The hacker who helped breach the SEC’s account on X last year spent the following weeks trying to cover up evidence while searching on the internet for how to tell if the FBI was coming after him.
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Anchorage Digital buys Mountain Protocol, USDM stablecoin winds down Crypto financial services firm Anchorage Digital has bolstered its stablecoin offerings with the acquisition of stablecoin issuer firm Mountain Protocol.
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Coinbase to become the first crypto firm to join the S&P 500 Crypto exchange Coinbase will soon be indirectly added to millions of investment portfolios as it is set to join the S&P 500 index on May 19.
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DeFi lending TVL is outpacing DEXs due to more sustainable yield — VC The total value locked in DeFi lending protocols has risen to new heights this bull cycle while DEXs have lagged in comparison. A crypto VC explains why.
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Ledger secures Discord after hacker bot tried to steal seed phrases An unknown attacker hacked into a moderator’s account and used a bot to share phishing links and steal user funds.
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Coinbase considered Saylor-like Bitcoin strategy before opting out: Bloomberg Coinbase reportedly considered adopting a Michael Saylor–style Bitcoin investment strategy on multiple occasions since it launched in 2012, but opted out each time.
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Ex-UFC champ Conor McGregor touts Irish Bitcoin reserve in presidential bid Former UFC champ Conor McGregor, now a presidential hopeful in Ireland, has proposed creating a national Bitcoin reserve as part of his campaign.
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Zerebro dev is reportedly alive and at parents’ house: Report Jeffy Yu, the Zerebro developer who livestreamed his apparent suicide, has been spotted alive by a San Francisco Standard news reporter.
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Coinbase revenue falls 10% in Q1, missing industry estimates Coinbase’s total revenue fell to $2 billion in Q1 as trading volumes across the market slowed, with net income falling dramatically as crypto prices slumped.
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Texas House committee passes Bitcoin reserve bill for full floor vote A Bitcoin reserve bill passed by the Texas Senate has made progress in the House, advancing out of committee to head to the floor.
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Arizona governor signs law for state to keep unclaimed crypto Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed a law allowing the state to claim ownership of digital assets that have been abandoned for at least three years.
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Binance founder CZ Zhao asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction Changpeng Zhao has confirmed that he sought a pardon from Donald Trump for his money laundering conviction, reversing his earlier denial of reports that he had made the request.
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South Korea presidential front-runner pledges to approve Bitcoin ETFs Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung has vowed to make Korea more crypto-friendly and allow spot crypto ETFs if elected next month.
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Zerebro dev’s death in question as ‘proof’ surfaces on X Reports that Zerebro dev Jeffy Yu committed suicide during a livestream have been called into question after several pieces of evidence suggesting otherwise.
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Bitwise throws spot NEAR ETF in race for SEC approval Crypto asset manager Bitwise has thrown NEAR into the crypto ETF ring following an S-1 filing with the SEC.
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Suspect in $190M Nomad hack to be extradited to the US: Report An Israeli-Russian citizen alleged to be behind the $190 million Nomad bridge hack is reportedly being extradited to the US to face possible money laundering charges.
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New crypto bill draft seen to curb big crypto firm influence The latest crypto markets draft bill could democratize crypto participation due to a rule that would require crypto project members to disclose crypto token holdings above 1% of total supply.
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Bitcoin pioneer and felon says he’s ‘vibe coding’ to restart the BTC faucet A co-founder of one of the first Bitcoin exchanges has launched a website aimed at bringing back Bitcoin faucets, where users can earn Bitcoin by solving “CAPTCHA” tasks.
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Solana devs fix bug that allowed unlimited minting of certain tokens Solana devs and validators have worked together to patch up a critical security issue, but this speedy fix didn’t come without criticism over the network’s centralization.
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US Treasury wants to cut off Huione over ties to crypto crime The US Treasury has proposed cutting the Huione Group's access to the US banking system, accusing it of being involved in laundering crypto.
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Kraken finalizes NinjaTrader buy as Q1 revenue jumps 19% Kraken said its acquisition of NinjaTrader is complete, enabling traditional derivatives trading for US customers as the exchange’s revenue rose to $471.7 million in the first quarter.
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Bitcoin DeFi will have 300M users, beating Ethereum and Solana: Exec Alexei Zamyatin says the race is on to win the market share of DeFi services on Bitcoin, and the blockchain’s 300 million users could outgrow Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem.
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Robinhood beats Q1 estimates despite revenue, crypto trading dip Robinhood beat Wall Street estimates even as its first-quarter crypto revenues fell 30% over the quarter, contributing to an overall revenue drop.
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BlackRock files to create digital shares tracking one of its money market funds BlackRock has filed to list digital shares to track a $150 million money market fund, potentially via blockchain technology.
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Ledger scammers are sending letters to steal seed phrases Scammers have mailed letters to Ledger users posing as the company, asking for secret recovery phrases to crypto wallets in an attempt to take control of the device.
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Trump Media considers crypto token and wallet for streaming arm Trump Media is considering launching a crypto token and wallet for subscription payments on its streaming platform, Truth+.
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Bankera founders used ICO funds on global property buys: Report The OCCRP reports Bankera’s founders channeled around half of the $114 million the firm raised in its 2018 ICO to a Vanuatu bank to buy real estate in France and Lithuania.
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Ray Dalio says global monetary order ‘on the brink’ of breakdown Billionaire Ray Dalio says Donald Trump’s tariffs fuel deglobalization and unsustainable trade imbalances, which could lead to a breakdown in the global monetary order.
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Ethereum Foundation shuffles leadership, splits board and management The Ethereum Foundation has clarified the roles of its board and management as it looks to strengthen the ecosystem’s amid Ether’s price rout.
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Trump-backed World Liberty Financial partners with Pakistan Crypto Council The Trump-backed World Liberty Financial has signed a letter of intent to assist Pakistan with DeFi, stablecoin and real-world asset tokenization innovation in the country.