesty and caution could foil an “ingenious” malware campaign being launched with pirated apps, Kaspersky Labs says.Jan 22, 2024Derek Andersen
Bitcoin price falls to 6-week low under $40K — What’s next for BTC? Bitcoin price abruptly dropped under $40,000. Cointelegraph explains what is behind the price drop.Jan 22, 2024Nancy Lubale
FTX estate sold most of its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares: Report The FTX estate held 22.28 million shares of GBTC but sold more than two-thirds of them at the start of spot ETF trading.Jan 22, 2024Tom Blackstone
Tornado Cash co-founder promises ‘strong defense’ at US criminal trialAccording to Roman Storm, his criminal case over the use of Tornado Cash will “set major precedent for years to come.”Jan 22, 2024Turner Wright
Pro-crypto US presidential candidates quit, Trump to ‘never allow’ CBDC: Law DecodedVivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis quit the U.S. presidential race, while Donald Trump promised to “never allow” a CBDC in the country.Jan 22, 2024David Attlee
Quantum computing’s ChatGPT moment could be right around the cornerWe could have machines capable of breaking RSA encryption by 2030, but quantum sensing and other beneficial applications should arrive first.Jan 22, 2024Tristan Greene
Alameda Research drops suit against Grayscale as GBTC sees outflowsThe FTX hedge fund accused Grayscale of a “self-imposed redemption ban,” but funds are leaving quite actively now.Jan 22, 2024Derek Andersen
X adds Community Note to Sen. Warren’s claims on dodging sanctions with crypto“Fiat is the preferred currency for financial crimes,” said a Community Note providing context to Elizabeth Warren’s Jan. 21 tweet on crypto and sanctions.Jan 22, 2024Turner Wright
MIT/IBM study reveals humans are still more ‘economically attractive’ workers than AI While the review wasn’t comprehensive, its findings indicate the transition from human employees to AI workers won’t be as swift as many pundits have predicted.Jan 22, 2024Tristan Greene
Crypto fund outflows reach $24.7M as GBTC selling impacts Bitcoin price CoinShares’ report noted that Bitcoin outflows rose last week, while trading volume for spot BTC ETFs totaled $11.8 billion.Jan 22, 2024Nancy Lubale
US, UK and Australia step up sanctions on Hamas-linked crypto facilitators No specific crypto addresses were listed in the sanctions, which included members of the Shamlakh family and the Herzallah Exchange.Jan 22, 2024Turner Wright
Concentric liquidity manager exploited for $1.8M in private key hackAn attacker used a “social engineering attack” to compromise the protocol’s deployer private key, which was then used to mint tokens and burn them drain funds.Jan 22, 2024Tom Blackstone
Bitcoin devs can undo 21M supply cap but can’t force changes — AnalystBitcoin developers can potentially remove Bitcoin’s 21-million supply limit, but miners are unlikely to accept such a change.Jan 22, 2024Helen Partz
OSL Exchange CEO discusses expansion plans after historical year in Hong KongThe exchange received regulatory approval to offer crypto trading to Hong Kong retail investors last August.Jan 22, 2024Zhiyuan Sun
Crypto community speculates about Bitcoin transfer to Satoshi’s genesis blockWhy send 26.9 Bitcoin to Satoshi Nakamoto’s inactive wallet? Cointelegraph gathered the most outlandish theories and asked crypto industry leaders for their craziest hypotheses.Jan 22, 2024Daniel Ramirez-Escudero
Global crypto user base surpassed half a billion in 2023 — Crypto.com report A research report from Crypto.com estimates the number of worldwide cryptocurrency users surged to 580 million people in 2023.Jan 22, 2024Gareth Jenkinson
Crypto lost in BNB Chain heists down by 85% in 2023: ReportCrypto asset losses from the network went from $1.1 billion in 2022 to around $161 million in 2023.Jan 22, 2024Ezra Reguerra
Are BTC longs waiting for sub-$40K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this weekBitcoin hodlers have been busy derisking — even before the ETF launch — and the BTC price desperately needs a liquidity boost.Jan 22, 2024William Suberg
JPMorgan CEO’s dig on Bitcoin and Satoshi spark BTC hodl rumors on RedditJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent attack on the Bitcoin ecosystem made Redditors believe that it may be a calculated move to drive the price down to accumulate more BTC for himself.Jan 22, 2024Ezra Reguerra
US GAO performed ‘0 analysis’ for crypto report on evading sanctions — Coinbase execSenator Elizabeth Warren used the U.S. Governmental Accountability Office report to show crypto in a negative light despite the report’s content offering a contrasting view.Jan 22, 2024Prashant Jha
Ethereum devs expect 10x lower rollup costs as Dencun upgrade hits testnetsEthereum layer-2 rollups stand to benefit significantly from the systematic Dencun upgrade, which hit the Goerli testnet in January 2024.Jan 22, 2024Gareth Jenkinson
Dogecoin hits 7-day high as ‘XPayments’ account gains 100K followers in a dayTraders have again raised hopes over Dogecoin after a newly created payments-focused account for the platform quickly gained traction.Jan 22, 2024Jesse Coghlan
How scammers used FOMO and misleading code to rug 42K victims — BlockfenceEven some of the industry’s “rug pull detectors” didn’t pick up on the sophisticated rug pull schemes, according to the blockchain security firm.Jan 22, 2024Brayden Lindrea
Two presidential longshots are left waving the crypto flag, plus a wildcardWithin a week, the crypto industry lost two pro-crypto presidential hopefuls, though there’s some hope Donald Trump could be a secret wildcard for crypto.Jan 22, 2024Jesse Coghlan
Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionThe firm claims to have between $100 million and $500 million in estimated assets and liabilities.Jan 22, 2024Tom Mitchelhill