@Techmeme@techhub.socialA website for "$TRUMP Wallet" launches, saying it is "The Official $TRUMP Wallet by President Trump" powered by NFT service Magic Eden, and opens a waitlist (Molly White/Citation Needed)
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-wallet/
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@grifferz@social.bitfolk.comRobinhood acquires Bitstamp cryptocurrency exchange for $200mil
https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/robinhood-acquires-global-crypto-exchange-bitstamp-for-200m/
@UP8@mastodon.social🎲 Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/04/17/crypto-casino-founder-richard-kim-arrested-after-gambling-away-investor-funds
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: JPMorgan aims to let clients use some crypto-linked assets as collateral for loans in the coming weeks, starting with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageAre Crypto Ecosystems (De)centralizing? A Framework for Longitudinal Analysis
Harang Ju, Ehsan Valavi, Madhav Kumar, Sinan Aral
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02324
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCrypto's New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account (Luke Goldstein/The Lever)
https://www.levernews.com/cryptos-new-bailout-fund-your-savings-account/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p67#a250605p67
@scott@carfree.cityThis seems bad. We just learned in the past week via @… that ICE agents are searching Flock cameras nationwide, and so did a Texas cop trying to track down a woman who got an out-of-state abortion. Now, without any guardrails against that, a crypto billionaire wants $9m more of these cameras in SF.
There's an ordinance to accept the gift that will…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialParis' public prosecutor says it charged 25 people, including six minors, over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting crypto executives (Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeThe crypto community's reaction to Musk's claim that he is using "Bitcoin-style encryption" (which isn't a thing) in his new messaging service XChats is so much fun.
Elon Musk says X’s DM feature XChat to have ‘Bitcoin-style encryption’
https://cointelegraph.com/news/elo…
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialTu parles d'une décentralisation :
"À l'heure actuelle, les 8 % de portefeuilles cryptographiques les plus importants détiennent un peu moins de 99 % de l'ensemble des bitcoins en circulation. En zoomant encore plus, nous constatons que les 1 % de portefeuilles les plus importants contrôlent plus de 90 % de l'ensemble des bitcoins."
#crypto
@arXiv_qfinPR_bot@mastoxiv.pageThe Surprising Irrelevance of Total-Value-Locked on Cryptocurrency Returns
Matt Brigida
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03287 https://arxi…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US DOJ seized ~145 domains and crypto linked to BidenCash, a dark web market that made $17M in revenue since 2022 by selling stolen credit cards and more (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu
@timbray@cosocial.caI bet a lot of folks (especially on the tech side) have just stopped paying attention to crypto, which is perfectly sane because we all know that it’s bad technology. On the other hand, the finance sector, with MAGA cheerleading, is still wildly enthusiastic. See https://newsletterhunt.com/emails/1894
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itHow does everything corrupt in NYC somehow end up leading back to Eric Adams? https://masto.nyc/@EthanHarp/114593406205972506
@newsie@darktundra.xyzMore than $12 million stolen from crypto platform Cork Protocol https://therecord.media/cork-protocol-defi-12million-crypto-theft
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Trump's World Liberty Financial sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company behind $TRUMP and to Magic Eden after they announced the $TRUMP Wallet (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShares of Circle jumped 124%, opening at $69.50 on the NYSE, after the stablecoin company raised almost $1.1B in an IPO (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/stablecoin-issuer-circle-soars-in-…
@floheinstein@chaos.social
@cdarwin@c.imAs the debate over the BBB moves to the Senate, the immediate imperative is to
expose the damage the bill does to millions of Trump’s voters
to benefit his Mar-a-Lago and crypto-wealthy friends.
But it’s also an occasion to shatter the illusion that Trump is some sort of policy innovator.
Extremism and authoritarianism are not new ideas, and his legislative program would be familiar to Calvin Coolidge.
@timbray@cosocial.caThe future of Bitcoin:
#Crypto #cryptocurrency
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itHow does everything corrupt in NYC somehow end up leading back to Eric Adams? https://masto.nyc/@EthanHarp/114593406205972506
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.pageImproving LLM Agents with Reinforcement Learning on Cryptographic CTF Challenges
Lajos Muzsai, David Imolai, Andr\'as Luk\'acs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02048
@kctipton@mas.toHow I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President) | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/cryptocurrency/674327/trump-coin-short-sell-hedge-contest-dinner-winner
@adamhotep@infosec.exchangeCryptocurrencies are tools for criminals and they know that. They do not, however, seem to understand the limitations:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/fractured-skulls-and-ski-masks-more-crypto-kidnap-madnes…
@davidshq@hachyderm.ioI participated in a Stacks #crypto test a few years back and was granted a small amount of #STX for my participation. It's not much, but I was keeping it at #Okcoin.
Recently I received an email informing me that Okcoin was rebranding as #Okx and what is odd is that I have to withdraw
all my crypto from Okcoin and then deposit it into Okx. Ummm, why? Isn't it the same business?
In any case I'm going to withdraw it but planning on moving it elsewhere.
Weird.
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioCrypto? More like corrupto.
#crypto #corruption #Trump #uspol
https://us.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/trump-crypto-meme-coin-dinner
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Treasury sanctions Philippines-based Funnull Technology for allegedly facilitating "pig butchering" crypto scams that stole over $200M from US victims (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/29/us-g
@StampedingLonghorn@social.linux.pizzaIt's funny how these old closed down coal power plants are coming back online since PJM won't allow crypto mining onto the electric grid. Solar farms are popping up all over (confused because they could do so much better in other places than where it's cloudier than Seattle), but they aren't allowed to connect because a national company forgot to obtain a permit by some hillbilly township with a population of 3.
@keithjgrant@front-end.socialI think a key reason the AI grift is so devious it it's built on top of an actual product that does have some utility. The grift just promises far more than AI is actually capable of in the foreseeable future.
Previous grifts like crypto and NFTs were entirely vaporware, but when we see AI generated images and text in the wild, it takes a more nuanced understanding to navigate the hype.
@spamless@mastodon.socialTrump corrupt crypto scam is too much even for Congress — Michael Popock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuTyf79H6Y&ab_channel=LegalAF
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThailand files charges against, and orders the blocking of crypto exchanges Bybit, CoinEx, OKX, 1000X, and XT.com from June 28 for operating without a license (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/30
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social"America Is Becoming the World’s Largest Tax Haven"
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/largest-tax-haven/
@keithjgrant@front-end.socialI think a key reason the AI grift is so devious it it's built on top of an actual product that does have some utility. The grift just promises far more than AI is actually capable of in the foreseeable future.
Previous grifts like crypto and NFTs were entirely vaporware, but when we see AI generated images and text in the wild, it takes a more nuanced understanding to navigate the hype.
@spamless@mastodon.socialTrump corrupt crypto scam is too much even for Congress — Michael Popock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuTyf79H6Y&ab_channel=LegalAF
@arXiv_qfinGN_bot@mastoxiv.pageHybrid Monetary Ecosystems: Integrating Stablecoins and Fiat in the Future of Currency Systems
Hongzhe Wen, Songbai Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10997 htt…
![[Cueball is holding a laptop up in two hands, showing it to his Cueball-like friend who is examining it while holding a hand up to his head. Above the top of the panels frame, there is a box with a caption:]
A Crypto nerd's imagination:
Cueball: His laptop's encrypted. Let's build a million-dollar cluster to crack it.
Friend: No good! It's 4096-bit RSA!
Cueball: Blast! Our evil plan is foiled!
[Cueball is holding a closed laptop down in one hand while giving his Cueball…](https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/574/158/551/082/986/original/d213fe387d7e2c8c.png)
