Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Raises $150 Million in a Series A Round

unchainedcrypto.com Decentralized social network Farcaster announced Tuesday that it has raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation in a Series A round. Crypto investment firm Paradigm led…

Who’s to Blame for the Underperformance of Low Float, High FDV Tokens?

unchainedcrypto.com This past weekend, a Binance report on tokens with high fully diluted valuations and low initial circulating supplies, also known as “low float, high FDV” coins got the…

Hunter Horsley: "Mainstream Era of Bitcoin," Spot ETF Race & What % Institutions Are Investing

coinstories.libsyn.com In this episode with Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, we discuss: Bitcoin creating a global standard and addressing the decline in trust in leaders and corporations Success…

Analysts Up Odds of Spot Ether ETF to 75% as Prometheum Launches Product That Treats ETH as a Security

unchainedcrypto.com The conflicting status of ether as a security or commodity was further exacerbated through a series of developments between Friday and Monday. A May 20 report from Fortune…

Bitcoin Has Traded Mostly Sideways Since the Halving. What Could Boost Its Price?

unchainedcrypto.com Bitcoin’s fourth halving event was completed on April 20th – exactly thirty days ago – and many are wondering if the digital asset’s price will repeat its usual post-halving…

Pyth and Avalanche To Unlock Over $1 Billion in Tokens This Week

unchainedcrypto.com The week of May 20 will see oracle service network Pyth and layer 1 blockchain network Avalanche release more than $1 billion worth of previously locked PYTH and AVAX into…

Runes’ Share of Bitcoin Fees Has Dropped Sharply One Month After Launch

unchainedcrypto.com Runes, a new token standard for fungible tokens on Bitcoin, has seen a substantial decline in fees since it first launched one month ago, on April 20. The decline may call…

DIY Multisig vs. Collaborative Custody Multisig

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80% of Tokens on Binance Are Down Since Listing Date: SwissBorg Researcher

unchainedcrypto.com The so-called “Binance effect” might be a thing of the past, thanks to tokens that launch with a high fully diluted value (FDV) and insiders using the listing as an…

Kraken Has ‘No Plans’ to Delist USDT in Europe Ahead of MiCA Guidance

unchainedcrypto.com A Friday report from Bloomberg sparked fears that crypto exchange Kraken could pull support for the USDT stablecoin in European markets, but the firm’s global head of asset…

5 Best Airdrop Practices All Crypto Protocols Should Follow

unchainedcrypto.com Airdrops as a way to reward and maintain early adopters of a crypto protocol remain a cornerstone of the crypto ecosystem. In the past five months, crypto projects such as…

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell: Alex Busarov: The First Bitcoin-Mining Home Appliances, Earn Bitcoin While Heating Your Home

coinstories.libsyn.com In this episode with Alex Busarov, founder of Heatbit, we discuss: Mining Bitcoin while heating your home with Heatbit: https://heatbit.com/?ref=NATALIEBRUNELL Will more…

Chainlink Surges 14%, Decouples From Altcoins After Tokenization Pilot With DTCC

unchainedcrypto.com Blockchain oracle Chainlink’s native token LINK has surged 14% in the last 24 hours, decoupling from the wider altcoin market which saw mostly negative price action across…

‘Memes’ Are One Of The Strongest Growing Crypto Narratives in 2024: Kaito AI

unchainedcrypto.com Memecoins have been a dominant crypto narrative for the better part of the last two market cycles, and that sentiment doesn’t seem to be fizzling out anytime soon. Web3 AI…

Crypto Continues to Get Politicized as Senate Votes to Kill SAB 121 Custody Bill

unchainedcrypto.com Cryptocurrencies were once considered the domain of a small niche of financial-tech enthusiasts and even a symbol of libertarianism. However, digital currencies have…

BNB Smart Chain to Feature Its Own Blobs to Compete With Ethereum

unchainedcrypto.com is set to undergo a series of hard fork upgrades aimed at enhancing the user experience and helping the blockchain network associated with crypto exchange Binance remain…

Large Institutions Betting Big on Bitcoin ETFs Revealed in SEC Filings

unchainedcrypto.com The cash-laden institutions responsible for pumping hefty sums into spot bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) this past quarter have been revealed, thanks to recent 13F…

