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Like it or not, Jim Chanos’ MSTR short trade was a winner
Jim Chanos’ hedged MSTR short-sale is probably up 15-35% depending on the assumptions you make about his cost basis and fees.

You can now spam JPEGs in Bitcoin private keys
BitMEX Research has invented a new method for storing spam data in Bitcoin transactions wholly outside of the popular OP_RETURN tool.

Opinion: The Gemini XRP credit card is stupid
Gemini’s new XRP Mastercard offers no new features, except “an innovative design for the XRP Army to show their allegiance.”

Zora updates coin guidelines after ZachXBT calls out Sahil collab
Zora is “hiding” sketchy coins under new rules after it’s team was ridiculed for promoting a fake Tyson Fury account tied to a known scammer.

Tyler Winklevoss goes viral for not having the Gemini app
Tyler Winklevoss wanted to boast about Gemini outranking Coinbase in the Apple App Store, but he proved something else entirely.

Qubic continues to wreak havoc on Monero with multiple reorgs
Qubic, the Monero mining pool which previously falsely claimed to 51% attack Monero, has recently pulled off multiple 9-block reorgs.

Michael Saylor continues to dilute MSTR after modifying promise
Michael Saylor is taking advantage of revised corporate guidance that would have limited MSTR dilution between 1x and 2.5x mNAV.

Crypto fugitive Ravid Yosef’s app Embie is still available
Ravid Yosef, a fugitive who once helped lead Crypto Capital Corp, still has her application available despite the charges against her.

Solana stocks keep falling as Wall Street pitches another $1B
Crypto industry leaders think their new Solana treasury stock will somehow perform well despite consistent losses across the leaderboard.

Bitcoin Core devs think it would be easy to attack Knots
Prominent Bitcoin Core developers and influencers were laughing while describing a denial of service (DoS) attack against Knots nodes.

The worst part of yesterday’s bitcoin ‘flash crash’ was social media
Bitcoin investors broadcasted horror onto social media and demanded someone go to jail for a supposed flash crash yesterday.

What is Omar Rossi doing for Tether?
Omar Rossi has worked for a variety of interesting financial firms in Switzerland and the Bahamas and now seems to be involved with Tether.

Scoop: Crypto Capital Corp’s Ravid Yosef is flaunting extradition in Israel
Crypto Capital Corp’s Ravid Yosef made her way to Israel where she very publicly launched new businesses despite being under indictment.

Why billions in Bitcoin treasury purchases can’t pump the price
Public treasury companies have raised about $10 billion this year to buy BTC, yet the spot price keeps falling.

UK mirrors US sanctions against Russian crypto networks
The UK sanctioned several Russian and Kyrgyz crypto entities that are being used to dodge Western sanctions during Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Lazarus hackers have become excellent ETH traders
North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is up over $40M on the proceeds from last year’s Radiant Capital hack, and is trading ETH like a pro.

US Judge drops Hayden Davis freezing order, frees up 500M LIBRA tokens
The US court order freezing Hayden Davis’s crypto assets was dropped meaning he’s free to move $58M worth of USDC and millions of LIBRA.

Kanye West still hasn’t released a crypto token, despite rumors
Despite no token announcement or address, Kanye West following the YZY MONEY account caused a frenzy among hopeful traders.

Strategy loyalists sell MSTR, say Michael Saylor lied about dilution
According to a few Strategy loyalists, Michael Saylor’s revision of his MSTR dilution promise below 2.5x mNAV means that he lied.

The solution to crypto’s Lazarus problem could be simpler than expected
In just over 18 months, North Korean hackers like Lazarus have used the same “hijacked multisig” technique to steal over $1.75B in crypto.

Is the US targeting Solana devs in Russia with crypto ‘infostealers’?
Security firm Safety fueled speculation that the US could be targeting Russian Solana devs to disrupt Kremlin-linked ransomware gangs.

MicroStrategy abandons MSTR dilution promise after mNAV drop
Anti-dilution guidance from MicroStrategy only lasted two weeks. In its place is revised, vague language about ‘advantageous’ conditions.

The great MSTR Ponzi scheme debate
Tensions are escalating in a spirited debate between MicroStrategy (MSTR) investors and skeptics about whether the stock is a Ponzi scheme.

Bitcoin Core dev Peter Todd shilling a Joker memecoin for $5,000
The Joker themed “HAHA” memecoin shilled by Peter Todd initially rug pulled before buyers sent it rocketing over 4,500% 24 hours later.

ETH unstaking wait queue hit multi-year high
On Sunday, Ethereum users were unstaking $4 billion worth of ETH from the network due to two impactful headlines from finance.

