Reform UK insider George Cottrell tied to Trump Polymarket bets worth millions
ZachXBT has identified a Donald Trump Polymarket whale as key Nigel Farage adviser and convicted fraudster, George Cottrell.
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Strategy earnings puts tiny STRC front and center
Strategy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, spending vast amounts of time on its newest, (and relatively small) preferred stock, STRC.
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Balancer exploit drains $129M in DeFi disaster •
The exploit, which hit Balancer’s v2 liquidity pools on multiple blockchains, reportedly affected projects that “forked” the exchange’s code.
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Bitcoin mining industry mostly uninterested in spam controversy
While many Bitcoiners have gone to war over the use of node-level “spam” filters, those in BTC mining have stayed in their lanes,...
‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump sort of knows CZ, but he doesn’t get crypto
Trump claims he has a vague understanding of who CZ is but he doesn’t know, or even care, about the charges against him...
Strategy diluted MSTR by $54M but only bought $46M of bitcoin
Strategy diluted shareholders by $69.5M but bought $45.6M of BTC. These 183,501 extra shares accreted less than the proceeds to its treasury.
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Stream Finance halts withdrawals after $93M loss, xUSD depegs 75%
DeFi platform Stream Finance has halted deposits and withdrawals in response to the loss of $93M of “Stream fund assets.”
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Tenerife to make 100,000% profit on BTC bought for research
Tenerife’s Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies bought the BTC in 2012 for €10K and plans to invest the profits in new projects.
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STRE is nothing like what Michael Saylor promised on Thursday
Strategy founder Michael Saylor repeatedly promised a roll-out of STRC counterparts but instead he launched STRE.
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China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death
China has sentenced nearly 20 people, including members of prominent mafia families, to death over pig butchering scams in recent months.
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