Saturday, April 19, 2025

Coinbase

What’s the deal with Zora, Base, and content coins?

Coinbase is adamant that Base didn’t launch a token or memecoin, while according to its creator, BASEISFOREVERYONE is a “content coin.” Source link

Your $1,200 COVID stimulus could be worth $14,700 in bitcoin

Meanwhile, if you’d spent your $1,200 on BTC in 2020 and sold during Trump’s inauguration, you’d have made almost $19,000. Source link

Coinbase claims the token Base just launched isn’t actually a token at all

After a brief rally on its surprise announcement, the newly minted BASEISFOREVERYONE memecoin crashed 88% within two minutes. Source link

BlackRock ETFs: Gold outperforms bitcoin in Trump’s second term

BlackRock’s Gold Trust has outperformed its Bitcoin Trust under Trump, despite the president’s explicit support for BTC. Source link

Abandoned DeFi websites used to host crypto wallet drainers

The DeFi website scam relies on former users of now-defunct projects coming back to remove previously deposited funds. Source link

Every UK MP hacked on X since Elon Musk took control

A total of seven UK MPs have seen their X accounts hacked, mainly to promote crypto scams, since Elon Musk took over Twitter...

Crypto influencer Tiffany Fong rejected Elon Musk’s baby-making offer, report

Elon Musk slid into the DMs of cryptocurrency influencer Tiffany Fong and asked her to have his baby, according to The Wall Street...

US government might use tariffs to buy bitcoin

According to an executive director on one of Donald Trump’s councils, the US government could use tariff revenue to buy BTC. Source link

Did Solana process more transactions than all other blockchains last week?

Solana publishes incredible statistics about its transactions despite generously defining that term to include mostly non-financial actions. Source link

Major crypto exchanges suffer complications after AWS outage

Binance, MEXC, KuCoin, Rabby Wallet and DeBank were impacted by Amazon’s AWS outage, which led to withdrawal suspensions and other issues. Source link

Chinese chip used in bitcoin wallets is putting traders at risk

Bitcoin wallets that use the ESP32 chip, including Blockstream’s Jade wallet, are on high alert after a new critical vulnerability error. Source link

Anchorage Digital probed by top US AML task force, report

In 2022, the US banking watchdog put Anchorage on notice for failing to meet various anti-money laundering regulations. Source link

MicroStrategy bought BTC at nearly the worst possible price last week

Looking at a chart of BTC when MicroStrategy was buying last week, skeptics think Michael Saylor paid nearly the worst price possible. Source link...

MANTRA CEO says ‘reckless’ exchanges caused OM token collapse

MANTRA’s OM token lost billions from its market cap, with its CEO blaming “reckless forced closures” from exchanges. Source link

CZ told to ‘give up the scamming’ in X spat with Ari Paul

The spat began when Zhao challenged the WSJ claim that as part of Zhao’s plea deal, he agreed to give evidence on Justin...

Gold has outperformed bitcoin by nearly 40% this year

A year-to-date chart of gold versus BTC shows outperformance of the traditional safe haven asset amid geopolitical uncertainty. Source link

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