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Amazon gained the market cap SpaceX lost in six weeks
In less than six weeks, Amazon has gained almost as much market capitalization as SpaceX has lost. Since June 26, both companies have swapped precisely $560 billion in market cap. Believe it or not, as recently as June 16, both companies had the same valuation, each being a $2.65...
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Billionaire Brock Pierce did an interview with a Pro-Putin cult
While Brock Pierce has been relatively quiet since Protos and Decrypt reported on his ties to late sex trafficker Jeffre...
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What to do if you’re a Coldcard victim
More than 4,585 BTC wallet owners are victims of Coinkite’s firmware bug and its compromised Coldcard hardware wallets, ...
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Former FBI agent indicted for stealing crypto from FBI
A former FBI special agent has been indicted after being accused of stealing somewhere in the region of $1 million in cr...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
100,000 UK police officers caught in hacker group's ransomware debut
A new ransomware group is threatening to leak contact details of over 100,000 UK police officers after stealing data from government departments, including the Ministry of Defence ...
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August 3, 2026•Cryptocurrency
A timeline of Coldcard's $85M bitcoin theft
Last week, hackers discovered a five-year-old bug in Coldcard software and used it to drain over 1,158 BTC worth over $72 million from over 2,600 addresses. By Sunday, the tally ro...
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July 31, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Pump Fun is firing staff and its company filings are overdue, report
Memecoin platform Pump Fun reportedly fired staff members months before their Pump Fun tokens were about to be unlocked, leaving one employee cut off from a potential seven-figure ...
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July 31, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Coldcard attack: 25 minutes, 500 wallets, $38M in BTC gone
Someone likely used AI to drain almost 600 BTC, worth $38 million, from roughly 500 dormant wallets yesterday as part of a seed phrase exploit targeting Coldcard hardware wallets. ...
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July 31, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Crypto keeps losing to Ken Griffin’s Citadel
Ken Griffin’s Citadel has bought most of Situational Awareness’ AI stock portfolio at a discount, a move that represents another victory for the billionaire villain of the crypto i...
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July 30, 2026•Cryptocurrency
Where are the Ethereum founders 11 years after the genesis block?
On July 30, 2015, the Genesis Block for the Ethereum protocol was mined. The chain has become the second most important blockchain in the cryptocurrency ecosystem and has reached a...
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