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Lara Croft kehrt zurück: Zwei neue „Tomb Raider“-Spiele angekündigt
Crystal Dynamics und Amazon Game Studios wollen der „Tomb Raider“-Reihe um Lara Croft neues Leben einhauchen.
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Crypto scams received $14B on-chain in 2025, up from 2024's $12B and potentially rising to $17B as more wallets are found; impersonation scams jumped 1,400% (Chainalysis)
https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/crypto-scams-2026/

2026 Crypto Crime Report: Scams
Record $17 billion estimated stolen in crypto scams and fraud in 2025 as impersonation tactics and AI enablement surge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/12/cryptocurrency-task-force-dc-pirro/
Pirro targets cryptocurrency scams with new federal task force

Pirro targets cryptocurrency scams with new federal task force
The scams are intricate, with fake websites and smartphone apps made to look like real investment platforms, and they often run for weeks or months.

Good NYT piece (gift link). Tl;dr: Financial whiz kids want to get their hands on mainstream retirement & insurance money so it can be plowed into unregulated private-debt markets and crypto. What could go wrong? https://www.

The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?
A group of financiers is trying to convince the public to invest heavily in private equity and crypto — a risky gambit with some real 1920s vibes.

Biggest corruption scandal of Zelensky’s presidency is in his own ranks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/13/biggest-corruption-scandal-of-zelenskys.html

The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual delivery" of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets (Micah Zimmerman/Bitcoin Magazine)
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/cftc-scraps-overly-complex-crypto-rul…

CFTC Cuts ‘Outdated And Overly Complex’ Crypto Guidance
The CFTC is withdrawing outdated crypto delivery guidance, paving the way for updated rules amid expanding oversight.

Suspects in Energoatom corruption scheme funded luxury houses for ex-deputy prime minister, journalists say: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/12/suspects-in-energoatom-corruption-scheme.html

Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025 (Will Canny/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/01/

SCOOP: Crypto data platform CoinGecko weighs sale for around $500 million, sources say
The crypto market data firm has hired investment bank Moelis, as dealmaking across the sector accelerates.

Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the popular crypto wallet Phantom; Dune: in November, Kalshi's trading volume hit $5.8B vs. Polymarket's $3.7B (Nina Bambysheva/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.co…

Kalshi Challenges Polymarket’s Crypto Connections, Launching Tokenized Event Trading Via Phantom Wallet
As Kalshi’s trading volume surpasses Polymarket’s, it will now offer prediction market access to Phantom’s 15 million users on Solana.

Sam Altman's World updates its app to make it a "super app" with encrypted chat integration and a Venmo-like tool for sending and requesting crypto (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/world-…

World launches its 'super app,' including crypto pay and encrypted chat features | TechCrunch
Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its "real human network."