Ethereum Foundation Begins Shutdown of Ropsten Testnet
The Ethereum Foundation began winding down the Ropsten Testnet and expects to complete the shutdown by the end of December....
Month: November 2022
Coinbase Foils Extortion Attempt
Coinbase fended off a blackmail attempt from a malicious actor who threatened to expose customer records if the exchange didn’t...
Hodlnaut Faces Investigation Over UST Holdings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N-2csF2kcs Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) announced an investigation into Hodlnaut’s crypto holdings. It alleges that Hodlnaut downplayed his holdings...
NYAG Opposes Bills to Remove Obstacles to Adding Crypto to Retirement Accounts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzazKecoHJw The New York Attorney General’s office issued a statement opposing two bills working their way through Congress that would...
Lawsuit Alleges Treasury Falsely Labeled Tornado Cash a Security Risk
Six cryptocurrency users filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The lawsuit alleges that a subdivision of...
New York Governor Signs Two-Year Moratorium on Crypto Mining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Phh5U-ylc New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill imposing a two-year moratorium on certain types of cryptocurrency mining, citing...
U.S. State-Level Securities Regulators Probing Genesis Global Capital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI7JmbZbT7U Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph Borg indicated that Alabama is participating in a multi-state effort to probe Genesis Global...
UK Court Rules Bitcoin.org Owner Must Unmask to Defend Against Court Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ff4BxbUBU The London High Court ruled that the Bitcoin.org owner, Cøbra, must reveal their identity to contest the legal costs...
Scientists Use X-Rays to Solve Mystery Around Blazars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQBLjiZI3Zg When a black hole feeds on material, it can whip up enormous jets of matter that stream out from...
NASA Seeks Public Comment on Mars Sample Return Mission
…But don’t overdo it, please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQV6Za0kgfA NASA is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for the Mars...
Genesis Global Capital Exploring Options Including Bankruptcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfQk_cPkc8M Genesis Global Capital hired an investment firm named Moelis & Company to explore options, including a potential bankruptcy. Since...
FTX Bankruptcy Judge Approves Redaction of FTX Creditors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuEaZSmjCJs The presiding judge in the FTX bankruptcy case, John Dorsey, approved FTX’s request to redact its creditors. A legal...
Test Orion Spacecraft Completes First Lunar Flyby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndrj8q-_ahI After making the first launch of the SLS in several years with Artemis I on November 16, NASA announced...
BlockFi Prepares to File for Bankruptcy Amid FTX Collapse Fallout
BlockFi is currently preparing to lay off employees and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the fallout from FTX's rapid...
How to Save Twitter Without Nuking It and Starting Over
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprClbeiML0 So I’m sure we’re all at least somewhat familiar with the drama behind Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. First...
Astronomers Find Evidence of Early Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6KXoO0NEE The universe’s first stars could have formed as early as 100 million years after the universe formed. These early...
NASA Tops Forbes List of Top Employers for Veterans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhW6sxM7aI Are you a U.S. military veteran who is looking for a job? Unlike Big Tech companies, many of which...
Sam Bankman-Fried Steps Down as FTX CEO as FTX Declares Bankruptcy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h9BTRU_0hM FTX capped a rough week for crypto by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a United States court. Sam...
New Study Confirms Some of Earth’s Water Comes from Meteorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1EJoInwD-I A paper published in Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta describes angrite meteorites’ role in bringing water to Earth. Angrites are...
Twitter Files Registration for Money Transmitter Business
A new regulatory filing with the U.S. Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) unveiled “Twitter Payments LLC,” a subsidiary...
Binance Walks Away From FTX Acquisition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWaPHkGzzDs Yesterday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) announced a non-binding letter of intent to acquire FTX. Now he says the...
American Astronauts Have Opportunity to Vote from International Space Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7EMAimZ_g If you live in America and hopped online today, you probably saw the long lines of people going to...
Binance Signs Letter of Intent to Buy FTX
The day after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) announced that the exchange was liquidating its FTT holdings, he announced that...
Department of Justice Scores Big in Dark Web Fraud Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIuWx-xwhzg When someone defrauds a Dark Web platform used to buy and sell illegal goods, is he a hero or...
LBRY Loses Case Brought by SEC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22jyp6e6FA LBRY lost a case brought by the SEC in which the regulatory agency claimed that LBRY's tokens were a...
Binance Plans to Liquidate FTT Tokens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3vJNFhxD0 Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao ("CZ") announced plans to liquidate Binance's FTT holdings. He cited "recent revelations that have come...
Circle to Launch Euro-Backed Stablecoin on Solana Network
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6kJltreb0 Circle already has the U.S. Dollar-backed stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC). Now it plans to launch an European version, the...
SEC Subpoenas Hint at Investigation Into HEX, PulseChain, and PulseX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZe31DIeS0 The SEC has issued subpoenas to influencers who may have promoted HEX, PulseChain, and/or PulseX. The subpoenas demand that...
NASA’s Veritas Probe Delayed to 2031
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWQiq-tAy4 NASA’s VERITAS probe has been delayed to 2031 and, for once, it wasn’t due to technical issues with the...
Twitter Employees Sue Over Layoffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3jyZQtPQw About 1,100 former Twitter employees saved Elon Musk the trouble of laying them off since he announced his offer...
Astronomers Find Black Hole 1,560 Light-Years from Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3X0cIbaNM Just when you’ve started to put your Halloween decorations away, astronomers found a new spook just 1,560 light-years from...
Rocket Lab Launches Satellite, Fails to Catch Booster in Midair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZHjJhY5B4 By now, SpaceX makes it look easy to land its first stage boosters on a drone barge. As a...
Bill Nelson Calls Relationship Between NASA, SpaceX Symbiotic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5yS3qNz-g NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called the relationship between NASA and SpaceX a symbiotic one in a recent interview with...
Stripe Lays Off 14% of Staff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXcg9hZKyHU The payment processing company Stripe is laying off 1,000 employees, or about 14% of its workforce. The layoff returns...
NASA Outlines Requirements for Lunar Terrain Vehicle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6r5m-IeAwQ NASA is preparing to send out a request for proposals for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that will be...
Coinbase Backs Ripple in Legal Defense Against the SEC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-REi7h_wc2k Ripple’s legal team has been fighting the SEC’s allegations that it and its founders conducted illegal security token sales...
EU’s Digital Markets Act Goes Into Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdECc9D16I The European Union’s Digital Markets Act went into effect today (November 1, 2022). The terms of the Digital Markets...
MakerDAO Co-Founder Dies in Puerto Rico
MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Muchgian died in Puerto Rico on the morning of October 28, 2022. According to official reports, he...
