Author: John Smith
Iran gathered at least half a billion dollars worth of USDT last year to help bypass sanctions and boost its own currency. Source link
The manager mistakenly claimed that Strategy’s BTC collateralizes shares of its stock, even though it doesn’t. Source link
The root cause behind the hack remains unclear. Around $6M in ETH and $850K of YieldFi assets sit in the hacker’s ETH address. Source link
Celsius has filed a lawsuit against Archblock, alleging that it’s failed to redeem millions of dollars worth of stablecoins. Source link
Head of Product Nikita Bier added, and swiftly removed, a controversial crypto influencer from the platform’s new starter pack feature. Source link
Farcaster founder Dan Romero said the firm “isn’t shutting down” and that Merkle Manufactory will return $180M to investors. Source link
Russia designated the Ukraine-based crypto exchange WhiteBIT as “undesirable” and accused it of illegally financing Ukraine’s military. Source link
Michael Saylor has said that the greatest risk to Bitcoin is ambitious opportunists advocating protocol changes. Source link
Clawdbot, now Moltbot, has taken off amongst the crypto crowd. But Peter Steinberger is already sick of crypto folks “harrassing” him. Source link
Crypto’s most embarrassing photo of 2026 so far features a man tattooed with a $40B collapse and “the worst fund manager in America.” Source link