Watch the Performances That Got 11 Memorable ‘American Idol’ Contestants Voted Off the Show

billboard.com All American Idol contestants dream of winning the competition, but there can only be only one winner each season. Every other contestant is voted off, or as Ryan Seacrest…

Early Bitcoin Proponent Erik Voorhees: Crypto Will Be the Currency of AI

news.bitcoin.com Erik Voorhees, an early bitcoin proponent and entrepreneur, believes that crypto will be the currency of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. At Unchained, Laura Shin’s…

DOJ Alleges Two Brothers Stole $25 Million From MEV Bots Last Year

unchainedcrypto.com The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has arrested two brothers – Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Peraire-Bueno – for carrying out a scheme that “exploited…

Crypto-Libertarian Erik Voorhees Warns Your Chatbot Queries Are Not Safe

zerohedge.com Crypto-Libertarian Erik Voorhees Warns Your Chatbot Queries Are Not Safe Crypto-libertarian Erik Voorhees, fresh off his passionate defense of crypto in the 'Gold vs.…

Ethereum Keeps Bleeding Against Bitcoin. Is the ‘Flippening’ Dream Over?

unchainedcrypto.com The dream of Ethereum surpassing bitcoin’s market cap, a development known as “the Flippening,” seems more distant than ever. Ethereum’s value relative to bitcoin (ETH/BTC)…

Worldcoin’s Token Could Become Hyperinflationary In 70 Days, Says Crypto Trader

unchainedcrypto.com Worldcoin, the biometric crypto project developed by Tools for Humanity and founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is often the subject of debate within the crypto community. This…

Ethereum Scaling With L2s Has Damaged Its Tokenomics. Is It Possible to Fix It?

unchainedcrypto.com Ethereum, often celebrated for being “ultrasound money” owing to its deflationary bent, has turned inflationary again over the past month, challenging the foundational…

Ed Dowd: Banking Failures and Market Crash Will Lead to Great Reset, CBDCs and Fight for Freedom

coinstories.libsyn.com In this episode with macro analyst Ed Dowd, we discuss: The current state of the economy and whether a crash is looming What would a 30-50% stock crash look like and could…

$20 Million Exploited From Sonne Finance on Optimism

unchainedcrypto.com Sonne Finance, a decentralized non-custodial lending protocol on Optimism and Base, appears to have been exploited for at least $20 million, according to blockchain security…

Cypher Protocol Insider Steals From Exploit Redemption Contract

unchainedcrypto.com Hoak, a pseudonymous core contributor to the Solana-based decentralized exchange Cypher Protocol, has stolen from a redemption contract that was set up to recover funds from…

Tron’s Justin Sun Has Become Quite the Airdrop Farmer of Late

unchainedcrypto.com Justin Sun, the controversial founder of the Tron blockchain network, has been very active as an airdrop farmer recently. On May 11, four wallets (0x79a, 0xdc3, 0x176, and…

8 Reasons Why LayerZero’s Upcoming Airdrop Could Be the Most Complex Ever

unchainedcrypto.com Interoperability protocol LayerZero recently took a snapshot in preparation for its upcoming airdrop, which will coincide with the protocol’s token generation event (TGE).…

Coinbase Investigates System Wide Outage

unchainedcrypto.com Crypto exchange Coinbase’s website and exchange platform are currently unavailable to users on both desktop and mobile interfaces. The firm reported it was facing a “system…

A Guide to ‘Roaring Kitty’s’ Many Movie References as He Returns to X

unchainedcrypto.com After a hiatus of nearly three years, Keith Gill, better known by his internet alias “‘Roaring Kitty,” is back. Gill’s account on the social media platform X posted a single…

Solana’s GME Soars 14-Fold as ‘Roaring Kitty’ GameStop Commenter Returns

unchainedcrypto.com GME, a memecoin cryptocurrency on Solana inspired by the ticker of GameStop’s common stock, soared Monday after highly-influential GameStop investor and commenter Keith…

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell: Chris Pan: Viral Bitcoin Speech Sparks OSU Commencement Uproar

coinstories.libsyn.com In this episode with Chris Pan, the OSU commencement speaker who got booed for suggesting student look into Bitcoin, we discuss: Who is Christopher Pan? The now-viral moment…

EigenLayer Early Adopters Claim $359 Million Worth of EIGEN in 3 Days After Airdrop

unchainedcrypto.com Crypto traders, early adopters, and airdrop farmers have claimed more than 46.2 million EIGEN tokens worth about $359 million in the first three days of EigenLayer’s…

