New attempt at a fediverse Buttcoin (awful.systems)
By popular local demand, we’ve started a Buttcoin over at awful.systems. I’m not sure federation to/from kbin.social works without glitches yet, but here’s hoping, cross fingers etc. We do know it federates OK to other Lemmy instances and some Mastodon instances.
‘I felt powerless’: how a crypto scam cost a finance boss £300,000 (www.theguardian.com)
A review of Number Go Up, on crypto shenanigans (www.bitsaboutmoney.com)
Study suggests 95% of NFT collections are worthless (dappgambl.com)
Of the 73,257 NFT collections we identified, an eye-watering 69,795 of them have a market cap of 0 Ether (ETH)....
Crypto collapse: Tornado Cash arrests, Federal Reserve shuts down Farmington Bank, Prime Trust played Terra-Luna - by Amy and David (davidgerard.co.uk)
NFT Platform Recur to Shut Down Despite $50M Raise and Big Name Backers (decrypt.co)
Another one bites the dust....
Crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried goes to jail, SEC appeals Ripple ruling, Prime Trust bankrupt, the tangled tale of TrueUSD and Tron - by Amy and David (amycastor.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried is back in a cell....
Programmers Are Also Human goes to Web3 Berlin. “Where people without jobs ask people without companies for jobs.” (youtu.be)
The Federal Reserve prepares the Novel Activities Supervision Program to head off dumb greedy assholes crashing their banks with crypto and risking the entire banking system (www.federalreserve.gov)
IOR #14 - Interview with "Jauwn" plays the worst NFT games so we don't have to! IoRadio.org (youtu.be)
We interview YouTube game reviewer "Jauwn" - whose channel specializes in the sadistic process of wading through all the "web3" NFT games trying to find out ...
Tomorrow I'm going back in time to 2019 to visit a Redditor and tell them to post a message on /r/Buttcoin. Wish me luck! (teddit.hostux.net)
Alternate Reddit link used because I don’t want to give them traffic.
Stalking a charity: Why the FBI raided Kraken founder Jesse Powell’s home - by Amy and David (amycastor.com)
Ivermectin, it’s a hell of a drug
Bitcoin Miami 2023 Hilight Reel - Yes, these people actually said this stuff.. (www.youtube.com)
This is the official unofficial Bitcoin Miami 2023 Conference Hilight Reel.Be sure to watch to the end and see what Michael Lewis, "Moneyball" author and the...
NFT Bro Laments That Nobody Is Buying Expensive JPGs Anymore (futurism.com)
IO-Radio #13: Dr. Nicholas Weaver on Crypto, Web3 and Future Computer Tech (youtu.be)
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky Arrested—SEC, CFTC and FTC Sue for Fraud - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
Celsius and its former CEO have been charged with a host of fresh allegations from four different government agencies Thursday morning.
Bitcoin miners will struggle to survive the next ‘halving’ event amid electricity costs, debt payments (fortune.com)
This is good for Bitcoin for… Reasons.
Molly White substack - Issue 32 – I write to inform you the games are over. (open.substack.com)
Always a great newsletter.
Crypto collapse: Venture capital goes home, Coinbase, Tether backing, FTX sues Hollywood VCs, 3AC on the beach. Amy Castor and David Gerard post from their joint coverage of crypto. (amycastor.com)
I keep posting the blogs I get from the email list. I’m still trying to make sure I don’t double post or spam the /c/. If I’m doing anything wrong/incorrect, please let me know.
Poe's law (mlem.a-smol-cat.fr)
Unofficial Subreddit Migration List (Lemmy, Kbin) (www.quippd.com)
A comprehensive mapping of old subreddits to new communities.
My First Encounter With A Cryptobro On The Fediverse (latte.isnot.coffee)
First, let me say please don't be harassing this person or anything....
FTX management details new allegations on misuse of customer funds (www.axios.com)
The graphic shows how "effective altruism" worked at FTX. I wonder how they found the time to still convert USD into crypto after all the shell companies it had to pass through.
Mass adoption around the corner? Tweet about Bitcoin from user with 500 followers gets 64000 likes in an instant. Laurens Hof (@laurenshof) (calckey.social)
If you want to get a sense of scale of the bot problem at #twitter, check this out what I found. TLDR: someone has a (malfunctioning) bot army that can give posts at least 64000 likes in an instant, without triggering any serious spam detection or bot removal. The problem is in this tweet:...
