Nov 2, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

What does Elon Musk really want with Twitter?

🎧Catch up on our Twitter Space discussion featuring Fortune Crypto Editor Jeff Roberts and former Twitter Communications Director Rachael Horwitz using the link below:

https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1eaKbrDYWgoKX?s=20

Nov 3, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

❄️How Reddit defied Crypto Winter and created a $10 million market for customizable avatars—just don’t call them NFTs: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/03/how-reddit-defied-crypto-winter-and-created-a-10-million-market-for-customizable-avatars-just-dont-call-them-nfts/

💸Coinbase's grim Q3 earnings could deliver a surprise upside: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/03/coinbases-hidden-gold-mine-will-juice-its-earnings/

📉Robinhood reports 12% quarterly decline in crypto revenue as monthly active users fall 1.8 million: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/02/robinhood-reports-12-quarterly-decline-in-crypto-revenue-as-monthly-active-users-fall-1-8-million/

The #FortuneCrypto newsletter by Crypto Editor Jeff John Roberts explores the latest on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and all manner of cryptocurrency. Here are the top stories of the week.

❓Can Web3 really fix social media? https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/04/web3-will-fix-social-media-really/

🔇Why is Jack Dorsey silent on Elon Musk buying Twitter? https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/01/why-is-jack-dorsey-silent-on-elon-musk-buying-twitter/

👀 The real reason Elon Musk bought Twitter: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/10/31/the-real-reason-elon-musk-bought-twitter/

💼 Layoffs return to the crypto sector. That’s not entirely a bad thing: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/11/02/layoffs-return-to-the-crypto-sector-thats-not-entirely-a-bad-thing/

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Dec 15, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

📝Sam Bankman-Fried indicted on multiple conspiracy and fraud charges by U.S. officials:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/13/sam-bankman-fried-indicted-several-conspiracy-and-fraud-charges/

📉‘Uniquely destined to fail’: New FTX CEO charged with cleaning up Sam Bankman-Fried’s mess testifies in Congress:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/13/destined-to-fail-sam-bankman-fried-custody-congress-ftx-hearing/

⚠️Prosecutors give a stark warning to other crypto platforms in the wake of the SBF indictment and call it ‘one of the biggest financial frauds in American history’: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/13/prosecutors-warn-crypto-platforms-after-sbf-indictment-ftx-fraud-charges-american-history/

Dec 16 @FortuneCrypto

💼Blocknative raises $15 million to provide global infrastructure to Ethereum:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/15/blocknative-raises-15-million-to-provide-global-infrastructure-ethereum/

💸UN to send displaced Ukrainians USDC to convert into local currencies:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/15/un-crypto-aid-ukrainian-refugees-stablecoin-usdc-stellar/

🌟Star-studded Senate hearing illustrates massive divide over crypto in D.C.:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/14/star-studded-senate-banking-committee-divides-crypto/

Dec 19, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

👀Why SBF’s arrest means freedom for everyone else in the crypto space:
https://fortune.com/2022/12/19/sbf-arrest-means-freedom-crypto-politics-dmitry-gooshchin/

🕋The evolution of crypto and Web3 in the Arab world:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/evolution-crypto-web3-in-the-arab-world/

📑Unlike Washington, Andreessen Horowitz has a plan to push forward crypto legislation:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/19/unlike-washington-andreessen-horowitz-has-a-plan-to-push-forward-crypto-legislation/

⛔️Sen. Sherrod Brown leaves possibility of crypto ban open as momentum builds for stronger regulation:
https://fortune.com/2022/12/18/sherrod-brown-crypto-ban-ftx-senate-banking-regulation-coinbase/

Dec 22, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

💸FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on $250 million bail put under house arrest at his parents’ home:
https://fortune.com/2022/12/22/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-released-bail-250-million/

🧳Sam Bankman-Fried lieutenant Caroline Ellison charged with fraud over FTX crypto price manipulation:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/21/sec-charges-caroline-ellison-with-fraud-over-ftx-price-manipulation/

