Month: October 2024

Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

The Spectre of Sam Bankman-Fried Overshadowed Caroline Ellison’s Sentencing

Caroline Ellison, flanked by her attorneys, was sentenced to two years in prison and three…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Bitwise Takes a Step Toward XRP ETF

Crypto native asset manager Bitwise is moving toward creating an exchange-traded fund tracking XRP, the…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Tether’s USDT Has Uses Beyond Crypto Markets, Trading: CEO Paolo Ardoino

Ardoino says there’s more of a need for stablecoins outside the U.S., especially in countries…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Diddy Hires Sam Bankman-Fried’s (New) Lawyer

Sean “Diddy” Combs has hired Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, Alexandra Shapiro, to appeal a New York…

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Technology

Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

Exclusive: privacy and rights groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Robinhood Introduces Crypto Transfers in Europe as It Doubles Down on Expansion

Robinhood customers in the European Union can now transfer more than 20 cryptocurrencies, including include…

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Cryptocurrency, Memecoins

Crypto Winter-Era Seed Startups Mostly Persist Despite Tumult and Crisis

But fundraising difficulties and product-market-fit issues may imperil their future, according to a report from…

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Technology

Martin Lewis says energy price cap is a ‘pants cap’

Consumer champion urges people to head to a price comparison website to find a cheaper…

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Bitcoin Slides Below $63K, Diverging from Gold as Middle East Tensions Flare Up

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also fell on a report that Iran was preparing…

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Technology

Dump, post, repeat: how Instagram became a social media junkyard

Our photo dumps used to be an aesthetic disruption. Now we’re just bending to the…

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