Friend.tech pronounced 'dead' after activity and fees tank
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Friend.tech pronounced ‘dead’ after activity and fees tank

Less than three weeks after its launch, the decentralized social network Friend.tech has already been declared “dead” by critics,  following a recent drop in key metrics such as activity, inflows and volume. Friend.tech had a buzzy beta version launch on Coinbase’s layer-2 Base on Aug. 11. A week later, its fees surpassed $1 million in 24 hours on Aug. 19 outshining…

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OnlyFans’ parent company bought $20M of Ethereum as revenue surged
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OnlyFans’ parent company bought $20M of Ethereum as revenue surged

The parent company of subscription platform OnlyFans has become the latest firm to reveal its cryptocurrency holdings, showing it invested nearly $20 million into Ether (ETH) in 2022. According to an Aug. 24 financial filing to the UK corporate registry, Fenix International reported that it had purchased some $19.9 million worth of ETH between 2021 and 2022. However, due to…

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Prime Trust Filing Reveals Cascade of Failures That Led To Bankruptcy Filing
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Prime Trust Filing Reveals Cascade of Failures That Led To Bankruptcy Filing

Irresponsible spending. Misjudging summer 2022’s crypto market implosion. Getting locked out of its own cryptocurrency wallet. These are some of the missteps detailed in a court filing submitted by battered crypto custodian Prime Trust as it seeks bankruptcy protection.  In a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Thursday, Prime Trust CEO Jor Law explained how the company…

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OnlyFans' Ethereum Holdings Sank—But 2022 Was Still A Good Year
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OnlyFans’ Ethereum Holdings Sank—But 2022 Was Still A Good Year

More fans, more creators, more money. For the content creator site OnlyFans, 2022 was a pretty good year. For Ethereum? Maybe not so much. Over the weekend, Crypto Twitter zeroed in on a financial statement submitted by OnlyFans’ parent company Fenix International Limited to British authorities on Thursday. It showed that the company had owned over $19 million in Ether…

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Balancer exploited in nearly $900k after vulnerability warning
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Balancer exploited in nearly $900k after vulnerability warning

Ethereum automated market maker and decentralized finance protocol Balancer was exploited for nearly $900,000, the protocol confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) on Aug. 27, just days after disclosing a vulnerability that affected several pools. An Ethereum address allegedly belonging to the attacker has been revealed by blockchain security expert Meier Dolev. Following the exploit, the address received two transfers of…

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