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Activist DAO Investor Pivots to Building a Company
8.2.2024
Diogenes Casares' new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange
Activist Crypto Investors Score $2.5M Bounty After Campaign on FloorDAO
6.10.2023
The so-called decentralized autonomous organization initially formed to focus on building products, but activist investors who showed up were more interested in the project's treasury
Jade Protocol Faces Calls to Liquidate $31M Token Treasury
27.9.2023
The crypto club Jade Protocol could become the latest DAO to die
Nouns DAO’s $27M Revolt Reveals Toxic Mix of Money-Hungry Traders and Blockchain Idealists
21.9.2023
It wasn't only the $90,000 spent on naming rights for a rare Ecuadorian frog species that turned off members of this decentralized blockchain-powered community project; some savvy arbitrageurs just wanted their share of the project's treasury
NounsDAO Barrels Toward Treasury Split After NFT Holders Rally for ‘Rage Quit’
9.9.2023
The NFT project is going to fork
Embattled Aragon Mulled Sale of Crypto Project, Leaked Screenshot Shows
10.8.2023
One of the biggest crypto projects building tools to support decentralized governance is trying to get out of its own governance pickle
Parrot Finance to Begin PRT Token Buyback on Monday, Capping Fiery Vote
28.7.2023
Solana-based protocol Parrot Finance will buy PRT tokens from all sellers at $0.0045 apiece
Bitcoin Proponents Accuse the New York Times of Publishing One-Sided ‘Hit Piece’ on Bitcoin Mining
10.4.2023
After the New York Times was accused of writing favorable pieces about disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and inviting him to speak at the news outlet’s Dealbook Summit, it is once again being criticized for publishing a “hit piece” about bitcoin mining....
Ukraine Blocks Crypto Wallet Used to Raise Funds for Russian Forces
24.8.2022
The law enforcement and counter-intelligence agency of Ukraine has managed to seize the funds in a cryptocurrency wallet used to finance the Russian military campaign in the country. Officials in Kyiv claim that money collected through the wallet has been spent on military equipment for...
A DAO Created to Free Julian Assange Has Raised $7.5 Million in Ethereum
5.2.2022
A group of cypherpunks recently initiated a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in order to try and free the incarcerated Wikileaks founder and activist Julian Assange. So far, the DAO has raised $7.5 million in ether and the funds will be used to help with Assange’s legal fees...
‘Making a Stronger Impact Artistically’ — An In-Depth Discussion About NFTs With System of a Down’s Serj Tankian
9.1.2022
Last month, the lead vocalist of System of a Down, Serj Tankian, hosted an art exhibition with the non-fungible token (NFT) platform and marketplace Curio NFT. The physical and virtual-melded art show was called “Not for Touching” and this week Tankian told Bitcoin.com News that...
Makersplace Plans to Drop World’s First 2pac NFT Collection Authorized by the Shakur Estate
10.12.2021
On December 15, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace will drop an assortment of NFTs based on Tupac Shakur’s most well-known jewelry pieces. Makersplace and the NFT artists and curators Impossible Brief and Digital Arts & Sciences worked closely with Shakur’s...
Journalist and Youtuber Tim Pool Believes 1 Bitcoin Will ‘Eventually Be Equivalent to $1 Million’
23.10.2021
The American journalist, Youtuber, podcast host, and political commentator, Tim Pool, has talked about bitcoin on numerous occasions and even more so these days as the crypto asset crossed its all-time price high. After the Proshares exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched on the New York Stock...
Congress worries crypto used to fund domestic terrorism, Capitol insurrection
24.2.2021
U.S. Congress subcommittee says that bank reporting methods led to Capitol attack arrests but worries that Bitcoin might have helped fund the insurrection
How Activist Investors Can Help the Crypto Industry Mature
21.9.2020
Often demonized for acting self-interestedly, activist investors can bring much needed focus to struggling organizations. In crypto, too
Arca to Gnosis: Show Us a Turnaround Plan or Give Investors’ Money Back
9.9.2020
In addition to wads of cash and the aura of respectability, institutions are bringing Wall Street’s activist investing strategies to crypto markets
BCH Latam: Creating a Viral Feedback Loop for Mass Adoption With Bitcoin Cash
14.2.2020
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with George Donnelly from the BCH Latam initiative about his plan to help the people of Latin America “achieve greater individual liberty and prosperity.” Donnelly explained the BCH Latam initiative aims to generate greater financial inclusion through...
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Raises $700,000 in Crypto Donations
19.12.2019
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading critic of the current Kremlin administration, has attracted a serious amount of cryptocurrency in the form of anonymous donations for his corruption-combatting NGO. The digital coins collected since the beginning of this year have amounted to well over...
Greta Thunberg Joins Satoshi in Questioning Bank Bailouts
12.9.2019
Saving planet Earth is a noble goal with many different dimensions. Climate change needs to be addressed vigorously as our world warms up faster than ever. Economic development needs a higher degree of financial freedom to provide everyone access to opportunities and wealth. A teenager from...