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Zerebro founder Jeffy Yu faked his suicide â found alive in flip-flops

Zerebro co-founder Jeffy Yu has been found alive after staging his suicide to promote the launch of his $LLJEFFY memecoin.
BREAKING: Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky receives 12-year sentence

Mashinskyâs lawyers argued that a 15-year sentence would be âtoo much,â and that his deeds arenât comparable to other scams like OneCoin.
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-SafeMoon CTO admits rug pull, details insider exemptions

According to former SafeMoon CTO Thomas âPapaâ Smith, âAs soon as I start asking you to trust me, you shouldnât.â
The fine print on the crypto âreservesâ of New Hampshire and Arizona

Two state governors signed crypto reserve funds into law. However, the fine print is significantly different from the headlines about them.
USD1 is a top stablecoin with no attestation and no transparency

Donald Trump-endorsed USD1 stablecoin has grown to over $2 billion in market capitalization but provides no transparency.
Cobie says UpOnly will return if someone buys this $20M NFT

The NFTâs fine print doesnât include any sponsorship rights, and Cobie warns, âWe are allowed to call you idiots for buying it.â
Careful when signing messages in Ethereum Pectra

Security researchers flagged Ethereumâs Pectra update for heightened risk of theft from malicious smart contracts.
CZ called pardon reports false, now heâs applying for one

According to CZ, he only applied for a pardon two weeks ago, after Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal wrote about a potential deal.
Bitcoin nodes protesting OP_RETURN change hit all-time high

Knots, an alternative client for Bitcoin full nodes, has grown in popularity as Core developers appease corporate interests in OP_RETURN.
John Karony trial starts with a confused witness and SafeMoon merch

The trial of former SafeMoon CEO John Karony saw testimony from a victim who lost $20K and a SafeMoon die-hard in a branded hoodie.
Samson Mow claims Peter Todd was âpaidâ for OP_RETURN PR

Samson Mow has accused someone of paying a senior Bitcoin developer to push through a controversial change to Bitcoin Coreâs OP_RETURN.
Ripple to stop XRP reports after SEC âused transparency against itâ

Ripple claims its reports have not had the intended effect and that they were used against the company by former SEC leadership.
CZ called a âliarâ over Binance insider trading accusation

Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao has been branded âproblematicâ after he was accused of spreading lies about Boop Fun founder Dingaling.
Zerebroâs âdeadâ founder Jeffy Yu is still dumping tokens

According to X user RepeatAfterVee, Jeffy Yuâs address is still âdumping $ZEREBRO, then sending USDC to the HTX exchange.â
Bitcoin devs in OP_RETURN war motivated by âharm reductionâ

Bitcoin developersâ war over the data storage limits of OP_RETURN was about UTXO bloat and harm reduction, according to one side.
El Salvador prepares to arrest El Faro journalists, report

El Faroâs editor-in-chief and director have claimed that the Salvadoran Attorney General has prepared arrest warrants for journalists.
The corporate interests taking over Bitcoin development

Disagreement over a seemingly minor change to OP_RETURN unearthed hidden corporate interests influencing Bitcoin development.
Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base are fighting over $52 billion DeFi pie

Ethereum layer 2s are battling for dominance of a market they believe could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Craig Wright website still shows Satoshi notice despite court order expiring

Craig Wright seems to have forgotten to take down the Satoshi notice, which only needed to be displayed until January this year.
Sam Altmanâs World got its eyeball count wrong by 14 million

World appears to have mixed up the number of IDs issued via eyeball scanning with the number of users that are signed up to its app
Cash is 0.04% of Tetherâs assets

Tetherâs most recent attestation claims approximately $120 billion in exposure to US Treasuries, but a paltry $64 million in cash.
Moderators censor Bitcoin devs as OP_RETURN war rages on

Bitcoin Core moderators are using GitHub repository controls to mute and ban contributors to a viral debate about OP_RETURN data storage.
Max Keiser thinks bitcoin will stop Israel displacing Palestinians

Bitcoin maximalist Max Keiser claims BTC can âorange pillâ Israeli settlers and deter them from chasing Palestinians out of the West Bank.
MicroStrategy wannabes and the return of mNAV mania

Crypto traders invented the term âmNAV,â a simplistic ratio to explain how much they overpay for crypto holdings. It can exceed 8X.
Circle wants its USDC payments network to be the Ripple killer

Crypto exchanges report around $55M in RLUSD volume over the last 24 hours â 99.4% less than Circleâs $9.8B for its much larger USDC.
DOGE aide in charge of layoffs could be breaking law by holding BTC, report

The DOGE aide and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official is reportedly involved in layoffs that may boost his BTC and Tesla holdings.
FixTheFilters: Bitcoin arguments go viral over relaxing Core data storage

Bitcoin developers are arguing furiously about setting standards for the use of OP_Return for non-financial data storage.
The Ethereum Foundation wonât disclose Vitalik Buterinâs voting power

Although the Ethereum Foundation emphasizes its board of directors and shared oversight, Vitalik Buterinâs voting power remains a mystery.
Ledger scammers are sending letters to steal your recovery phase

The letter claims to be from Ledgerâs security team and asks users to give their recovery phrase in response to a âcritical security update.â
What has Trump done for crypto in his first 100 days?

Donald Trump has embraced crypto during his first 100 days, but has that embrace benefited or hindered the industry?
Every country that has failed to make bitcoin legal tender

Nation-state BTC adoption efforts have entirely failed to convince countries to adopt the worldâs foremost crypto as legal tender.
Tornado Cash is safe from US sanctions, says court

The Texas court rejected the Treasuryâs arguments and ruled that it can longer sanction the crypto mixer accused of laundering Lazarus funds.
Trumpâs personal lawyer Jim Trusty pivots to crypto lobbying

Jim Trusty stopped representing Trump years ago and has now launched a consultancy firm covering crypto, prediction markets, and drones.
Bankera founders blew ICO funds on luxury real estate, report

Bankeraâs founders raised âŹ100M from more than 100,000 investors during a 2017 ICO, promising to create âa bank for the blockchain era.â
Polymarket: Odds of India invading Pakistan rose to 41%

The odds of India invading Pakistan hit 41% on crypto prediction market Polymarket today, as officials warned an invasion was âimminent.â
Bitcoin devs continue fight over âarbitraryâ data storage

Non-financial data like media inscriptions continues to fill up Bitcoinâs blockchain, and the debate about how to address it continues.
Craig Wright has pivoted to farming

Self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright is now apparently into pumpkin farming, but has already been accused of âfarming fraud.â
Dave Portnoyâs pathetic memecoin picks are down at least 97%

Crypto influencer Dave Portnoy is responsible for at least five memecoins that have crashed 97% from their highs.
Jerome Powell defies Trump, keeps crypto restrictions at Fed

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has reduced US banking restrictions on crypto activities, but critics say he hasnât done enough.
Chairman of Swiss National Bank hasnât budged on bitcoin

Switzerlandâs national bank chairman argued against the country holding BTC as part of its national reserve, resisting BTC advocates.