Crypto Payments Firm BCB Group Has Received Takeover Interest: Sources
The company received takeover interest from a potential investor while conducting a Series B funding round.
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VC Giants a16z, Union Square Ventures Get Subpoenaed by New York About Uniswap: Sources
“We don’t wish the burden of unnecessary subpoenas on anyone,” a spokesperson for Uniswap told CoinDesk.
In Trump-Backed Crypto Project, Insiders Are Poised for Unusually Big Token Payouts
Eric, Donald and Donald Trump Jr. (Desiree Navarro/WireImage)
Inside the Trump Crypto Project Linked to a $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist
Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial’s white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July. One also founded Date Hotter Girls LLC.
U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is poised to launch a series of crypto hearings digging into several aspects of the industry, including decentralized finance (DeFi), the Securities and Exchange Commission’s oversight of digital assets businesses and the implications of “pig butchering” scams.
Trump’s New Crypto Business to Offer Access to ‘High-Yield’ Investments, Website Says
World Liberty Financial is “the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump,” according to homepage metadata.
Advocates at Stand With Crypto Seek to Turn Crypto Enthusiasts Into Swing-State Voters
Stand With Crypto is the political cheerleading arm of the crypto industry’s increasingly high-powered effort to insert itself into the 2024 election, and it’s starting a multi-state tour on Sept. 4 with the hope of translating its 1.3 million online signups into pro-cryptocurrency votes.
Crypto Lending Firm Morpho Bags $50M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital
The strategic funding round included a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Pantera and Brevan Howard.
$GREED 2.0: A New Lesson in Crypto Avarice That Might Also Enrich the People It Dupes
GREED logo (Voshy/Medium)
Morpheus, Decentralized AI Project From Lumerin, Goes Live on Arbitrum Test Network
Artistic modification of illustration pulled from Morpheus white paper (Lumerin/Morpheus)