Informed Crypto News

Right-wing newspaper Chosun Ilbo has been accused of knowingly covering and awarding the KOK crypto scam back in 2022.

Students at the crypto-funded Network School in Singapore reportedly prefer the hotel’s breakfast buffet over Johnson’s “bunny food.”

Ultra-high yields on bitcoin-named tokens are available across a variety of interlinking, risk-compounding projects.

The spectacular failure of Terra has caused money to flee from algorithmic stablecoins and has seen many abandon their plans.

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a bankruptcy lawsuit that has prevented the liquidation of $4.4 billion worth of bitcoin.

AT&T faces a major network breach by China and a reopened crypto theft case that could set a precedent for customer data protection.

The UN has found that criminal enterprises in Southeast Asia, including Chinese syndicates, reportedly make between $27.4B and $36.5B a year.

The IMF is still unhappy with El Salvador’s use of bitcoin at a sovereign level, and it’s pressing hard at the negotiation table.

Polymarket users are betting that deceased cypherpunk Len Sassaman will be revealed as Satoshi Nakamoto in HBO’s documentary.

In an ironic twist of luck that few predicted, crypto prices apparently performed better while CZ was in prison.

A documentarian claims to have discovered Satoshi Nakamoto’s true name and will supposedly unmask the mysterious Bitcoin creator this Tuesday.

Cronje claims that someone used his work to create an unauthorized copycat that amassed seven figures in total value locked.

Russian ransomware group Fin7 has created at least seven different AI-generated deepfake sites that create non-consensual nude images.

A judge has rejected the CFTC’s attempt to stop Kalshi from resuming its election prediction markets as the commission appeals.

An in-depth review of 2009 blocks suggests it’s highly likely that Satoshi used hash power to reorganize Bitcoin’s blockchain.

EigenLayer once claimed that a majority of its token supply would be locked for a year. Days into its launch, insiders started cashing out.

Larimer claims that the biblical apocalypse will begin on October 9 and that mankind should prepare for “sudden destruction.”

India is cracking down on international scam calls partly made by its own citizens, who have become ‘cyberslaves’ across South East Asia.

Starling banned crypto transactions in 2022, describing them as “high risk and heavily used for criminal purposes.”

Kyle Davies and Su Zhu have launched Three Arrowz Capitel, a memecoin based on a misspelling of their failed hedge fund.

Mech Dara was charged with “incitement to disturb social security” and has been placed in pre-trial detention at Kandal Provincial Prison.

Swan Bitcoin claims Proton stole the IP of its bitcoin mining business, but Proton claims that Swan doesn’t even own a majority stake.

Although most of his wealth comes from equity in private companies, Forbes claims that CZ could personally have made billions while in prison.

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT claimed that the alleged crypto scammer stole $650K while in the UK and confirmed his face was exposed in a video call.

A state senator in Ohio has re-introduced a law that would somehow allow payment of taxes in volatile crypto assets.

A creator of PearAI quit his job at Coinbase to start the firm but has since been accused of stealing code and illegal relicensing.

Rumors of a $16 billion payout to victims of the FTX fraud circulated on social media. Some people thought they would receive money today.

Christian Angermayer claimed changes to the non-dom tax system would be “a bigger act of national self-harm than Brexit.”

While Aave and Maker (now Sky) founders basked in a ‘DeFi renaissance moment,’ some less well-known projects were losing millions.

Deltec Bank and Trust has reportedly sold its lines of business to Brittannia bank and Trust, another Tether bank in the Bahamas.

A judge has ruled on the compliance requirements for a crypto money transmitter — even if they do not control their users’ funds.

Disgraced Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao might be released from prison two days early due to a federal rule around weekend releases.

A lawsuit filed by Swan Bitcoin against former executives alleges they stole the bitcoin mining operation with help from Tether.

Commerzbank’s partnership with Deutsche Börse subsidiary Crypto Finance offers bitcoin and ether trading for corporate customers in Germany.

Michael Saylor and dozens of Bitcoiners have endorsed a new report claiming that bitcoin is free speech protected by the US Constitution.

Sorare claims its NFT trading game is not a gambling product and plans to fight the unlicensed gambling allegations in court.

While a possible court trial is delayed in Israel, alleged scammer Moshe Hogeg has ticked off investors of his recent crypto project Tomi.

Michael Saylor has uploaded 473 Bitcoin-related AI-generated images, many featuring himself, since February last year.

Maher was lambasted online after he broadcast the false crypto figures on TV and to nearly 12 million followers on social media.

Caroline Ellison is the third individual related to the collapse of FTX to be sentenced. Two others will learn their fate later this year.

A former minister alleged that Do Kwon may have been a tool in a trade deal that would give South Korea control over Montenegro’s airports.

Ether’s curious failure to reach a new high in bitcoin terms for more than seven years has investors scratching their heads.

TrueCoin and TrustToken have settled SEC charges of misrepresenting TrueUSD as 1:1 backed after funds were sent to a speculative, risky fund.

Caroline Ellison has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the FTX-Alameda Research fraud.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was jailed at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, which has been home to Bankman-Fried since his April sentencing.

Applicants to Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School were told they had two days to pay a month’s rent up front despite not knowing its location.

Polymarket confirmed that Threadguy’s 50-word exchange with Trump was an interview, settling a bet made after a hasty $25,000 NFT purchase.

On September 24, Caroline Ellison of Alameda Research will receive her final sentence for the crimes she committed that harmed FTX customers.

Ethereum gaming platform Immutable has been criticized for its response to a Discord phishing plot that didn’t include many public warnings.

Attendees of Token2049 Singapore are laughing at Arthur Hayes apparently selling Pendle just 48 hours after pumping it on stage.