New York AG Pushes Back Against DCG, Silbert’s Motion to Dismiss Fraud Case
NYAG has accused Gemini, Genesis, and DCG of conspiring to cover a $1 billion hole in Genesis’ balance sheet caused by the implosion of Three Arrows Capital.
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Flood of Cash from Coinbase Gives Crypto One of the Biggest Campaign War Chests
Coinbase followed Ripple and a16z in each giving a new $25 million to their political action committee, Fairshake, as the general election approaches that may shift crypto’s destiny.
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How 2 Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M
First came “The Bait.” In an indictment, U.S. prosecutors detailed the incredibly complicated Ethereum exploit – in which attackers targeted the controversial area of “maximal extractable value,” known as MEV.
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As a Pension Embraces Bitcoin, Hope Grows for Cryptocurrency’s Long-Term Prospects Even Among Conservative Pros
Wisconsin’s state pension put $160 million into BlackRock and Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETFs, showing even risk-averse investors are able to embrace crypto and possibly presaging a “slowly building wave of demand.”
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Ethereum’s Next Upgrade, ‘Pectra,’ Could Include Relief for Institutional Stakers, Wallet UX Improvements
Developers’ aim with Pectra is to make some minor code changes while simultaneously working on a bigger code change, Verkle trees, for the following upgrade.
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DeFi Trader Eisenberg ‘Wasn’t Borrowing, He Was Stealing,’ Prosecutor Says in Opening Argument
The defense countered that Eisenberg “risked 13 million of his own dollars” to net $110 million from Mango Markets.
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Crypto Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped Over 50% in March Amid Rally
Most capital went into infrastructure and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, veri by RootData shows.
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How to Design Better On-Chain Governance
An introduction to Futarchy and combinatorial prediction markets.
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What Happens Next in COPA vs Craig Wright Trial is Down to the Judge
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance is seeking several court injunctions against Wright.
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Craig Wright ‘Committed Perjury’ in U.K. Trial Over Satoshi Claims, COPA Says
The Crypto Open Patent Alliance said it will ask U.K. prosecutors to consider pursuing Wright for “perjury” over his defense of forgery allegations.