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CompaniesSBF’s arrest is a custody-fraud case, not a protocol bug
The founder of FTX was taken in Nassau after SDNY filed charges. That is extradition and a docket. It is not a patch to a chain.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
MarketsWhy bitcoin’s weekend move is not a strategy
Bitcoin can lurch while desks are empty. This weekend that lurch had a company behind it. The useful question is still whether anything changed for you — not whether the candle was red.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
TechnologyThe Merge changed how Ethereum agrees. It did not, by itself, cheapen the meter.
Validators replaced miners. Issuance and the power bill changed. Blobs and quiet layer-2 fees are a later upgrade. Withdrawals are later still.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationOFAC listed Tornado Cash. That is a sanctions list, not a code review.
Treasury said the service had laundered billions, including proceeds attributed to North Korean hackers. Compliance desks now have addresses to avoid. A protocol mailing list is not the SDN list.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
CompaniesVoyager’s bankruptcy is a loan book, not a chain halt
A public crypto broker had lent a huge unsecured book to one hedge fund. When that fund failed, the app pause became a court file. Bitcoin kept producing blocks.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
CompaniesCelsius paused. Three Arrows blew up. That is credit, not a protocol.
Yield apps and hedge funds that rehypothecate coins can gap. Terra’s unwind was the match. The fire is counterparties.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readDeFiTerra’s collapse is what an algorithmic peg looks like when the bid dies
A token that was supposed to stay at $1 by minting and burning LUNA hyperinflated the seigniorage coin instead. Anchor’s yield was demand, not a law of physics.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
SecurityThe Ronin hack was a bridge with too few keys, not Ethereum failing
Sky Mavis’s sidechain bridge did what a 5-of-9 scheme does when five keys are in the wrong hands. Ethereum mainnet kept producing blocks. The game’s on-ramp did not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationBiden’s digital-assets order is a process memo, not a ban
The White House asked for reports on consumers, financial stability, illicit finance, competitiveness, inclusion, and a possible US CBDC. That is coordination. It is not a protocol change.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
SecurityWormhole was a bridge bug. Jump put the ETH back.
A signature-check failure on the Solana side of a cross-chain bridge printed IOUs that were not matched by ether on Ethereum. Users of the wrapped token got made whole by a company, not by maths.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
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