Everybody hates Binance: Two staff held in Nigeria; finding the cash for $4.3b in US fines
Binance believes that Nigeria “holds extraordinary potential and we hope to continue to invest there.”
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News: blockchain MEP Eva Kaili corruption arrest, Nigerian CBDC rewrite, BBC blockchain misadventures
RMS Titanic NFTs: You wouldn’t download a corpse.
News: US Treasury on the threat of crypto; failed corporate NFTs; SEC vs. Yuga Labs; Urbit tries again
They say damp records the past. If that’s so, I’ve got the biggest library yet.
Regulatory clarity: doomed US crypto bills, Nigeria’s CBDC lacks repeat users, central banks don’t like crypto either
At least the Agriculture Committee has a lot of experience with cowboys and bull manure.
News: Sam Bankman-Fried on DeFi ponzinomics, Grayscale ETF comments, Binance and Russia, El Salvador
You wouldn’t funge a car.
News: no crypto in 401(k) retirement plans, more Bitcoin ETF rejections, NFTs on Instagram, Jamaican CBDC
“EBSA expects to conduct an investigative program aimed at plans that offer participant investments in cryptocurrencies and related products.”
News: FCA versus UK crypto, Infura sanctions on Ethereum, BitMEX Reed headed for trial, India
This is the cyberpunk future we deserved — the first NFT rugpull by a nation-state.
News: BBC pulls crypto documentary, sports NFT failures, mining in Siberia
“Does Anyone else working in a crypto company feel this is all a scam?”
News: World Wildlife NFT, Diem sale details, ECCB DCash offline
Admittedly, NFTs are not as bad as that time the WWF ended up funding mercenaries to rape, torture and kill suspected poachers. Whoops!