📈Elizabeth Warren’s new crypto bill sent shock waves through the industry. Here’s what it could mean:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/21/elizabeth-warren-new-crypto-bill-shockwaves/

Dec 28, 2022 @FortuneCrypto

💰NFTs had an up-and-down 2022. Some of these still sold for seven figures:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/27/most-expensive-nfts-2022-end-of-year/

📉It was a bad year for crypto. It was even worse for these guys:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/26/crypto-bad-year-falls-from-grace-sbf-do-kwon/

🧳Sam Bankman-Fried borrowed half a billion dollars from his now bankrupt empire to buy Robinhood shares:
https://fortune.com/2022/12/28/crypto-sam-bankman-fried-ftx-alameda-loan-robinhood-shares/

Jan 9, 2023 @FortuneCrypto

👀5 great crypto stories you missed over the holidays: https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/04/5-great-crypto-stories-you-missed-over-the-holidays/

📈Crypto investors who lost money in 2022 can use key tax loophole—for now: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/29/crypto-investors-who-lost-money-in-2022-can-use-key-tax-loophole-for-now/

💰The 10 biggest crypto funding rounds of 2022: https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/29/10-biggest-crypto-funding-rounds-2022/

Jan 17, 2023 @FortuneCrypto

👀Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has what the crypto industry needs: A clear moral vision:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/17/ethereum-founder-vitalik-buterin-has-what-the-crypto-industry-needs-a-clear-moral-vision/

📉Crypto bank Silvergate reports $1 billion loss as CEO insists ‘our mission has not changed’:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/17/crypto-bank-silvergate-1-billion-loss-ceo-insists-our-mission-has-not-changed/

🧳TaxBit to acquire software startup Tactic to expand crypto accounting services:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/17/taxbit-acquires-crypto-accounting-company-tactic/

💰Disgraced 3AC hedge fund bros seek to raise $25M for new GTX crypto exchange:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/16/disgraced-3ac-hedge-fund-bros-seek-to-raise-25m-for-new-gtx-crypto-exchange/

Jan 19, 2023 @FortuneCrypto

💸Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund made more than $1B offloading 8 years of crypto investments just before markets soured:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/18/peter-thiels-founders-fund-sold-crypto-just-before-markets-soured/

💼Binance admits to further management issues with stablecoin assets:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/18/binance-admits-to-further-management-issues-with-stablecoin-assets/

🩹New FTX CEO John Ray may revive failed crypto exchange:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/19/new-ftx-ceo-john-ray-may-revive-failed-crypto-exchange/

⛔️Genesis may file for bankruptcy this week as trading firm struggles to raise new funds:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/19/genesis-considers-bankruptcy-gemini-barry-silbert-winklevoss-twins/

Jan 21, 2023 @FortuneCrypto

📈New FTX CEO John Ray may revive failed crypto exchange:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/19/new-ftx-ceo-john-ray-may-revive-failed-crypto-exchange/

📑Crypto lending arm of Genesis files for bankruptcy:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/19/genesis-considers-bankruptcy-gemini-barry-silbert-winklevoss-twins/

🧳Crypto lender Genesis just filed for bankruptcy. Here are the biggest creditors:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/20/the-crypto-lender-genesis-just-filed-for-bankruptcy-biggest-creditors/

Jan 23 @FortuneCrypto

🚨‘Cryptoqueen’ scammed $4 billion from investors by touting bogus Bitcoin rival—she’s still on the run from the FBI after five years:
https://fortune.com/2023/01/23/ruja-ignatova-cryptoqueen-on-the-run-fbi-bitcoin-rival-onecoin/

📝The trillion dollar coin debate is back. Experts explain if it can actually resolve the debt-ceiling crisis:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/23/can-the-us-invent-a-digital-trillion-dollar-coin-to-save-itself-from-default/

🧰The banking industry is turning its back on crypto, adding insult to injury for the reeling sector:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/01/23/crypto-industry-losing-banking-partners-heres-why-it-matters/

