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Category: Weekly Overview
CZ and Binance face new lawsuit, RFK Jr suspends campaign: Hodler’s Digest Aug. 18 – 24
Binance and former CEO CZ face lawsuit by investors over unrecoverable assets; RFK Jr. suspends, but doesn’t end, campaign: Hodler’s Digest.
Bitcoin miners steamrolled after electricity thefts, exchange ‘closure’ scam: Asia Express
Malaysia gets out the steamroller as Bitcoin mining stolen electricity issue worsens, Korea’s new ‘exchange closure’ scam. Asia Express
AI drone ‘hellscape’ plan for Taiwan, LLMs too dumb to destroy humanity: AI Eye
Skyfire launches crypto payments network for AI agents, Trump deepfakes ‘just memes,’ drone swarms to be unleashed on China: AI Eye.
‘Algorithm choice’ can fix social media — but only on decentralized platforms
Jack Dorsey says a marketplace of algorithms could fix toxic social media — but centralized platforms won’t give up their control easily.
Beat crypto airdrop bots, Illuvium’s new features coming, PGA Tour Rise: Web3 Gamer
Illuvium founder asks: Where are all the new Web3 Games? NFT allowlist to eliminate gaming bots, official PGA golf tour game. Web3 Gamer.
11 critical moments in Ethereum’s history that made it the No.2 blockchain
From Vitalik’s dad telling him about Bitcoin, through to the upcoming Pectra upgrade, these are the key moments in Ethereum’s life.
$590M Silk Road Bitcoin sale unlikely, BTC bull rally far from over, and more: Hodler’s Digest Aug 11 – 17
US gov’t won’t sell $590M Bitcoin on Coinbase. Does Harris plan to continue Biden’s crypto crackdown? Hodler’s Digest
Low users, sex predators kill Korean metaverses, 3AC sues Terra: Asia Express
Low user numbers and sex predator scandals are killing South Korean metaverses, 3AC sues Terra, Malaysian crypto kidnappings. Asia Express.
‘No matter how bad it gets, there’s a lot going on with NFTs’: 24 Hours of Art, NFT Creator
“There’s a sense of inevitability” that NFTs are the start of a renaissance in digital art says 24 Hours of Art’s RD: NFT Collector.