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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that risks of having bugs in smart contracts are still present when opting for self-custody.

Bitcoin was closing in on the $17,000 level on Friday, as cryptocurrency markets rebounded heading into the weekend. The token moved away from a recent support point of $16,200 in today’s session, as bulls reentered the market. Ethereum also moved higher, climbing back above $1,200.
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Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded on Friday, as the token […]

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As the title suggests, I’m just wondering what the plan is for moons. I see a lot of speculation about possible exchange listings, which provides some much needed hopium in this lousy market. However, I’m more interested in other things. I know it was adopted as a karma system, so I’m not delusional about what…
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In a letter to its investors, one of the industry’s most notable crypto venture firms, Multcoin Capital, has revealed its thesis for the coming weeks. Managing partners Kyle Samani and Tushar Jain write in a 3,400-word letter that the FTX fiasco does not spell doom for the crypto industry, as critics like Peter Schiff and Nassim Taleb recently did. “Just as Lehman Brothers didn’t kill banking and Enron wasn’t the death of energy companies, FTX won’t be the end of the crypto industry,” the venture capital firm said. At the same time, the firm warns its investors that FTX’s collapse will cause more fallouts. Samani and Tushar wrote: We expect to see contagion fallout from FTX/Alameda over the next few weeks. Many trading firms will be wiped out and shut down, which will put pressure on liquidity and volume throughout the crypto ecosystem. We have seen several announcements already on this front, but expect to see more. According to Multicoin, leverage must first be removed from the system before there will be “green shoots next year.” Multicoin Trusted FTX Samani’s company also acknowledged its own mistakes, though. Thus, it had placed “too much trust” in FTX. As a result, Multicoin lost 15.6% of its total fund assets on FTX. Related Reading: Did The Bahamas’ Securities Commission Take Control of FTX’s Assets? They Did The venture firm was only able to recover about a quarter of its funds that were deposited on the exchange. Although waiting to see how the bankruptcy proceedings progress, the company expects to write down its investment in FTX to zero. In doing so, Multicoin follows the fate of other investors in FTX, such as Temasek, Sequoia Capital and Softbank. Due to the loss of confidence, Multicoin said it is only trading on two other exchanges, Coinbase and Binance. For now, however, the company only relies on Coinbase custody and self-managed cold wallets, it said. The Future Of Solana (SOL) By its own account, Multicoin has invested a large amount in Solana (SOL). The token was one of the biggest sufferers in the FTX collapse, as SOL was one of FTX’s largest positions along with FTT. On November 05, SOL was still trading at a price of $38.71 on Binance before the steep crash to currently $13.53 took place. Despite the heavy losses, Multicoin officially still believes in Solana’s long-term potential, according to its letter to investors. The venture firm said it’s holding its position and still expects a bright future for Solana, because the cryptocurrency has “one of the most vibrant developer communities.” Related Reading: Solana Buckles Under FTX Debris, Is Single-Digit SOL A Possibility? Based on our experience in 2018 and 2020, we learned that it’s not prudent to sell an asset during a short-lived crisis if the core thesis is not impaired,” the letter states. However, there is a juicy (unconfirmed) rumor circulating that Samani and Jain handled his personal funds differently. Allegedly, the general partners sold their personal SOL stashes near the top. Unconfirmed: LP states that Multicoin GPs sold their personal SOL stashes near the top while refusing to sell for the fund and bull tweeting. They made lavish real estate and automobile purchases and have failed to return necessary $ to LPs for tax obligations. Haters take note pic.twitter.com/uPONWcods3 — Evanss6.eth (@Evan_ss6) November 17, 2022

I am planning to put part of my portfolio into gmx but wanted to test the app locally first. My plan was to run the ethereum blockchain locally and then deploying the contract and just trying out stuff to see what is possible for the deployers/admins (can they freeze/steal my money and stuff like that).…
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When whales splash they make big waves. I was looking around Huobi's snapshot proof of reserves when I found this wallet. It appears to be a huge whale that is shifting its funds into Binance. The whale is pulling huge sums from OKEx and Huobi and putting them into Binance. ​ Sample of 0x09ff transactions…
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One of the founders of Russia’s most notorious Ponzi scheme in recent times, Finiko, is in detention in the United Arab Emirates, according to a Russian media report. The close associate of the crypto pyramid’s mastermind left the Russian Federation as the scam collapsed last summer. UAE Authorities Review Russian Extradition Request for Top Finiko […]

Turned out that he was already involved in another, equally big scandal. In the 2000s the poker scene was thoroughly shaken by a series of frauds affecting the pages of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, which were among the 10 largest providers at the time. Russ Hamilton who owned the two companies played poker with…
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