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Father of crypto-millionaire rescued after being held for ransom—and having his finger severed

The kidnapping is the latest in a string of dozens of violent crypto-related attacks.

By Catherine McGrathMay 5, 2025
Remember MoviePass? It’s still around—and going all in on crypto
By Ben WeissMay 1, 2025
Trump’s latest crypto venture will be a real estate video game
By Ben WeissApril 15, 2025
Man pleads guilty to tax fraud for failing to report $13 million in CryptoPunks sales
By Catherine McGrathApril 14, 2025
A 23-year-old spent his last $500 on a memecoin and then shot himself playing Russian roulette
By Catherine McGrathApril 10, 2025
A picture of three gold coins with the term NFT inscribed on them.
Magic Eden acquires trading platform Slingshot in push to expand beyond NFTs
By Ben WeissApril 9, 2025
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Proof of Play CEO Amitt Mahajan.
NFTs and CultureWeb3 gaming company Proof of Play raises $33 million from a16z’s Chris Dixon and Greenoaks
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 21, 2023
NFTs and CultureMark Cuban loses $870,000 in crypto hack, billionaire blames bad version of MetaMask software
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 18, 2023
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher pose at an awards ceremony.
NFTs and CultureSEC says NFTs sold by Mila Kunis’s ‘Stoner Cats’—a web series featuring Ashton Kutcher and Jane Fonda—are unregistered securities
By Ben WeissSeptember 13, 2023
Vitalik Buterin, cofounder of Ethereum.
The Coins$690,000 hack of Vitalik Buterin’s X account includes theft of $244,000 CryptoPunk NFT
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 11, 2023
Friend.tech hails itself as "the marketplace for your friends.
NFTs and CultureFriend.tech fees and transactions tumble just weeks after the crypto social app debuts on Coinbase’s Base
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 28, 2023
Image from "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom."
NFTs and CultureRTFKT cofounder Benoit Pagotto on building brands and why you’re better off playing ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ than going to conferences
By Anna TutovaAugust 26, 2023
Donald Trump in Atlanta
NFTs and CultureA golden toilet among regular toilets? NFTs of Donald Trump skyrocket after he talks to Tucker Carlson and has his mug shot released
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 25, 2023
The CoinsPepe coin crashes as developers send $16 million to exchanges, prompting fears of a rug-pull
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 25, 2023
NFTs and CultureEx-OpenSea manager convicted in first-ever NFT insider-trading case is sentenced: ‘I let down the community’
By Chris Dolmetsch and BloombergAugust 22, 2023
CompaniesWeb3 app Friend.tech lets influencers literally cash in on their follower counts
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 22, 2023
Donald Trump is seen wearing a red cap
NFTs and CultureDonald Trump may be sitting on half-a-million dollars in Ether that came from selling his widely mocked NFTs
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 14, 2023
A man walks by a GameStop storefront.
CompaniesGameStop’s quest for relevance—following meme-stock madness—won’t include crypto wallets, which it’s ending amid ‘regulatory uncertainty’
By Ben WeissAugust 1, 2023
Kelly DiGregorio is an incoming vice president at OpenSea.
CompaniesThe unheralded woman who closed Polygon’s deals with Starbucks, Disney, and Mastercard is now a VP at OpenSea
By Ben WeissAugust 1, 2023
performer Snoop Dogg wearing a white jacket and sunglasses singing onstage
NewslettersSnoop Dogg’s metaverse debacle: How Web3 proved a rare misfire for a rapper known for his marketing savvy
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 28, 2023
Snoop Dogg behind metaverse land concept.
NFTs and CultureSnoop Dogg’s metaverse stands out among the rapper’s brands—for being uncool
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 27, 2023
Ben McKenzie wrote a crypto book.
CommentaryBen McKenzie needs a hug: The ‘OC’ star’s crypto book is an ill-informed flop
By Kathleen BreitmanJuly 20, 2023
Floor cofounders (left to right): Siddhartha Dabral, Chris Maddern, and Christine Hall.
NFTs and CultureFloor turning to in-app payments to make buying and displaying NFT artwork ‘more accessible’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 20, 2023
A view of a crowd the window of the NFT gallery.
NFTs and Culture‘Digital art is here to stay’: Despite market downturn, NFTs are still popping up in galleries, including this small NYC exhibition space
By Ben WeissJuly 19, 2023
A headshot of David Greenstein.
NFTs and CultureSound wants to be the next iTunes, and it just raised $20 million from the likes of a16z and Snoop Dogg
By Ben WeissJuly 12, 2023
People walk by a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT billboard in Times Square
NFTs and CultureDOJ accuses 25-year-old OpenSea spoofer of stealing $450,000 worth of NFTs and crypto
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 10, 2023
NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: Bored Ape Yacht Club is sinking as floor prices spiral
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 8, 2023
Image from the new Azuki Elementals collection of NFTs
NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: Azuki’s botched Elementals drop has some calling it quits on the collection
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 1, 2023
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NFTs and Culture‘NFL Rivals’ creator Mythical Games raises first $37 million of new funding round
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 27, 2023
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NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: ‘NFL Rivals’ hits 1 million downloads, and getting to the bottom of the Eminem-BAYC mystery
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 24, 2023
NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: A Sothebys auction brings in $11 million—and a bit of hope for the NFT market
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 17, 2023
Apple CEO Tim Cook.
NFTs and CultureApple threatens to remove Web3 social network Damus from App Store if it doesn’t end Bitcoin tipping
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 13, 2023
Max Homa hits a golf ball out of a sand trap.
NFTs and CultureGoing to golf’s U.S. Open? Get a limited-edition NFT from Amex
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 13, 2023
Sébastien Borget, cofounder and CEO of The Sandbox.
NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: The Sandbox and Decentraland are caught in the SEC’s crosshairs
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 10, 2023
Axie Infinity artwork
NFTs and CultureTokens for The Sandbox and ‘Axie’ among those branded securities in SEC suits against Coinbase and Binance
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 6, 2023
NFTs and CultureThis Week in the Metaverse: Apple and Meta’s looming headset war
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