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When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, many investors dismissed the currency as a fringe concept and even as a scam. (Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s former right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway,…
Read article →Illegal activity in the crypto sector is nothing new but, in recent months, it is nation-states that account for a growing share of it. In the last year, there has…
Read article →The year 2025 proved to be the most consequential in the history of the crypto industry. After years of fighting for its survival in the face of hacks and growing…
Read article →Following the United States’ capture of Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, a report came out claiming that Venezuela had $60 billion stored in Bitcoin—leading to speculation that the U.S. could…
Read article →The alarm jolted Jeff Yan awake at around 5:00 a.m. It was a ringtone designed to—among other scenarios—blare out when something abnormal occurs on Hyperliquid, the decentralized crypto exchange he…
Read article →On Jan. 3, soon after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro at his compound in Caracas, the political researcher Tyson Brody noticed strange activity on Polymarket. Brody is one…
Read article →During his final days in office, embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams teased his future after politics, pledging to use cryptocurrency to “go after violence, educate our children, and…
Read article →The blockchain developer Polygon Labs has closed deals to buy the crypto startups Coinme and Sequence. The total purchase price for the two startups was for more than $250 million,…
Read article →On Monday night, hours after announcing his “NYC Token” at a press conference in Times Square, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched his cryptocurrency. The purpose of the…
Read article →Trading platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood are rushing to offer all things to all customers—from stocks to crypto to prediction markets. This has created an opportunity for Alpaca, which provides…
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