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Earlier Thursday, the on-chain voting period for ArenaDAO opened. Since then, a total of nine addresses voted, providing unanimous support in favor of authorizing the DAO to sell its tokens to Paradigm. Data from blockchain analytics firm Nansen shows 142 unique…
The NYAG sued KuCoin last week under state law, alleging that ether, post-Merge, is a security under the Ethereum blockchain’s proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. The NYAG also alleged that terraUSD (UST) and luna (LUNA) are securities, as well as KuCoin’s Earn platform.…
The Biden administration is pushing TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell the app or face a possible ban. But there are many complications to finding a suitor.TikTok has what many Silicon Valley companies lust after: A culture-making machine beloved by 100 million…
As is the case with NFT users from other chains, the average Bitcoin Ordinals collector will likely trade off security for convenience, and thus gravitate to option two: the worst option, and in my opinion, one we ought to actively discourage,…
“The market price of one [ether] in our principal market ranged from $964 to $3,813 during the year ended Dec. 31, 2022, but the carrying value of each Ethereum we held at the end of the reporting period reflects the lowest…
“I was having dinner with a developer friend and he mentioned ‘taro,’” said Lightning Labs CEO and co-founder Elizabeth Stark in a declaration in the case. “I knew that taro is a common ingredient used in Latin American, Southeast Asian and…
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But, of course, that is not a deus ex machina of crypto, which would seem to be in philosophical tension with the decentralization goals of many in the blockchain and crypto industries. Ultimately, although crypto and traditional banking may be ostensibly…
The Graph is an open-sourced indexing protocol used to collect, process and store data from various blockchain applications. It removes the need for data consumers like app developers to expand complex infrastructure for gathering on-chain data. The Graph currently supports indexing…
Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, was recently hovering around $1,690, up 2% from Wednesday at the same time. BNB, the native token of the Binance-initiated blockchain network BNB Chain and fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, jumped 7% to…
LinksDAO declined to disclose the value of its offer, noting that the deal has not yet been fully closed. Spey Bay’s seller listed the property at $905,000, according to the property’s listing. Golf Digest has reported that the deal is expected…
The products on the chopping block include the 21Shares Crypto Layer 1 ETP (LAY1), the 21Shares DeFi 10 Infrastructure ETP (DEFII), 21Shares S&P Risk Controlled Bitcoin Index ETP (SPBTC), the 21Shares S&P Risk Controlled Ethereum Index ETP (SPETH) and the 21Shares…
Two days later, Santa Clara, California-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a go-to institution for venture-backed tech startups, was taken over by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which said the firm had “inadequate liquidity and insolvency.” This past Sunday,…
The impact of Web3, ultimately, is “going to be very similar to the way that the rise of the internet completely changed humanity,” says Chris Jacquemin, head of digital strategy of WME and the partner who led the firm’s embrace of…
State Street will continue to work on “a multi-faceted solution for both tokenized securities as well as native tokens,” the bank said, adding that the “regulatory environment for digital assets has continued to evolve, as has the requirements for servicing this…
Not all collections of non-fungible tokens, however, were affected in the same way. Projects from NFT issuer Yuga Labs, including Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks, saw their floor prices dip slightly on Saturday, but the prices quickly recovered. One Twitter…
We both laughed, and I said, “That's probably the dumbest mistake I've ever heard of. But you know, I'm gonna send it back to you, obviously, I just wanted to confirm this wasn't a wash trade.” It seemed shady. So I…
The biggest draw on Fox News is no longer Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it’s “The Five.” And daytime shows on CNN and MSNBC are outranking evening programming.There’s a new prime time in TV news: the afternoons.The biggest draw on Fox…
The demand hardens the White House’s stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance.WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants TikTok’s Chinese ownership to sell the app or face a possible ban, TikTok said on…
Four months ago, a small San Francisco company became the talk of the technology industry when it introduced a new online chatbot that could answer complex questions, write poetry and even mimic human emotions.Now the company is back with a new…
Ann Napolitano toiled in obscurity for years. Novels went unpublished; agents turned her down. She found recognition with “Dear Edward.” Then came the call: “Hello Beautiful” was the 100th pick for what is arguably the most influential book club in the…
It would be the tech company’s second round of cuts since November. Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.”Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000…
Sabrina Brier is finding success online in the role of a 20-something in New York who’s trying to shed her basic suburban past.It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can…
Sabrina Brier is finding success online in the role of a 20-something in New York who’s trying to shed her basic suburban past.It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can…
The independent studio behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” became the first to sweep the acting awards and win best director and best picture in the same year.Six years after nabbing the best picture Oscar for “Moonlight,” the…
Winners and also-rans shared cocktails and In-N-Out burgers with moguls, musicians and models at the annual post-awards gala.BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — On Sunday night at 10:30, the tented area along North Santa Monica Boulevard resembled an airport security line in which…
