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Cumberland Says Financially Burdened Crypto Firms Are ‘Hanging Over the Market Like a Cloud’
6.7.2022
Following the over-the-counter (OTC) firm’s Twitter thread on June 14, Cumberland explained on July 5 that “​​rangebound price action belies a volatile picture below the surface,” while crypto markets consolidated during the past week. Cumberland stressed...
Meta to Slow Hiring in 2022, Hints at Layoffs After Metaverse Pivot
6.7.2022
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is preparing to face a strong market downturn. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a change in the hiring policies of the company, lowering the number of engineers planned to be hired from 10K to 6-7K. Previously, Zuckerberg...
Crypto.com CEO Rushes to Calm the Market as Rumors Flourish
5.7.2022
The CEO of the crypto trading and payments platform Crypto.com (CRO), Kris Marszalek, took to Twitter today to calm down his platform's users....
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British Army’s Social Media Accounts Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaways, Crypto Scams
5.7.2022
The British Army’s official Youtube and Twitter accounts were compromised Sunday and hackers used them to promote crypto, including bitcoin and ether giveaway scams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk. British Army’s Social Media Accounts Used to Promote Bitcoin, Crypto, NFT Scams...
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Skeptical About the Metaverse Concept
4.7.2022
Eric Schmidt, who was CEO of Google, has declared that there is confusion about the concept of the metaverse and what it means for people. Schmidt stated that, even with a company like the former Facebook pivoting its operations to occupy the metaverse market, there is still not a clear definition...
Blockfi CEO Says FTX Has an ‘Option to Acquire’ Crypto Lender at a Price of up to $240M
3.7.2022
According to Blockfi’s co-founder Zac Prince, the company has signed definitive agreements with the crypto firm FTX and the deal is currently up to shareholder approval. The deal represents a total of $680 million, but Prince also noted that $240 million of that total could be used...
Report: Huobi to Start Layoffs That Could ‘Exceed 30%’ — Founder May Sell Stake in Company
3.7.2022
According to the Chinese journalist Colin Wu, otherwise known as “Wu Blockchain,” the cryptocurrency company Huobi may lay off 30% of the firm’s staff due to “a sharp drop in revenue.” Furthermore, the reporter claims that Huobi’s co-founder Leon Li...
Meta Ending Crypto Project Novi After Mark Zuckerberg Unveiled Metaverse Digital Wallet
3.7.2022
Meta Platforms, formerly Facebook, has announced the end of its crypto project Novi. Users are advised to withdraw funds as soon as possible. The announcement followed the introduction of a digital wallet for the metaverse, announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Crypto Project Novi Ending Facebook...
KuCoin CEO slams insolvency rumors citing “no plan to halt withdrawal”
2.7.2022
Rumors linked KuCoin’s intent to stop withdrawals with the Terra (LUNA) and the 3AC collapse, which according to the warnings, led to “immense suffer” for the exchange
US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin
2.7.2022
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest fraud scheme case involving the cryptocurrency. CFTC Takes Action Against MTI The CFTC...
The Crypto CEO Who Doesn't Want the Job
1.7.2022
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Ignite CEO announces departure after seven years
1.7.2022
Peng Zhong stepped down as CEO roughly a month after former company head Jae Kwon said he would be leading NewTendermint, part of Ignite's split to two firms in May
Custodia Bank's CEO Says Bad Actors and Regulators Caused Crypto Crash
1.7.2022
Caitlin Long said bankruptcies were inevitable the moment bitcoin “started being leveraged, rehypothecated, or financialized with debt.”
Ignite CEO Peng Zhong Announces Departure Shorty After Re-Org
1.7.2022
Zhong’s exit comes weeks after the company’s former CEO Jae Kwon announced that he was re-joining the company as the CEO of Ignite spin-off “New Tendermint.”
Three Arrows CEO Zhu Su Seeks to Sell Luxury Singapore Mansion – Reports
1.7.2022
Zhu Su, the co-founder and CEO of the troubled crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, is reportedly seeking to sell a mansion he owns in Singapore.
The CEO has been trying to offload at least one of his so-called good-class bungalows in the past couple of weeks, Bloomberg reported, citing...
Risk of ‘Significant Drawdowns’ Pushes Cypherpunk Holdings to Sell Entire Stash of Bitcoin and Ethereum
30.6.2022
On Tuesday, the Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings Inc. announced that the company has sold all of its bitcoin and ethereum due to the “risk of further significant drawdowns.” The company has transitioned its treasury to cash after selling 214.72 bitcoin and 205.82...
CoinFlex CEO says withdrawals unlikely to resume on Thursday
30.6.2022
CoinFlex CEO Mark Lamb said more time was needed before the exchange can reopen its platform for user withdrawals
Cyberpunk 2077 QA CEO Claps Back, Says People Don’t Understand Testing
29.6.2022
Cyberpunk 2077 will always be a cautionary tale of how not to make and release a game. It was notoriously marred by technical bugs and developmental woes and now, according to a new report from YouTuber Upper Echelon Gamers, a QA firm allegedly misled CD Projekt Red during the game’s development....
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Warns More Crypto Company Insolvencies Are Coming
29.6.2022
In a recent interview, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the popular exchange FTX, warned that some crypto exchanges are “secretly insolvent” and may soon fail. Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research have already helped Blockfi and Voyager Digital as the 30-year-old...
FTX CEO: Some Smaller Exchanges Are ‘Too Far Gone,’ ‘Insolvent,’ and Unlikely to Be ‘Saved’
29.6.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, the Founder of the crypto trading platform FTX, has warned that more crypto exchange failures “are coming,” and has stated: “There are some third-tier exchanges that are already secretly insolvent.”...
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