Linea Delays LXP Mint After Detecting Sybil Activity

unchainedcrypto.com Consensys’ zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) scaling solution Linea said that its planned mint of Linea Voyage XP (LXP) tokens is “taking longer than normal”…

$68 Million Stolen in ‘Dust’ Attack Returned to Victim

unchainedcrypto.com An anonymous crypto whale lost $68 million worth of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) in an address poisoning attack on May 3. Now, the victim reportedly has no complaints against the…

Solana Devs Propose New Governance Proposal to Enhance Network Security, but It Would Make SOL More Inflationary

unchainedcrypto.com The Solana community is currently weighing a governance proposal to change the collection model of its priority fees, a move intended to improve the blockchain’s overall…

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell: Caralie Chrisco: Investing in Bitcoin and Lightning Companies with Wolf

coinstories.libsyn.com In this episode of Coin Stories, Caralie Chrisco and I discuss: Wolf: The Bitcoin and Lightning network accelerator in NYC Companies building on Bitcoin and Lightning…

Why Spot Ether ETFs Will Likely Have to Wait Until After the Presidential Election to Be Approved

unchainedcrypto.com Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are facing a rough month. Final decisions are due on the first generation of ETF applications in late May and are widely…

BlackRock and Securitize Submit Application for Arbitrum’s Program Focused on Real-World Asset Diversification

unchainedcrypto.com Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization firm Securitize Markets submitted an application last week “on behalf of BlackRock” to Arbitrum’s Stable Treasury Endowment Program…

Why Ethereum Gas Fees Have Fallen to Their Lowest Level Since 2020

unchainedcrypto.com The average cost of a transaction on Ethereum is at its lowest level since Jan. 2020 (one gwei represents one-billionth of one ether and is the unit of ETH used to measure…

7 Tips For Traveling With Bitcoin Keys

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Could the SEC Have a Case Against Liquid Staking Protocols?

unchainedcrypto.com A recent lawsuit brought by Ethereum software giant Consensys against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suggests liquid staking protocols, such as Lido and…

Digital Asset Lender Ledn Processed Record $690 Million in Loans in Q1 2024

unchainedcrypto.com Ledn, a financial services firm focused on crypto-backed loans, announced Thursday it had facilitated over $690 million loans to its retail and institutional clients in the…

Is It Fair That Crypto Bankruptcies Are Denominated in Dollars? Here’s a Solution to Dollarization

unchainedcrypto.com This week, the FTX bankruptcy estate announced it would repay 98% of creditors and that creditors would recover between 118% and 142% of the value of their allowed claims…

Optimism to Add Custom Gas Tokens and Plasma Mode for Layer 2 Builders on the Superchain

unchainedcrypto.com Ethereum scaling solution Optimism aims to create the ideal environment for layer 3 blockchains to build on its network of networks, otherwise known as the Superchain. In a…

US House Votes to Overturn Controversial SEC Guidance for Crypto Custodians

unchainedcrypto.com The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a measure that would overturn the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial Staff Accounting Bulletin…

Vitalik’s New EIP-7702 Draws Early Support; Could Be Included in Ethereum’s Next Hard Fork Upgrade

unchainedcrypto.com Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-7702 has seen increasing support among developers, builders, and researchers less than a day after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin…

Your Wealth Is Melting: Why Bitcoin Is The Deep Freeze Your Portfolio Desperately Needs

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‘Trojan Horse?’ Grayscale Withdraws Ethereum Futures ETF Application

unchainedcrypto.com Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has withdrawn its application for an Ethereum Futures Trust with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a filing on…

98% of FTX Creditors to Receive 118% Claims Payout

unchainedcrypto.com The FTX bankruptcy estate has filed a consensus-based reorganization plan that would pay out billions more than needed to cover the value of creditor claims. The estate said…

The growing US movement to end child marriages

theweek.com New Hampshire could become the latest US state to ban child marriage after its House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the minimum age for marriage to 18.…

Layer 2 Network Mode’s Native Token Drops Over 60% Immediately After Airdrop

unchainedcrypto.com The native token for Mode, a new layer 2 blockchain network that is part of Optimism’s Superchain ecosystem, dropped in price immediately after its airdrop claims went live,…