April 24, 2025

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CHART: Tether has attracted US government action 19 times

A timeline of Tether’s run-ins with US courts and law enforcement traces back over a decade, but its market cap has steadily grown. Source link

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Japanese man sentenced to 3 years after creating crypto ransomware with AI

In a reported legal first for Japan, the man was sentenced for abusing generative AI to create code for crypto ransomware. Source link

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OpenAI tool used to create voice bot that can drain crypto wallets

Computer scientists used OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, in tandem with a number of other freely available tools, to carry out phone-based scams. Source link

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Solana wallet Phantom down due to ‘major incident’

Phantom, a cryptocurrency wallet popular on Solana, is currently experiencing downtime due to a “major incident” with the backend. Source link

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Why didn’t Donald Trump and Joe Rogan mention bitcoin or crypto?

Joe Rogan’s three-hour interview with Donald Trump avoided the topic of crypto, right as his recent crypto project flopped… Curious! Source link

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Marc Andreessen’s crypto-trading AI breakthrough is human-operated

The crypto world is entranced by the dawn of supposed AI-managed hedge funds. Unfortunately, A16z and other humans are actually responsible. Source link

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CHART: Crypto election markets and polls show very different odds

On Monday, Donald Trump’s odds of US election victory were 66% on crypto-friendly Polymarket but just 48% on The Hill. What gives? Source link

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Did Bhutan just sell 935 bitcoins from its Bitdeer mining partnership?

The coins were moved in two separate transactions of $59.2 million and $7.3 million shortly after bitcoin crept above the $70,000 threshold. Source link

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Consensys blames SEC at top of 20% staff layoff announcement

As the SEC’s lawsuit continues against Consensys’ alleged violations of US law, the company has laid off 1/5th of its staff. Source link

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Craig Wright lawsuit made 184 ‘twisted and incoherent’ claims, say analysts

Fact-checkers say over 70% of Craig Wright’s claims in his latest UK lawsuit are “misunderstandings,” or “blatant misrepresentations.” Source link

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