China vowed to "significantly increase" its debt to support its economy on Saturday but provided no details on the size of its stimulus. Source
Avalanche game Off the Grid is making waves in early access, while X Empire is gearing up for its airdrop. Here are the week's biggest gaming stories. Source
Three recent academic papers explore how to price cryptocurrencies when—unlike companies—they don’t have balance sheets. Source
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The FBI created a cryptocurrency company and crypto token as a bait for scammers who participate in ‘pump-and-dump’ schemes, new reports have revealed.The tactic, which involve making fake trades to…
Horst Jicha is being treated as a fugitive after the accused crypto scammer's ankle monitor went dark and he skipped a pre-trial meeting. Source
Liber Free A crypto bro who's been accused of fraud has just become one of the most powerful men in a 2.7-square-mile, self-proclaimed "micronation" of Liberland. As Quartz reports, crypto network…
Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more. Source
Majors drop despite stocks hitting ATHs. Stripe reinstates crypto payments. Crypto settlements near $20bn in 2024. S. Korea to review ban on BTC ETFs. US charges market makers for market…
BTC briefly dips under $59k, $160m liquidations. Mt Gox extends repayment plan by 1 year. Uniswap plans L2 for DeFi. SEC sues crypto trading firm Cumberland. Binomial sues SEC over…
The Donald Trump-backed DeFi project World Liberty Financial will launch its token sale for accredited investors next week. Source
The S&P 500 is up 60% over the last two years, but Bitcoin's price jump during the same span has crushed that mark. Source
Platforms like Polymarket are attracting billions of dollars in bets, but appear to be doing little to prevent insider trading. Is that a flaw, or a feature? Source
Creating new accounts under fake identities provides attackers with a way to launder money or commit fraud. Source
Players who withdrew their HMSTR tokens will have the option to deposit them into Hamster Kombat for benefits, the devs told Decrypt. Source
With nearly $16 billion worth of Bitcoin in the bank, MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor shares big plans ahead for BTC. Source
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Mt. Gox now has another full year to repay billions of dollars in Bitcoin to users of the hacked exchange. Here's why BTC is now rising. Source
Karate Combat, a crypto-friendly fighting organization, is set to launch a layer-2 next year in a move to help other sports copy its betting app. Source
Some "components of this cycle, such as altcoin seasons or bull runs, might have different timelines than we’re used to seeing," an analyst said. Source