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Solana memecoin hype continues, Backpack’s beta phase was a success and Starbucks axes its NFT program

Jacquelyn Melinek

Mar 21, 2024 24 Min

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Crypto

Bitcoin hits new high, Solana price jumps as memecoins mania rises and Worldcoin faces heat in Spain

Jacquelyn Melinek

Mar 14, 2024 35 Min

Crypto

Bitcoin hits highs, Binance launches a crypto perfume and Coachella partners with OpenSea

Jacquelyn Melinek

Mar 7, 2024 40 Min

Crypto

Bitcoin jumped and Coinbase’s app crashed, while Aptos eyes Hong Kong and Telegram rolls out rewards with TON

Jacquelyn Melinek

Feb 29, 2024 37 Min

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Crypto VC exits were low in Q4 2023, Phantom MAU’s reach new highs and spot bitcoin ETF volumes are still rising

Jacquelyn Melinek

Feb 15, 2024 48 Min

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Crypto

Farcaster hype grows, Bluesky opens to the public and SEC’s Hester Peirce is open to new token proposals

Jacquelyn Melinek

Feb 8, 2024 32 Min

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Crypto

Tether had ‘record-breaking’ net profits in Q4, Polygon Labs does layoffs and hackers steal $112M of XRP

Jacquelyn Melinek

Feb 1, 2024 44 Min

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Crypto

Bitcoin and Ethereum decline on the week, Worldcoin to launch a new Orb and Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jan 25, 2024 27 Min

Crypto

Bitcoin spot ETF volume rose, Coinbase went to court, Solana Mobile announces new device and Google cuts crypto apps in India

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jan 18, 2024 23 Min

Crypto

US spot bitcoin ETFs begin trading, Circle files for IPO and India continues crypto pullback

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jan 11, 2024 20 Min

Crypto

Talks of bitcoin spot ETF approval circulate as India blocks exchange sites and crypto is seeing more optimism

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jan 4, 2024 22 Min

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Crypto

Dog-themed memecoins are pawing their way back into investors’ hearts

Jacquelyn Melinek

Dec 21, 2023 28 Min

Crypto

Crypto hacks and chaos aren’t halting this holiday season

Jacquelyn Melinek

Dec 14, 2023 23 Min

Crypto

Bitcoin continues climbing, Block releases hardware wallet, Robinhood expands to EU and VCs may see some relief soon

Jacquelyn Melinek

Dec 7, 2023 33 Min

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Crypto

Crypto saw lots of chaos, charges and price changes in November

Jacquelyn Melinek

Nov 30, 2023 37 Min

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, arrives at Manhattan Federal Court

Crypto

FTX trial stirs up more chaos as ex Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison testifies on faulty balance sheets, bribes and more

Jacquelyn Melinek

Oct 12, 2023 16 Min

Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing about "Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation," on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Crypto

Following the SBF trial, 3AC arrest and Q3 web3 funding drops

Jacquelyn Melinek

Oct 5, 2023 34 Min

Crypto

Mixin hacked for $200M, Worldcoin eyes greater expansion and Haun Ventures’ execs talk crypto regulation

Jacquelyn Melinek

Sep 28, 2023 19 Min

Crypto

Circle expands Asia focus, Mila Kunis and Stoner Cats face SEC, Telegram adds crypto wallet and more

Jacquelyn Melinek

Sep 14, 2023 38 Min

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Crypto

Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 24, 2023 21 Min

Crypto

Bitcoin spot ETFs heat up, SBF’s bail revoked and web3 gaming adoption grows in Asia

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 17, 2023 24 Min

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Crypto

Monthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in July

Jacquelyn Melinek

Aug 3, 2023 17 Min

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Crypto

Boys Club co-founders want crypto skeptics to see it as a tool, ‘not just a vehicle for finance or investments’

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 28, 2023 33 Min

Kenya suspends Sam Altman Worldcoin activities

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Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not?

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 27, 2023 33 Min

Crypto

Here’s an EthCC recap for those who couldn’t make it to Paris this year

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 20, 2023 25 Min

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Celsius Network and its former CEO are probably not having a good day

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 13, 2023 25 Min

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Crypto

Maybe the second half of 2023 will have greater capital flowing into crypto, but maybe not

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 6, 2023 25 Min

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Crypto

Magic Eden CEO talks multichain expansion and what’s next for the NFT platform

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jun 30, 2023 25 Min

secondaries, startups, opaque deal market

Crypto

Say goodbye to Q2 and the crypto hacks, scams and rug pulls that came with it

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jun 29, 2023 25 Min

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a crypto whale

Jacquelyn Melinek

Jun 15, 2023 27 Min

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