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Cracks Appear as Ethereum Staking Demand Wanes
18.10.2023
Earlier this year, Ethereum staking was popular, particularly with Lido Finance's rise to prominence in the DeFi space, but it is now facing challenges, suspicions, and resentment
(One Part of) SBF's Defense Strategy Starts Paying Off
18.10.2023
All three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” members have now testified against the FTX founder, and all three have presented similarly on the witness stand: clearly rehearsed, adamant that the FTX founder was in charge and careful not to stray too far from their well-practiced narratives. They...
SBF Trial: FTX Exec Felt ‘Suicidal’ in Crypto Exchange’s Final Days
17.10.2023
Nishad Singh told a jury on Monday that his September meeting with Bankman-Fired was the first time he realized that Alameda, FTX’s sister trading firm, had spent billions of dollars of FTX user deposits, and had left a gaping hole in both companies’ balance sheets
Who's top of Steam Next Fest for October 2023?
16.10.2023
Also: the indie game 'bubble' & lots of game discovery news
SBF Trial: What Did FTX’s Terms of Service Say About Customer Funds?
16.10.2023
A filing last week suggests Sam Bankman-Fried's defense wants to get back to the argument that Bankman-Fried did not technically commit wire fraud because FTX’s terms of service were worded in such a way that there's no case to argue funds were misappropriated
Plus: Lords Of The Fallen knocks down the doors!
13.10.2023
Next week's looking pretty darn busy, too
Things SBF's Defense Lawyers Should be Freaking out About
13.10.2023
Crypto for Advisors: Advisors Pivot to On-Chain Support
12.10.2023
How can advisors support client interest in digital assets? Thanks to Miguel Kudry from L1 Advisors for taking us through examples in today’s Crypto for Advisors newsletter
Did Caroline Ellison and SBF Cook Alameda’s Books to Save the World?
12.10.2023
The Protocol: Bitcoin Might Get Ethereum-Style Smart Contracts Under ‘BitVM’ Plan
11.10.2023
ZeroSync's Robin Linus has ignited excitement in the Bitcoin community by introducing the "BitVM" paper, proposing a straightforward method for incorporating smart contracts into the original blockchain, a feature predominantly associated with Ethereum and its numerous derivatives
The 'We Were Here' franchise gave away 7 million copies of its latest game. Why?
11.10.2023
Also: why Steam's locking down your dev accounts, game discovery news galore
Nothing to see here: OpenSea denies exec involved in $60M rug pull: Nifty Newsletter
11.10.2023
Both NFT Ethics and blockchain analytics account Lookonchain allege that the OpenSea exec played a key role in hyping the AnubisDAO project to investors
Ellison Was CEO But SBF Was Still Boss at Alameda, Her Testimony Suggests
11.10.2023
The testimony of Caroline Ellison, the former business, romantic – and by her estimation, criminal – partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, whom she identified upon prosecutors’ request – began in the vaguest of ways
Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison: Looking at Day 5 of Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
10.10.2023
FTX co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang began testifying in earnest last Friday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Later on Tuesday, Caroline Ellison is expected to take the stand
Why Sony's betting on 'spectacular' GaaS revenues for PlayStation
9.10.2023
Also: two new Valve presentations, & lots of discovery news
The DOJ Has Come Out Swinging in the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial
9.10.2023
The trial has started off strong for the Department of Justice. Some expected the DOJ to bring its most important witnesses – namely Sam Bankman-Fried’s former inner circle – toward the end of the trial – but oh how wrong we were
Plus: Thief Simulator 2 hits now, Lords Of The Fallen later?
6.10.2023
Lots of data on what's doing well - and may do well - on PC & console, folks
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Test the Judge's Patience
6.10.2023
It could take six weeks for prosecutors to make their case against Sam Bankman-Fried. But only three days were needed for the judge overseeing his trial to lose patience with the former crypto chief’s defense team
Crypto for Advisors: Waiting for the Next Crypto Bull Market? It’s Already Here.
5.10.2023
Is crypto winter slowly thawing and spring upon us? Thanks to Jennnifer Murphy from Runa Digital Assets sharing their perspective on the crypto market and indicators that the bull may be upon us
Unpacking the First Day of Sam Bankman-Fried's Actual Trial
5.10.2023
A Parisian cocoa trader told Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial jury that pricey ads and FTX’s confident CEO helped convince him the crypto exchange was a safe place to deposit over $100,000 so he could trade cryptocurrencies – but he never expected that anyone but him would touch his funds, kicking...