Starling Bank banned crypto but left financial system ‘open to criminals’
Starling banned crypto transactions in 2022, describing them as “high risk and heavily used for criminal purposes.” Source link...
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India disconnects 20M phone numbers in ‘cyberslave’ crackdown
India is cracking down on international scam calls partly made by its own citizens, who have become ‘cyberslaves’ across South...
EOS founder Dan Larimer predicts biblical apocalypse next week
Larimer claims that the biblical apocalypse will begin on October 9 and that mankind should prepare for “sudden destruction.” Source...
VCs secretly cashed out rewards on ‘locked’ EIGEN tokens
EigenLayer once claimed that a majority of its token supply would be locked for a year. Days into its launch,...
Satoshi likely launched 51% attack on Bitcoin during early days
An in-depth review of 2009 blocks suggests it’s highly likely that Satoshi used hash power to reorganize Bitcoin’s blockchain. Source...
Court rules prediction market Kalshi’s US election bets are legal
A judge has rejected the CFTC’s attempt to stop Kalshi from resuming its election prediction markets as the commission appeals....
Russian hackers are using deepfake porn sites to steal crypto
Russian ransomware group Fin7 has created at least seven different AI-generated deepfake sites that create non-consensual nude images. Source link...
Andre Cronje says someone stole his code to build a $1B DeFi project
Cronje claims that someone used his work to create an unauthorized copycat that amassed seven figures in total value locked....
Will HBO documentary unveil Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto?
A documentarian claims to have discovered Satoshi Nakamoto’s true name and will supposedly unmask the mysterious Bitcoin creator this Tuesday....
CZ’s release was supposed to launch Uptober — instead, we lost $200B
In an ironic twist of luck that few predicted, crypto prices apparently performed better while CZ was in prison. Source...