Ripple’s XRPL EVM mainnet is live — top exchange did $26 volume in a day
Ripple trumpeted “years of building and testing” to launch the XRPL EVM mainnet, which would usher in “a new era of cross-chain DeFi.”

The state of crypto is a million dildos who think they’re interesting
EThe latest cringe-inducing crypto story involves “investors” throwing green dildos onto WNBA courts to try to meme their way to relevance.

Gamestop’s Ryan Cohen is unfollowing Bitcoiners en masse
Gamestop’s Ryan Cohen could have bought over $1.4B worth of BTC. He hasn’t, and he just unfollowed all BTC accounts on X.

What does Roman Storm’s guilty verdict mean for the wider DeFi sector?
DeFi advocates are concerned that the Roman Storm verdict could set a precedent for developers of other protocols.

Solana Labs and Jito Labs served Pump Fun lawsuit
Solana Labs and Jito Labs have been served a Pump Fun lawsuit that accuses them of aiding the memecoin platform’s illegal casino enterprise.

$12B BSV delisting claim against Binance, Kraken hits UK Supreme Court
UK BSV holders are continuing to fight for $11.9 billion in damages from Binance and Kraken by requesting to appeal to the UK Supreme Court.

Jury finds Roman Storm guilty of 1 of 3 counts in Tornado Cash trial
Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm won’t be going to prison just yet as the judge overseeing his case rejects the idea that he is a flight risk.

Bitcoin devs warn of fork risk to miners as fees crash
Bitcoin mining pool operators achieved a dramatic reduction in minimum fees yet inadvertently shot themselves in the foot.

China wants a yuan stablecoin, but why?
Reports claim that China wants to issue a yuan stablecoin, but it is not clear how that is compatible with its goals.

Bored Ape minter finally sells after 92% fall from peak
Someone minted Bored Apes and waited four years to sell. The NFT portfolio, once worth $4.3 million, has declined to a few hundred thousand.

CHART: Stablecoins are growing fast since the GENIUS Act
Stablecoins have seen their market cap increase from $251B to approximately $268B since Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law.

Liberland urgently wants a market maker for its LLM token
Justin Sun’s Liberland wants to pay a market maker $4,000 a month to provide liquidity for its Liberland Merit token.

Bitcoin’s transaction fees have fallen to a multi-year low
The percent of BTC miner revenue from fees has hit its lowest rate since 2022 and is suffering from a 90% reduction in fee minimums.

Coinbase Base network halts for 44 minutes due to ‘unsafe head delay’
“Unsafe head delay” has been blamed for the Coinbase Base downtime, according to its status page. Four components had a major outage today.

Bitcoin treasury chief David Bailey wants $200M for new Bitcoin PAC
Bitcoin treasury company executives rejoiced when Donald Trump became President, and they want to win again in the 2026 mid-term elections.

Scammers using AI tools to steal crypto via deepfakes and wallet drainers
Whether boosting “social engineering” scams, or writing crypto-stealing code, AI is helping scammers to relieve users of their tokens.

One small step for Justin Sun, one giant leap for financial impunity
Justin Sun has taken his long-awaited trip to space, four years after he bid millions for a seat on Blue Origin’s first manned mission.

No, China didn’t ban crypto again
Wild rumors of a crypto ban in China started on Telegram and reached millions via Elon Musk’s X account. Thing is, it was fake news.

Songs for pumping and dumping: crypto’s Spotify leak
The Panama Playlists have revealed the musical tastes of some of the crypto industry’s most high-profile key opinion leaders.

DeFi shake-up: Lido cuts staff, Curve rethinks L2s
Despite a DeFi resurgence, Lido announced a 15% cut of contributors, while a Curve governance proposal suggests cutting Layer Two development.

Tesla Diner is a car wreck of ‘epic’ proportions
Tesla Diner reviews have slammed its dirty bathrooms, sloppy food, an absent Optimus Robot, and a lack of rollerskating waitresses.

Ripple co-founder explains why most banks don’t use XRP
XRP holders have celebrated Ripple’s banking partnerships for years, but David Schwartz admits that most banks don’t need the XRP token.

Tether claims billions in profits as it grows ‘secured loans’
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin company, has continued to grow its secured loans business even after promising to eliminate it.

Former OpenSea manager’s insider trading conviction overturned
Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea product manager, had his insider trading conviction overturned on appeal.

CoinDCX hack: $44M gone after dev opens file from side gig
CoinDCX developer Rahul Agarwal used his work laptop to carry out side gigs for private parties “without being aware of their credentials.”