Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly worried for his safety during his pre-trial detention time at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center and even considered paying another inmate for “protection,” according to a former inmate.  New York mob enforcer-turned-informant Gene Borrello told crypto blogger Tiffany Fong in a Nov. 30 interview that he …

CoinList founder Andy Bromberg believes that spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are just “watered down crypto” and a sign the industry is heading in the wrong direction, amid growing hype over potential ETF approvals in the United States. Bromberg — also CEO of payments-focused wallet app Beam — told …

A new artificial intelligence-backed scam is as multi-faceted and lengthy as it is unconvincing  — at least for would-be victims who dig below the surface. I recently received a threatening “DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice” email from an alleged law firm claiming that a Cointelegraph article had used a copyrighted stock image owned …

Crypto and stock investors have always found interesting and sometimes bizarre ways to “predict” the market’s ebbs and flows.  Some have suggested that our unconscious minds can predict the stock market through “precognitive dreaming,” while others have recently been turning to the advice of artificial intelligence chatbots. However, in Thailand, there appears …

A debate has reignited among Bitcoiners over a six-year-old Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) to add “sidechains” on top of the network, with some warning it could increase scams on the Bitcoin network and others saying it will bring new users of the cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, one developer claims to have found …

The future of blockchain will be an interoperable one — with the death of “chain tribalism,” the proliferation of “hundreds of chains” along with an end to cross-chain bridge hacks, according to executives at Korea Blockchain Week. Backing up the claims are several products slated for release before the end …

With as much as 130 million people introduced to cryptocurrencies since the end of 2021, millions of investors could soon be looking at their first crypto bull run, with some suggesting it could come as early as 2024. However, unlike the current bear market, a bull market is “unlike anything …

NFT trader’s $1.5M bot chess move YouTuber and nonfungible token (NFT) trader Hanwe Chang said he scored 800 Ether (ETH), around $1.5 million, by tricking a rival trader’s bot into buying his own inflated NFTs. In an Aug. 5 X (Twitter) post, Chang said he noticed a bot was copying his …

Yuga Labs accelerates Otherside pla Nonfungible token (NFT) conglomerate Yuga Labs has agreed to acquire the metaverse-building startup Roar Studios as Yuga looks to bolster its Otherside metaverse. Yuga tweeted the news on July 31 saying the impending acquisition was to “execute our expansive vision” for Otherside. An accompanying release …

This “Crypto City” guide looks at Sydney’s crypto culture, the city’s most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, what retailers accept crypto and where you can find blockchain education courses — along with a history of its crypto controversies. Jump to: Crypto culture, Projects and companies, Financial infrastructure, Where …

Cryptocurrency companies working a number of entities in several international locations needs to be overseen by one consolidated “home” regulator to cease them from taking part in “games” geared toward skirting regulators, the performing head of the USA banking regulator has opined. Michael Hsu, the Performing Head of the Comptroller …

Nonfungible token (NFT) conglomerate Yuga Labs is dealing with some criticism from the cryptocurrency group, together with the creator of Bitcoin Ordinals, over the way it plans to public sale its new Bitcoin NFT assortment.  On Mar. 5, Yuga opened bids for its “TwelveFold” assortment which can see 300 NFT-like …