A profile of stablecoin developer Tether, which has withstood huge redemption runs during the current brutal crypto winter, competition, and regulatory pressure
Amid crypto's existential crisis, its largest liquidity provider, Tether, has withstood multiple multibillion-dollar redemption runs. Tweets: @mdudas , @silvermanjacob , and @sarahnemerson Tweets: Mik...
Google's quest to digitize the US DoD's trove of 31M+ human tissue samples and 55M+ slides, the world's largest biorepository, raises ethical and legal concerns
James Bandler / ProPublica : Tweets: @propublica , @silvermanjacob , and @eisingerj Tweets: @propublica : New: The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans' skin samples, tu...
Tether's reports show increasing loans denominated and payable in its own stablecoin, reaching $6.1B as of September 30, a potential risk in a crisis
Tether reports hadn't disclosed that loans it issues are denominated and payable in the token — The SEC's Strategy for Enforcing Regulation on Crypto, Explained Tweets: @patio11 , @anthony , @bitboy...
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , @fcdservicea_llc , @...
Study: before 10%-25% of Coinbase listings since 2018, some traders on decentralized exchanges bought more of those tokens, hinting at insider trading
The US charge against a former Coinbase Global Inc. employee may not be the only instance of insider trading at the cryptocurrency exchange, according to a new study. Source: SSRN . Tweets: @smtuffy ,...
How North Korean spies infiltrate US crypto firms, posing as remote workers; UN says the country has stolen billions of dollars' worth of crypto from exchanges
Washington (CNN)Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life. Tweets: @kyleworton , @snlyngaas , @silve...
A profile of Ben McKenzie, star of The O.C. who has become a prominent crypto critic and is writing a book with journalist Jacob Silverman
The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation. Who's listening? Tweets: @yaffebellany , @katierosman , @kashhill...
Profile of DDoSecrets, a collective formed in 2018 that has shared confidential documents from US law enforcement, Myanmar, Ukraine, Gab, and others
As Freddy Martinez tracked the latest impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump on Twitter, he saw a screencap of a CNN broadcast that struck him as odd. Tweets: @newrepublic , @silvermanjacob , @n...
States are increasingly granting small delivery robots generous access to city sidewalks; in PA, they are classified as “pedestrians” and can drive up to 12 mph
As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights … Tweets: @robertburns73 , @cooperlund , @mtsw , @nicolarossi , @parismarx , @ste...
Over fifteen journalists describe covering Facebook, which they say lies on the record, has ghost-written op-eds, and received quote approval for interviews
One day in July 2016, Casey Newton, a tech reporter for The Verge, sat down at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park for the biggest interview of his career. Tweets: @mattrosoff , @silvermanjacob , @dse...