Vitalik Buterin has voiced his displeasure with the "celebrity experiments of this cycle," commenting on Chris Burniske's post regarding the MOTHER token, launched by rapper Iggy Azalea on May 28.
On May 26, a new scandal erupted on the X platform, involving the loss of control over a popular account. A post suddenly appeared on the channel of the renowned trader and analyst @GiganticRebirth (GCR) claiming that the ORDI token would soon “moon” and advising followers to invest immediately.
Cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT is set to list the world’s first boxing token, RTF, of the Ready to Fight project, co-founded by renowned Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk and his coach Serhii Lapin. Trading is scheduled to commence at 10:30 AM (UTC) on April 24, 2024.
CoinList has rolled out an update featuring a revamped Karma points system, designed to increase users' chances of securing allocations in token sales.
Former cryptocurrency journalist Jacquelyn Melinek and investor Anthony Pompliano have announced the launch of Token Relations. This platform is aimed at facilitating connections between blockchain projects and stakeholders, offering an alternative to current promotional channels.
Ethereum staking service Lido is planning partnerships with restaking platforms Mellow Finance and Symbiotic.
Dapper Labs, creators of the NBA Top Shot NFT collection, will pay $4 million to settle a lawsuit with token holders who accused the company of selling unregistered securities. The plaintiffs have agreed to withdraw the lawsuit and refrain from filing future claims.
U.S. authorities have indicted trader Avraham Eisenberg for orchestrating a fraud and market manipulation scheme on the decentralized exchange Mango Markets. The reports indicate that in late 2022, he intentionally drove up the price of the MNGO token by 1300%, leveraging it as collateral to secure a $110 million loan he failed to return.
Three AI-focused crypto projects, specifically SingularityNET, Fetch․ai, and Ocean Protocol, are considering the merger of their tokens into a single ASI token, Bloomberg reports, without revealing its source.
