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Larsen’s $10M XRP Donation to Harris Campaign Sparks Community Backlash
23.10.2024
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s announcement of a $10 million XRP donation to Kamala Harris’s campaign has triggered controversy…
Crypto community slams WazirX’s 'socialized losses' plan after hack
3.8.2024
As WazirX navigates this crisis, the firm faces the challenge of rebuilding trust with its user base and the broader crypto community
Trekki NFT shutdown sparks community backlash for Trip.com
17.7.2024
The termination of the project led to a significant drop in Trekki NFT floor prices and sparked frustration among NFT holders and enthusiasts
Trekki NFT shutdown sparks community backlash for Trip.com
17.7.2024
The termination of the project led to a significant drop in Trekki NFT floor prices and sparked frustration among NFT holders and enthusiasts
Community Backlash Forces Matter Labs to Drop ‘ZK’ Trademark Bid
4.6.2024
The developer of the Zksync Ethereum Layer 2 network, Matter Labs, abandoned its bid to trademark the term ‘ZK’ just days after asserting its right to do so. Matter Labs’ trademark bid withdrawal follows a furious community backlash that ultimately saw co-inventors...
Ethereum's Dankrad Feist joins EigenLayer, faces community backlash
21.5.2024
Feist's decision to join Eigenlayer as an Advisor follows in the recent controversial footsteps of Ethereum researcher Justin Drake
Yuga Labs halts CryptoPunks project after 'woke' community backlash
21.5.2024
A community member said that Yuga Labs killed CryptoPunks with the new Super Punk World collection, while another threatened to sell their punk NFT
AltLayer’s Executive Quells Community Backlash Over $100 Million Airdrop Distribution
5.2.2024
AltLayer’s Head of Growth has described events leading up to gains by a few non-fungible token (NFT) holders as a coincidence. Additionally, Dorothy called for more community support in the future. In a reaction to widespread criticism of handling a recent airdrop, the executive took to X (formerly...
Bitcoin Mining Pool F2pool Acknowledges OFAC Transaction Censorship; Backpedals After Community Backlash
24.11.2023
F2Pool, a Bitcoin mining pool, has admitted to filtering transactions coming from Bitcoin addresses flagged by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After the situation was discovered by 0xB10C, a Bitcoin developer, F2pool co-founder Chun Wang acknowledged that his pool was indeed applying...
Arbitrum to break up governance votes after community backlash
3.4.2023
The Arbitrum Foundation has backtracked on a controversial proposal and ratification vote that gave it control of a huge chunk of tokens
Aptos CEO Defends 'Fair' Tokenomics That Prompted Community Backlash
4.11.2022
The CEO of Aptos, the newly launched layer 1 blockchain that went live last month, defended the token allocation following a wave of criticism from its community
FTX's Bankman-Fried Hints at Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration After Community Backlash
17.5.2022
After facing a backlash from the Bitcoin (BTC) community over comments to the Financial Times that Bitcoin is “not a payments network,” Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire CEO of crypto exchange FTX, now hints that his exchange may implement Bitcoin Lightning Network payments.
“Sounds right...
Luna Foundation Loans Out BTC to Defend Bitcoin Peg, Faces Community Backlash
9.5.2022
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), the entity tasked with holding bitcoin (BTC) as part of the reserves backing the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin, has loaned out USD 750m worth of BTC to a trading firm “to help protect the UST peg.” Confronted with what this really means, Terra (LUNA) founder Do Kwon...
CRO Trims Losses as Crypto.com Scraps Plan to Cut Rewards After Community Backlash
3.5.2022
The crypto platform Crypto.com is again changing its stance on rewards in its own CRO token to cardholders, after a backlash from the community on plans to cut token rewards. CRO trimmed some of its earlier losses following the announcement.
At 13:07 UTC, CRO traded at almost USD 0.30 and...
LooksRare team cashes out $30M in WETH, faces community backlash
15.2.2022
The price of the native token LOOKS tumbled by 15% after the news of the cash-out became public
OpenSea reverses limits on minting after community backlash
28.1.2022
OpenSea's critics said the policy change stifled NFT creators by trashing the ability to create unlimited collections and NFTs on the platform
OpenSea walks back on IPO plan following community backlash
9.12.2021
OpenSea’s new CFO Brian Roberts faced a firestorm of complaints from the NFT community based on what he said was "inaccurately reported" comments