Feb 1 @FortuneCrypto

🎥Fortune and Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas are teaming up to make an FTX documentary with exclusive access to Binance CEO and SBF rival CZ:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/01/fortune-and-mark-wahlbergs-unrealistic-ideas-are-teaming-up-to-make-an-ftx-documentary-with-exclusive-access-to-binance-ceo-and-sbf-rival-cz/

💰Despite SEC litigation, Ripple sold $226 million of XRP last quarter—and the token gained 21% last month:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/01/despite-sec-litigation-ripple-sold-226-million-of-xrp-last-quarter-and-the-token-gained-21-last-month/

📃Judge rules that Sam Bankman-Fried must stop contacting former employees of FTX, Alameda Research:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/01/judge-rules-that-sam-bankman-fried-must-stop-contacting-former-employees-of-ftx-alameda-research/

Feb 3 @FortuneCrypto

📃Logan Paul sued for alleged CryptoZoo ‘rug pull’:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/03/logan-paul-sued-for-alleged-cryptozoo-rug-pull/

🧳Silvergate at center of DOJ fraud investigation for hosting FTX and Alameda accounts:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/03/silvergate-doj-fraud-investigation-ftx-and-alameda/

⚠️Crypto sleuth tricks MMA fighter into promoting scam NFT project:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/03/coffeezilla-tricked-mma-fighter-fake-nft-project/

Feb 7 @FortuneCrypto

📈Former Coinbase employee accepts plea deal, admits to insider trading:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/07/former-coinbase-employee-accepts-plea-deal-admits-to-insider-trading/

🏦Binance suspends bank transfers of U.S. dollars:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/06/binance-suspends-bank-transfers-us-dollars/

🏈Crypto ads will vanish from the Super Bowl as the fall of FTX weighs on the industry’s reputation:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/06/no-crypto-ads-super-bowl-lvii-chiefs-eagles-2023/

Feb 10 @FortuneCrypto

⚖️Gary Gensler hits Kraken with $30 million settlement, prompting outcry of "regulation by enforcement"
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/09/kraken-30-million-sec-fine-ends-crypto-staking/

📉PayPal CEO to step down amid economic turbulence and slumping shares after years of breakneck growth:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/09/paypal-ceo-to-step-down-amid-economic-turbulence-earnings-q4-2022/

🤳🏻Judge and Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers spar over his use of messaging apps:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/09/sam-bankman-fried-lawyers-judge-spar-messaging-apps/

Feb 14 @FortuneCrypto

👀U.S. regulators just killed a major stablecoin. Here's what that means for the crypto industry:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/14/u-s-regulators-just-killed-a-major-stablecoin-what-that-means-for-the-crypto-industry/

⚠️Stablecoins are under threat and this new type of crypto could replace them, says JPMorgan:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/13/stablecoins-are-under-threat-and-this-new-type-of-crypto-could-replace-them-says-jpmorgan/

🏦Central banks currencies are coming whether we want them or not. Should you be worried about CBDCs?
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/14/central-banks-currencies-are-coming-whether-we-want-them-or-not-should-you-be-worried-about-cbdcs/

🔊Announcing the Fortune Crypto 40: A ranking to recognize the best companies in crypto.
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/02/23/fortune-crypto-40/

👀OpenAI’s Sam Altman wants to convince billions of people to scan their eyes to prove they aren’t bots. Meet Worldcoin, the founder’s crypto project
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/21/sam-altman-orb-scan-eyeballs-ai-bot-worldcoin/

Mar 28 @FortuneCrypto

💸 ‘I slipped up’: NFT collector evaporates CryptoPunk valued at $129,000—a third of his net worth:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/27/nft-collector-129k-cryptopunk-burn-address-mistake-brandon-riley/

🏦 The crypto industry enlisted an unlikely champion in its crusade against the SEC: An ex-Coinbase manager convicted of insider trading:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/27/crypto-unlikely-champion-sec-coinbase-insider-trading/

📈 Polygon launches ‘holy grail’ zkEVM mainnet beta that aims to increase scale and decrease cost of Ethereum transactions:
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/03/27/polygon-launches-holy-grail-zkevm-mainnet-beta-mass-scale-cost-savings-to-ethereum-transactions/