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Sam Bankman-Fried's mom asked him for $92,000 — to be delivered within a day. I can (sort of) relate.

Sam Bankman-Fried's mother asked him for $92,000 to be delivered within a day, new emails reveal, t…

Katie Notopoulos   


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Bitcoin plummets as $9 billion Mt. Gox payout begins and government selling adds pressure

The bankrupt Mt. Gox crypto exchange still holds about 140,000 bitcoin and has started to repay cre…

Matthew Fox   


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Bitcoin is about to clear a big overhang, and the crypto will recover from its slump to reach $150,000 by year-end, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says

Bitcoin has wobbled in recent weeks but it's about to clear a big hurdle and will climb 138% by the…

Jennifer Sor   


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Bitcoin is close to breaching a key support level that could trigger another 15% slide

"There are no 'Buy' signals, so we would await support discovery in bitcoin," Fairlead Strategies s…

Matthew Fox   


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Bitcoin is sending a warning that the stock market is about to sell off, Stifel says

Stifel said Nvidia stock could feel the most pain if the stock market experiences a correction late…

Matthew Fox   


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Can the stars predict the stock market? Gen Z thinks so.

Young stock traders are relying on astrology, tarot cards, and lunar cycles to guide their moves.

Lakshmi Varanasi   


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Bitcoin will hit $500,000 by the end of this decade as ETF demand booms, Bernstein says

Bernstein had previously expected bitcoin to make a cycle-high of $150,000 in 2025, but they upped …

Matthew Fox   


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A crypto trading platform that recruited users through prayer circles was a pyramid scheme that made $1 billion for its 'Reverand CEO,' lawsuit says

NovaTechFx, once one of the fastest-growing financial platforms, now faces a lawsuit that says it s…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Bitcoin is on the verge of a massive technical breakout that could take it to $100,000, analyst says

A classic technical "cup and handle" chart pattern is playing out for bitcoin, and it suggests 40% …

Matthew Fox   


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Jack Dorsey gave $10 million to a project run by an anonymous dev — who turned out to be a follower of a fascist 'guru'

Twitter's cofounder Jack Dorsey personally gave $245,000 in crypto to a developer who's a follower …

Katherine Long   


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Crypto billionaire Michael Novogratz's firm has tokenized a 316-year-old violin owned by Catherine the Great in order to back a loan

"We're creating a process that will transform how a whole range of assets are managed, valued, and …

Filip De Mott   


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Bitcoin is undergoing a tech expansion that one expert says will drive 5-fold growth in just 2 years

Bitcoin programmers have been expanding the possibilities behind the blockchain. It could mean fres…

Filip De Mott   


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AI mania is just 'typical bubble hype' like the crypto craze, says top economist Paul Romer

Nobel Prize winner Paul Romer predicted AI progress would slow sharply, and investor Gary Kaltbaum …

Theron Mohamed   


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The new king of crypto

Crypto.com is everywhere: the Lakers arena, Formula 1, UFC fights, commercials with Matt Damon and …

Emily Stewart   


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Former Chinese takeaway worker jailed for money laundering after police seized 61,000 bitcoins — currently worth $4 billion

Authorities were alerted when the British-Chinese woman attempted to buy London properties valued a…

Nathan Rennolds   


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He taught cops how to fight crypto crime. Now he's accused of running a $100 million dark web drug market.

Until recently, Lin Rui-siang taught cops how to beat cybercrime. He was arrested this week in conn…

Joshua Zitser   


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I quit my director job at Goldman Sachs to start my own company. There's always a cap if you're an employee.

A trader at Goldman Sachs quit to start a crypto company during the crash. He said a slump is the b…

Lauren Crosby Medlicott   


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RIP Kabosu, the celebrity canine who became the face of Dogecoin

The Shiba Inu who inspired the viral Doge meme passed away on Friday at the age of 18.

Tom Carter   


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Ether could surge 60% after ETFs are approved, trading firm says

"The market is expecting fireworks," QCP Capital said of the potential spot ethereum ETFs, which co…

Filip De Mott   


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RFK Jr. joins the meme-stock crowd — and plows $24,000 into GameStop in a show of support

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed retail investors' calls for Wall Street refo…

Theron Mohamed   


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Ethereum surges 22% on speculation ETFs could be approved as soon as this week — and a new bitcoin record might not be far behind

Odds that Ethereum ETFs will be approved this week have spiked with key decisions due from the SEC.

Filip De Mott   


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A surging number of crypto owners are trying to recover forgotten wallet passwords so they can cash in after huge token rallies

About 20% of bitcoin could be lost in locked wallets, according to Reuters. Crypto owners are tryin…

Filip De Mott