Coin Desk
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Canada’s ‘Crypto King’ and Associate Arrested, Charged With Fraud in Alleged $30M Ponzi Scheme
Two Canadian men have been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly swindling investors out of $40 million CAD – approximately $30 million USD...
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Izzy Englander's Millennium, Paul Singer’s Elliott Among Bitcoin ETF Holders
After Tuesday’s surprising disclosure of a $161 million allocation from the State of WIsconsin, more investment whales turned out to have been part...
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The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer
In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class?...
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Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges
The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.
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Nasdaq, After Pivoting Crypto Ambitions to Tokenized T-bills, Sees Staffers Exit Amid Delays: Sources
After ending its crypto custody plan, Nasdaq pivoted to tokenized U.S. Treasuries, but progress was too sluggish for some now-former employees, a...
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Stablecoin Issuer Circle Files to Shift Legal Home to U.S. From Ireland Ahead of Planned IPO: Bloomberg
Circle recently filed court paperwork to make the move, according to a company spokesperson.
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Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism
Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were...
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Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Asks for Lenient 18 Months in Prison
Attorneys for former FTX executive Ryan Salame are asking for 18 months in prison, citing his cooperation with authorities and remorse.
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Irthu Suresh: Using Blockchain Tech to Reduce Water Shortages
The founder of the Atlantis water exchange is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.
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RWA Platform Re Debuts Tokenized Reinsurance Fund on Avalanche with $15M Commitment from Nexus Mutual
The aims to broaden access to the $1 trillion reinsurance industry, making it more efficient and transparent with blockchain technology.
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DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to...
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State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing...
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
Alexey Pertsev was found guilty of money laundering $1.2 billion worth of crypto.