Stuart Hoegner, the long-time general counsel of sister firms Tether and Bitfinex, appears to have left the firm. This is based on a change to his bio on X, which now reads, “Former GC @Bitfinex ...
Is Ethena’s “synthetic dollar” bringing a new systemic risk to decentralized finance (DeFi)? While keen to avoid being labeled as a stablecoin, USDe is increasingly being utilized as such across some ...
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, used 2024 to grow its market capitalization by nearly $50 billion, its investments across a variety of industries, its product lines, and its political ...
An article on Justin Sun’s “ridiculous” banana-buying stunt published by CoinDesk was taken down by the crypto news outlet after Sun complained about the tone of the piece. Fortune reports that an ...
Since January 1, bitcoin (BTC) has rallied 119% while its nearest rival, ether (ETH), trailed way behind at just 44%. A year-end review is in order to understand why Vitalik Buterin failed to lead ETH ...
The team behind Haliey Welch’s controversial “Hawk Tuah” crypto project HAWK, has finally spoken out after 12 days of silence in the wake of the token’s collapse. Welch herself has also been absent ...
A suspected exploit of the Feed Every Gorilla (FEG) token’s “SmartBridge” left holders down 99% on Sunday, after the hacker sold off the proceeds into existing liquidity. In what must feel like a ...
Hackers took over the X account of the crypto podcast UpOnly yesterday and posted a fraudulent token using the brand’s likeness. UpOnly host Brian Krogsgard, otherwise known as Ledger, said that he ...
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it had sanctioned several individuals and entities related to a money laundering network that ...