An NFT buyer swapped testnet ether tokens — that are supposed to be worthless — for ETH, which was then used to buy a CryptoPunk NFT. CryptoPunk #9682 was bought for 72.72 ETH ($111,600) earlier...
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Sam Bankman-Fried funded politics but now FTX demands funds
FTX, the company of former crypto enfant prodigy Sam Bankman-Fried, has sent private letters to individual politicians who were recipients of donations sent by the former CEO and founder demanding the...
Google invests $300M in AI firm previously funded by Sam Bankman-Fried
Google Cloud reportedly invested $300 million into artificial intelligence (AI) startup firm Anthropic, which also received over $500 million in funds from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried about six m...
FTX funded this UK charity, now it’s under investigation
A UK-based charity is being probed by regulators over its ties to collapsed crypto exchange FTX. In a statement issued on Monday, the Charity Commission announced that it is launching an official inqu...
Coinbase and Circle Funded Former FTX President’s New Crypto Startup
Brett Harrison, former President of FTX introduced his new crypto startup. He was the President of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, FTX US. And in September 2022, he stepped down from his rol...
The Navy’s Plan To Modernize Military Sealift Makes Sense. Congress Needs To Keep It Funded.
The United States has a knack for getting involved in fights far from home. The vast majority of countries, if they go to war at all, do so close to home. Not America. Fortunately, most of the places ...
Jeff Bezos-Backed Arrived Homes Surpasses 200 Single-Family Investment Properties Funded
The fractional real estate investment platform Arrived Homes hit a major milestone this month – funding its 200th single-family home. The company has now funded 203 investment properties with a total ...
FTX clients indirectly funded Alameda Research through “electronics retailer” North Dimension
North Dimension, a company to which FTX directed customers to wire money, is reportedly a mysterious, fake electronics retail entity used as a proxy for funding Alameda Research. North Dimension puzzl...
FTX funded most of Blockfolio takeover using FTT token
The FTX crypto exchange network reportedly funded a large part of the Blockfolio takeover using the FTT token. There have been ongoing allegations that the exchange has been making fraudulent purchase...
FTX funded 94% of Blockfolio takeover with its FTT token: Bloomberg
When now-defunct crypto exchange FTX acquired the portfolio tracking platform Blockfolio in 2020, it used its own exchange token, FTT, to fund the takeover, according to Bloomberg. Roughly 94% o...
Cardano’s First SPO Liquidity Bond Funded and Launched Successfully
Arman Shirinyan First of its kind DeFi product had smooth launch on Cardano network The first-ever SPO Liquidity Bond had a successful launch with full funding in less than 25 minutes. For now, the fi...
Crypto news platform The Block was secretly funded by FTX
It’s come to light that leading crypto news platform The Block was secretly funded by Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX for more than a year. For a crypto news platform that led the industry with transparency a...
The Block CEO steps down after failing to disclose publication was funded by SBF
Mike McCaffrey announces he is stepping down as The Block CEO. In a Twitter thread, he admits secretly receiving $27 million in investments from the infamous Sam Bankman-Fried. McCaffrey revealed that...
Report Shows Crypto News Publication The Block Was Secretly Funded by Bankman-Fried’s Alameda – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 9, 2022, Axios reporter Sara Fischer reported on the CEO of the crypto media The Block after it was discovered that the chief executive was secretly funded by Alameda Research, the now-defunct...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research Secretly Funded Crypto Media Site The Block and Its CEO
Crypto media site The Block was secretly funded over the last two years by Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research, The Block confirmed on Friday. The Block’s CEO, Michael McCaffrey, immediately resigned...
IOG funded blockchain research initiative with University of Edinburgh create 1st decentralization index
The initiative is aimed at scientific research and establishing research standards. In a first, the collaboration may have created a diagnostic tool for blockchains. This follows several research init...
Fed Is Losing Billions, Wiping Out Profits That Funded Spending
(Bloomberg) — Profits and losses aren’t usually thought of as a consideration for central banks, but rapidly mounting red ink at the Federal Reserve and many peers risks becoming more than just an acc...
San Francisco Police to Monitor Feeds From Over 1,000 Cameras Funded by Ripple Co-founder
– Advertisement – Ripple Chairman’s project will aid the city’s police in combating crimes. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has been authorized by the city’s Board of Supervisor...
Top NFTs funded by casinos
There’s no chance you haven’t heard of NFTs until now. Last year, the crypto and NFT market skyrocketed, and now with the birth of Metaverse, everything we knew so far will be completely reinvented. ...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Denies Claims That He Funded A Law Firm To Target Competitors
– Advertisement – Brad Garlinghouse says he has had no contact with Kyle Roche of Roche Freedman. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, in a tweet on Monday, has refuted allegations by crypto wh...
US: a campaign funded with NFTs on Cardano
Campaigning for the November MidTerm elections is already underway in the US. Candidate for Utah January Walker has decided to fund her campaign by selling NFTs created on the Cardano blockchain. ?✨...
‘Durmientes’ Aims to Be One of the First Films Funded Fully With NFT Sales in Latam – News Bitcoin News
“Durmientes,” a new movie that will be directed by Gibran Bazan, a Mexican filmmaker, aims to be funded fully by the sale of a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The NFTs, which will be sold on Met...
The Web3 Startups Funded This Past Week
Jump Crypto led a $40 million funding round for blockchain network Injective Labs CreatorDAO received $20 million to help grow the creator economy, with a16z leading the raise Over $100 million poured...
Medical Miracles With VR, Gym Class B-Ball Funded, New AR Smartglasses
Surgeons using VR and hologram modern virtual screen interface Respiratory System in the operating … [+] room, innovative and future of medical and healthcare technology getty Conjoined twins se...
The war is being funded also through crypto
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, crypto helped fund logistics on both sides. Crypto fuel the war between Russia and Ukraine Cryptocurrencies have fueled both factions, both for good and for bad...
I’m the chief economist of a mortgage firm that has funded more than $100 billion in loans. These are 3 things to know about the housing market now.
Cameron Findlay As home prices and mortgage rates march upwards, and housing inventory remains seriously constrained, many buyers are wondering: Should I buy? And if I want to buy, what do I need to k...
Russell Crowe Film Partially Funded by NFTs Makes Its Debut
A film partially funded by the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) featuring Russell Crowe is making its debut. According to a new report by Yahoo News, Prizefighter, a British-American biopic about le...
First NFT Funded Movie Debuts – Trustnodes
The fight of the century, well the forgotten one. That’s the story of Jem Belcher told in a movie partially funded by the new digital frontier of NFTs with Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher curren...
Vitalik Buterin Funded AI Research Grant with Last Year’s Shiba Inu Donation
Back in 2021, Vitalik Buterin received trillions of SHIB tokens, and even though he burned some, he also kept some with the intention to donate. In one of the burning transaction hashes, Buterin expla...
U.S. may lose silicon wafer factory if CHIPS Act isn’t funded
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday that she believes GlobalWafers will follow through on its plan to build a silicon wafer factory in Texas — but only if Cong...
Opinion: The Alieno Unum is purported to be a 5,221-horsepower EV funded by its own crypto. We tried to get to the bottom of this $2.7 million hypercar.
The first Rimac Nevera was delivered to a customer last month, marking a historic moment in electric vehicles. The Croatian hypercar takes the crown as the most powerful (1,813 horsepower) and fastest...