December 5, 2025

Julia Parr

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Chinese influencer, “Sister Orange,” arrested for pig butchering

A Chinese internet influencer who went by “Sister Orange” has been arrested and charged with human trafficking and fraud. Source link

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Coinbase rolls out Ethereum-backed loans for users to borrow USDC without selling

Ether holders on the exchange can borrow up to $1M in USDC using ETH as collateral. That ensures access to liquidity/cash without selling

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Coinbase seemingly vanishes prediction market pages after leak

Jane Manchun Wong added Coinbase to their list of tech firm leaks after exposing features from the likes of Tinder, Instagram, and Facebook.

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Is Aave’s ‘Balance Protection’ backed by Relm — an FTX insurer?

The DeFi community has voiced concerns around who and what is covered by Aave’s million-dollar “Balance Protection” for app users. Source link

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Is XRP overvalued? Critics flag $149 in daily network revenue

Despite $127B in market cap, XRP burned as fees to transact on the blockchain rarely exceed a couple of thousand dollars a day.

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Justin Sun’s graveyard of abandoned crypto projects

Justin Sun has launched and endorsed a huge number of cryptocurrency projects, and many have since been abandoned. Source link

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China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death

China has sentenced nearly 20 people, including members of prominent mafia families, to death over pig butchering scams in recent months. Source link

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LLM crypto trading contest finds LLMs can’t trade crypto

Four out of the six large language models in the Alpha Arena crypto trading competition finished in the red. Source link

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Strategy needs to pay $689M a year to not sell bitcoin

Strategy has to pay $689M to not sell any of its BTC, and those costs have increased every quarter since 2021. Source link

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Richard Heart allegedly funnels $500M in ETH through Tornado Cash

It’s alleged that wallets benefiting from the launch of Heart’s HEX, Pulsechain, and/or PulseX are mixing over $500M dollars worth of ETH. Source

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