In the highly competitive world of digital publishing, so-called service journalism publications like Lifehacker are valuable properties.Lifehacker, the online how-to guide for exercise, cooking, technology, parenting — and just about everything else — is being sold to the digital-media giant Ziff…
Filippo Bernardini has been accused by the government of stealing over 1,000 book manuscripts. In court filings, he said he was motivated not by money but by a love of reading.For more than five years, someone was stealing unpublished book manuscripts…
Some of the unflattering private messages among the network’s hosts and executives may never become evidence when Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News goes to trial.For the past three weeks, a drip, drip, drip of disclosures have exposed widespread…
LONDON — A few minutes into coffee last spring, Brett Goldstein wanted to show me something on his phone.I leaned over and saw puppeteers sitting on skateboards while they hid behind a table, rolling into one another in apparent bliss as…
Black Entertainment Television made the first Black billionaire in the United States. Will a Black executive buy it back?When the cable giant Viacom bought Black Entertainment Television at the turn of the millennium for $2.34 billion, it made Robert L. Johnson,…
A quintessential New York artist prepares for the ultimate red carpet.In the late 1970s, the photographer Nan Goldin began documenting hedonism and bohemia in New York City, chronicling the downtown lives of her friends and lovers with raw intimacy. Those images…
The life of a scholar used to be simpler, with success or failure whittled down to an easy dictum: “Publish or perish.”Today it’s more like publish and podcast or perish.“The definition of ‘public intellectual’ has really changed, and I’m proud to…
The company, which will begin operating in May, plans to have around 550 journalists covering entertainment, politics and sports within a year.Jimmy Finkelstein’s winding career in publishing has included running and being a part-owner of The Hollywood Reporter and The Hill,…
The employee, Hernán López, and an Argentine marketing firm were accused of helping make illegal payments for rights to tournaments in South America.After hearing seven weeks of often-impenetrable testimony about television contracts, codes of ethics and the interpretation of Spanish phrases…
“Suzanne Scott has done a tremendous job,” Mr. Murdoch said in his first public remarks since damaging revelations about the inner workings of the news network.Lachlan Murdoch, whose family controls the Fox media empire, issued a full-throated show of support on…
Dafna Linzer is leaving after disagreeing on strategy with the publication’s top editor.Dafna Linzer, the executive editor of Politico, is stepping down from her role just a year after joining the company.In an email to staff, Matthew Kaminski, the publication’s editor…
Court filings give a peek into how Rupert Murdoch shapes coverage at his news organizations.In late 2020, Rupert Murdoch was holed up in the English countryside with his now ex-wife, far from Fox News headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. The pandemic seclusion…
MOSCOW — He cuts the figure of a typical leather-wearing pop star heartthrob. He has a fan base of young and middle-aged women who bring him flowers and stuffed animals when he performs. But Yaroslav Y. Dronov, better known by his…
The awards telecast has been losing viewers for years. New leadership wants to reverse that starting Sunday, and ensure the financial well-being of the organization.The stage design for the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday is more Doctor Strange modern and less…
Fox hosts and executives privately mocked the former president’s election fraud claims, even as the network amplified them in a frantic effort to appease viewers.“Do we have enough dead people for tonight?”It was a week after the 2020 elections, and Tucker…
The state will not renew a multimillion-dollar deal, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, after the chain announced it would stop distributing mifepristone in 21 states.The governor of California said on Wednesday that he would not renew a multimillion-dollar contract with Walgreens, after…
He was a stage designer noted for his work in opera when he hit the best-seller list in 2000 with the first in a series of books for children.Ian Falconer, who had built a successful career designing opera sets with David…
The Biden administration rarely criticizes conservative media stars by name, but a deputy press secretary declared that Mr. Carlson “is not credible.”In an unusual broadside against a major conservative television star, the Biden administration on Wednesday directly criticized the Fox News…
The Fox host’s private comments, revealed recently in court documents, contrast sharply with his support of conservatives on his show.Documents released in recent weeks as part of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems have revealed…
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Messages and depositions from stars like Tucker Carlson revealed serious misgivings about claims of fraud even as some hosts told millions of viewers a very different story.It had been more than a week since the news networks projected that Joseph R.…
The lunches Judy Blume used to have in Hollywood would all go the same way, she said. “Judy, sweetheart, what would you like to do?” the men would ask — and they were always men. “We want to work with you.…
Galina Timchenko, founder of the dissident news site Meduza, has adapted as the information noose has tightened since the invasion of Ukraine.This article is part of our Women and Leadership special report that profiles women leading the way on climate, politics,…
In a strategy shift, the Biden administration is increasingly pointing to Congress to give it more legal power to deal with TikTok and other technology that could expose Americans’ sensitive data to China.The Biden administration is considering pushing Congress to give…