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    Brooklyn DA shutters 40 NFT scam sites after artist loses $135K

    An investigation into the victim of an NFT scam led the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Virtual Currency Unit to discover and dismantle a network...

    BTC hits $100K, Trump taps Paul Atkins for SEC chair, and more: Hodler’s  Digest, Dec. 1 – 7

    This week Bitcoin reached $100,000 for the first time ever, Trump nominates pro-crypto Paul Atkins to replace Gary Gensler: Hodler’s Digest Source link

    Ethereum ‘impulse breakout’ will lead to $15K ETH price in 2025 — Analyst

    Ethereum price finally took out the $4,000 resistance level, and one analyst says ETH could hit $15,000 by May 2025. Source link

    Trump names podcaster David Sacks as ‘AI and crypto czar’

    Donald Trump has appointed David Sacks, known for co-hosting the “All In” podcast, as his chief AI and crypto adviser. Source link

    Bitcoin is a competitor to gold, not the US dollar, reiterates Fed’s Powell

    US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell also dismissed the idea that people see Bitcoin as a symbol of a lack of faith in...

    Bitcoin range consolidation a ‘healthy next step’ before BTC attempt at $100K

    Bitcoin price cooled off at the start of December, but several bullish catalysts support investors' belief that $100,000 BTC is around the corner. Source...

    Nike-owned NFT wearables RTFKT to sunset in January

    The Nike-owned company received investment funding from Andreessen Horowitz during the peak of NFT summer in 2021. Source link

    Death of Meta’s stablecoin project was ‘100% a political kill’ — Ex Diem boss

    United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen supposedly convinced Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell into killing the project, the former Meta executive said. Source link...

    Dogecoin flips Porsche, trader turns $160 into $5.6M, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 24 – 30

    Dogecoin has surpassed the market capitalization of Porsche, a memecoin trader turned a $160 investment into millions: Hodler’s Digest Source link

    Hyperliquid’s HYPE token surges 60% after billion-dollar airdrop

    Hyperliquid has distributed over 300 million HYPE tokens to eligible community members on Nov. 29. Source link

    Crypto user convinces AI bot Freysa to transfer $47K prize pool

    It took 482 attempts from 195 participants before Freysa was convinced from a persuasive message to transfer the $47,000 of prize pool funds. Source...

    Huge ‘screw-up’ — Pump Science apologizes after flood of fraud tokens

    Pump Science partially blamed Solana-based software firm BuilderZ for leaving the private key to the dev wallet address on GitHub for the public...

    OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool leaked by aggrieved beta testers

    A group of artists and early testers leaked access to OpenAI’s unreleased Sora tool, claiming to have been exploited in its research and...

    Justin Sun has just become Trump crypto project’s biggest investor

    Justin Sun has purchased $30 million worth of tokens from Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor to date. Source link...

    Decentralized science is like early DeFi in 2019: Crypto VC

    Mechanism Capital’s Andrew Kang said DeSci protocols will likely change their existing models before evolving into more market-ready products. Source link

    FIFA, Mythical Games collaborate to launch blockchain game FIFA Rivals

    Mythical’s CEO John Linden anticipates that FIFA Rivals could attract over 100 million gamers into the Web3 space. Source link