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A North Korean agent applied for a job at a popular crypto firm: They tripped him up with a simple question about Halloween
NewsOctober 6, 20264 min read

A North Korean agent applied for a job at a popular crypto firm: They tripped him up with a simple question about Halloween

The hiring team at Kraken, a U.S.-based crypto exchange, noticed immediately that something was off about “Steven Smith,” a would-be IT worker who applied for a software engineering job in…

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Father of crypto-millionaire rescued after being held for ransom—and having his finger severed
NewsOctober 6, 20262 min read

Father of crypto-millionaire rescued after being held for ransom—and having his finger severed

The father of a crypto entrepreneur was rescued by French police on Saturday after being kidnapped late last week, according to Paris prosecutors, marking the latest in a string of…

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Trump meme coin’s creators have already made $320 million in fees as clock ticks toward presidential dinner with top holders
NewsOctober 6, 20266 min read

Trump meme coin’s creators have already made $320 million in fees as clock ticks toward presidential dinner with top holders

In the crypto world, meme coins are mostly just jokes with no intrinsic value. But the Trump family is parlaying the president’s meme coin into two valuable commodities: serious cash…

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Israel-based crypto trading platform eToro plans U.S. IPO that would value it at $4 billion
NewsOctober 6, 20262 min read

Israel-based crypto trading platform eToro plans U.S. IPO that would value it at $4 billion

EToro, the Israel-based investment trading platform, has resumed its plan to go public in the U.S. after the company halted the process earlier this year amid market volatility following President…

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How the Trump family is poised to profit from a $2 billion Middle East crypto deal that uses their stablecoin
NewsOctober 6, 20265 min read

How the Trump family is poised to profit from a $2 billion Middle East crypto deal that uses their stablecoin

President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto entanglements keep growing. The latest example came last week when Trump’s son Eric announced that the Emirati venture firm MGX will use stablecoins…

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Binance founder “CZ” seeks pardon from President Trump after 4-month stint in prison
NewsOctober 6, 20263 min read

Binance founder “CZ” seeks pardon from President Trump after 4-month stint in prison

Changpeng Zhao, founder and former CEO of crypto exchange Binance, is hoping to get a pardon from President Donald Trump after being released from prison late last year. Zhao, better…

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Bitcoin reclaims $100,000 as Trump announces trade deal with the U.K.
NewsOctober 6, 20263 min read

Bitcoin reclaims $100,000 as Trump announces trade deal with the U.K.

Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time since February on Thursday as President Donald Trump announced a trade agreement with the United Kingdom and plans to meet with Chinese president…

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Exclusive: Meta in talks to deploy stablecoins three years after giving up on landmark crypto project
NewsOctober 6, 20264 min read

Exclusive: Meta in talks to deploy stablecoins three years after giving up on landmark crypto project

In 2019, Meta announced an audacious project: a new cryptocurrency that could be used across Facebook, WhatsApp, and a host of other digital platforms. The company, though, pulled the plug…

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Coinbase says $2.9 billion Deribit deal will increase profits even as income drops in Q1
NewsOctober 6, 20263 min read

Coinbase says $2.9 billion Deribit deal will increase profits even as income drops in Q1

Coinbase just pulled off the biggest acquisition of a crypto firm in industry history. On Thursday, the U.S.’s largest crypto exchange announced that it would pay $2.9 billion for Deribit,…

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Celsius Network founder sentenced to 12 years in prison after prosecutor dubs him a predator who ‘preyed on hope’
NewsOctober 6, 20263 min read

Celsius Network founder sentenced to 12 years in prison after prosecutor dubs him a predator who ‘preyed on hope’

The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after a prosecutor labeled him a predator who “preyed on…

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Bitcoin billionaire Barry Silbert talks about his next big bet—on ‘decentralized AI’

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