Decrypt Shaq Got Nearly $750,000 From FTX Amid Millions In Celebrity Deals Court documents reveal that FTX, the failed cryptocurrency exchange, paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, Naomi Osaka, and David Ortiz for marketing and sponsorship deals. The company is now working to identify all outstanding payments made in […]

Decrypt Hacker Steals Over $690,000 After Hijacking Vitalik Buterin’s Twitter Account Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has been hacked on Twitter, resulting in the theft of 691,000 from users who clicked on a corrupted link. The hacker posted a fake link on Buterin’s feed, prompting victims to connect their wallets and mint nonfungible tokens (NFTs), but […]

A bankruptcy filing names names: Shaquille O’Neal, Naomi Osaka, David Ortiz, and Trevor Lawrence.

Kaiko’s report comes in the wake of the year’s biggest decline in crypto trading volume numbers. Per CCData, the combined spot and derivative trading volumes in August fell by more than 11% to $2.09 trillion.

FTX’s plan was subject to court approval which might happen on 13 September. SOL could be one of the biggest victims in the event of a sell-off. The crypto market has been abuzz with optimism ever since Ethereum’s [ETH] ETF filings submitted by Ark Investment and 21 Shares. The bullish development, which also pushed Grayscale […]

Optimism’s recent growth can be attributed to token incentives by various dApps on the protocol. Declining activity, falling TVL, and price volatility challenge Optimism’s position in the L2 sector. Optimism [OP], a prominent layer 2 solution in the crypto world, witnessed substantial growth recently, partly attributable to the token incentives introduced on the protocol. Is […]

Campo Pequeno, a neo-Moorish bullring in Lisbon, has become a symbolic gathering point for Bitcoin maximalists, as CNBC describes in a report published yesterday. These gatherings, which started in the spring of 2022 following the collapse of the Terra Luna stablecoin, serve as a microcosm of the city’s crypto culture. Here, Bitcoin enthusiasts discuss the […]

FTX could start liquidating its recovered crypto assets in the coming week, exerting significant downward pressure on the market.

The dYdX Foundation, a non-profit organization behind the decentralized crypto exchange dYdX, has released its semi-annual report detailing its ecosystem growth and milestones reached in 2023. According to the report, the foundation fostered the development of the dYdX protocol and grew the community in preparation for the release of the v4 open-source software – the […]

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s account on X (formerly Twitter) was compromised late at night on Sept. 9. Dmitriy Buterin, father of Vitalik, confirmed the hack through his X account. Vitalik’s hacked account was used to promote a fishing link that stole crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from wallets that interacted with it. According to on-chain […]