Apple secures rights to book on Sam Bankman-Fried for $5M: Report
The book on the former FTX CEO by ‘Big Short’ author Michael Lewis is scheduled to be released on Oct....
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CFTC fines Mirror Trading $1.7B for Bitcoin-related forex fraud
The CFTC has brought or resolved ten fraud cases involving digital assets or forex since June 2023, Commissioner Kristin Johnson...
AI usage on social media has potential to impact voter sentiment
The U.S. presidential election is nearing and with it comes the employment of technologies like AI on social media platforms...
Big Questions: What’s with all the crypto deaths?
Stuffed down toilets, dismembered in suitcases — crypto has been the common denominator for several gruesome murders and mysterious deaths...
NFT startup Rario loses founders after $120M funding last year: Report
As part of the reported restructuring efforts at Rario, a number of roles are also being eliminated, according to the...
Saudi Arabia looks to blockchain gaming and Web3 to diversify economy
The kingdom is currently diversifying its economy away from oil and turning to new opportunities, such as gaming and Web3....
Coinbase Advanced’s Moheeth Alvi sees pro traders as next wave of crypto users
Alvi says the company is focused on bringing the next billion users to crypto, and attracting pro traders is a...
Bitcoin liquidates $23M in shorts as BTC price tags new September high
Bitcoin speculators get burned as BTC price action delivers an overnight spike, only to reverse direction and give back all...
ChatGPT web traffic drops for third consecutive month in August
Web traffic from users worldwide for OpenAI’s ChatGPT declined during the summer months, which could be linked to university-aged users...
DeFi enforcement sparks dissenting opinion from CFTC commissioner
The commissioner advocates public and stakeholder engagement through rulemaking, not just enforcement. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, Commissioner Summer...
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex CEO gets 11,000-year sentence for $2B scam: Report
The Thodex founder fled the country in 2021 only to be detained in Albania in Aug. 2022 and extradited to...
Bitcoin all-time high in 2025? BTC price idea reveals ‘bull run launch’
Bitcoin hodlers need to look at November 2024 for clues as to when BTC price will aim for the moon...
Ant Group launches new blockchain brand for Web3 developers
The new entity, ZAN, will help the parent company shake off its affiliations with Web3 and proceed to the IPO....
Tencent’s AI leviathan, $83M scam busted, China’s influencer ban: Asia Express
Tencent builds the largest AI LLM model ever, South Korean authorities bust $83M crypto scam. Our weekly roundup of news...
Blockchain could have prevented Nigeria’s naira scarcity — Local experts
According to Christopher Eniayemo, the decision to print new naira notes could have occurred via DeFi, involving Nigerians and aiding...
