Feds Charge Tornado Cash Crypto Mixer Devs With Money Laundering
Two of the original developers of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash are caught up in a whole new shitstorm of a federal indictment. On Wednesday, the U.S. alleged that two…
CoinDesk Cuts a Reported 45% of Staff Ahead of Potential Sale
Image: Sharaf Maksumov (Shutterstock) The finger-on-the-pulse and Polk Award-winning crypto news media company CoinDesk is in dire straits. The website has reportedly laid off 45% of its staff as parent…
CoinDesk Cuts a Reported 45% of Editorial Staff Ahead of Potential Sale
Image: Sharaf Maksumov (Shutterstock) The finger-on-the-pulse and Polk Award-winning crypto news media company CoinDesk is in dire straits. The website has reportedly laid off 45% of its editorial staff as…
PayPal Dives Into Crypto Madness With Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin
PayPal is diving into the messy world of crypto with a new stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly and uninventively named PayPal USD. The company’s entrance into the industry…
‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ Plead Guilty to Billion Dollar Crypto Laundering Scheme
On Thursday, Heather Morgan, a.k.a. Razzlekhan, and her husband pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive money laundering scheme. Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein became known as the modern-day “Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde”…
I Gazed Into Worldcoin’s Orb and Saw a Boring Dystopia Staring Back
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s buzzy startup Worldcoin has a relatively straightforward pitch to prospective users. First, you fork over a scan of your eyeball to one of several thousand iris-scanning,…
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s Creepy Vision for Iris-Scanning ‘Global Digital Currency’, Begins Rollout
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sci-fi-tinged, iris-scanning cryptocurrency project Worldcoin began rolling out services internationally today. The extent to which Worldcoin actually delivers on its promise of a “new global digital…
Former Amazon Security Engineer Arrested and Charged with Hacking Crypto Exchange
A top cybersecurity pro for Amazon appears to be in deep trouble. Federal prosecutors say Shakeeb Ahmed used his hacking skills to steal $9 million in assets from a cryptocurrency…
Sega Boss Says the Company Might Be Done With that Dumb NFT Game
With crypto becoming a hell of a lot less appetizing over the last few months thanks to numerous crimes and scandals, game companies that were once so hungry for ballooning…
Miami’s Bitcoin Mayor Wants to Be America’s Bitcoin President
What about crypto? One area notably absent from Suarez’s announcement video, however, was his embrace of cryptocurrency. Suarez was among the most vocal US politicians in 2021 singing crypto’s praises,…