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Coinbase CEO invites DC residents over for ice cream and crypto talk

13.2.2023
Brian Armstrong said he had about an hour at the Dirksen Senate Office in Washington, D.C. to “chat about crypto” and enjoy low sugar food at the building's snack bar

Major media outlets demand identities of SBF's $250M bond guarantors

13.1.2023
The media’s lawyers argued the public’s right to know Bankman-Fried's sureties outweighed their privacy and safety rights, but Bankman-Fried’s lawyers strongly disagreed

From the NY Times to WaPo, the media is fawning over Bankman-Fried

29.11.2022
Mainstream media outlets just can’t seem to stop drooling over the disgraced FTX founder

French Lawyer Asks Russian Patriarch to Help Save Alexander Vinnik From ‘Political Trial’ in US

31.10.2022
A member of the defense team of the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has called on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to intervene in support of his client. The Russian national may be sentenced to over 50 years in prison for his role in the infamous cryptocurrency exchange. Prisoner...

Mainstream media on the Merge: Risky move or climate nirvana?

7.9.2022
While mainstream outlets have generally grasped the complexity of upgrading a major blockchain “mid-flight,” it’s prompted a few to warn about the disruptions should it fail

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC will accept crypto donations

3.8.2022
Crypto donations platform Engiven’s page for the archdiocese includes the option to send funds anonymously using many tokens, from Ether to 0x

Crypto winter freezes sports sponsorships for digital asset firms

21.6.2022
The crypto market downturn has made it difficult for crypto firms to pull the trigger on any new sponsorship deals with the sports teams they spent hundreds of millions on at the beginning of the year

SEC, State Regulators Probe Crypto Lender Celsius Over Accounts Freeze

18.6.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and several state regulators are reportedly investigating the decision by crypto lender Celsius Network to freeze withdrawals. U.S. Securities Regulators Investigate Celsius’ Withdrawal Freeze The U.S. SEC and securities regulators...

Nintendo's Big Piracy Case Is A Very Sad Story

7.6.2022
Back in February, Gary Bowser—who in most media reports has been described as a ‘hacker’—was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in selling cheat and modification devices for Nintendo hardware. Being a court case, most of the reporting dealt only with names on a page and cold facts, but...

Let's Revisit A 1995 Anime Convention

14.4.2022
Anime and/or cosplay cons are now so commonplace you can find them in cities big and small across America, but in 1995 people’s options for sharing their interests (and buying associated merch) were a lot more limited.Read more

Washington state passes bill aiming to expand local blockchain adoption

31.3.2022
The northwest pacific state’s governor has finally passed a bill into law to form a working group to explore the opportunities for industry and commerce to benefit from blockchain

MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST

11.2.2022
On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is...

Bitmain signs 500MW joint venture with sustainable BTC miner Merkle Standard

11.2.2022
Sustainable Bitcoin mining gets a boost from the joint venture between mostly hydro-powered BTC miners Merkle Standard and infrastructure provider Bitmain

FTX US Partners With Monumental Sports Entertainment, Gets Exposure to 4 New Sports Teams

21.12.2021
FTX continues its path toward the sports world as it signed a partnership with Monumental Sports Entertainment (MSE) on Monday. The deal makes it so FTX US will be MSE’s exclusive crypto exchange and non-fungible token partner. FTX and Monumental Sports Entertainment to Collaborate...