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Strange things have happened in the meme coin space in recent months. We've seen a Solana developer end up in the hospital with third-degree burns trying to boost his coin, purported incest used to induce traders to pump a price, and rappers and reality TV stars launching their own tokens. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of wild tickers inspired by dogs, cats, presidential candidates, and more are emerging daily, but one in particular—bluntly and somewhat morbidly named "Dead D...

Crypto markets showed little movement during European trading hours on Tuesday, with Bitcoin and Ethereum both experiencing slight dips despite overall weekly gains. This comes a day after former U.S. President Donald Trump's highly anticipated Spaces interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter, which notably lacked any mention of cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $59,398.28 after a sleepy start during European hours. The Bitcoin price is currently up 2.5% over t...

Optimism-affiliated networks, including Coinbase's Base, that are part of the Superchain rely on Ethereum to communicate with each other in order to move assets, which tends t...

Defunct Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform ezBtc has been found guilty of diverting $9.5 million (CAD $13 million) of customer assets into gambling sites and lying to customers. The platform operated between 2016 and 2019 and was run and incorporated out of British Columbia by founder David Smillie. The platform stopped operating in September 2019 and the company was later dissolved in 2022. ezBTC allowed consumers to buy and trade various popular cryptocurrencies, telling customers the as...

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk spoke on Twitter Spaces, it marked the opening of what’s been touted as the Pump.fun Olympics. Over a three hour period, 10,000 tokens were launched by the meme coin factory. But degens weren’t happy about it. “How is this a good thing anymore?” Tyler Stockfield (better known as Anon) wrote on Twitter, “Nobody is having fun anymore besides the Pump Fun team raking in fees.” Pump.fun is a token launchpad that gained popularity due to it enabling anyone to create a co...

An Australian man whose partner was accidentally refunded millions of dollars by Crypto.com has been jailed after embarking on a "flurry" of spending. Jatinder Singh, 39, has been sentenced to serve three years in jail by the County Court of Victoria after pleading guilty to the theft of $4.4 million, per reports in local news media. In May 2021, Singh tried to deposit AU$100 ($65) into his Crypto.com account back in May 2021 using the bank account of his partner Thevamanogari Manivel, 41. The c...

Ethereum briefly climbed above $2,700 on Tuesday morning, setting a weekly high, before backtracking slightly. At the time of writing, ETH is trading for $2,646, about 1.5% lower than it was this time yesterday, per data from CoinGecko. The price action comes a day after the U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs booked a tepidly good performance with inflows of $5 million, according to Farside Investors. Monday marked the break of a 3-trading day streak of outflows, during which the ETH funds saw investors wi...