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BTC

$103,114.00

-0.84%

ETH

$2,480.02

-4.25%

BNB

$642.04

-1.43%

SOL

$167.91

-2.48%

ADA

$0.756199

-2.60%

TRX

$0.271685

-0.22%

WBTC

$102,949.00

-1.01%

XLM

$0.287111

-4.08%

SHIB

$0.00001433

-4.61%

BCH

$392.91

-1.67%

LTC

$98.08

-3.26%

XMR

$336.44

-1.18%

PEPE

$0.00001249

-8.48%

PI

$0.692653

-16.79%

WBT

$30.09

-0.56%

TAO

$422.33

-4.71%

OKB

$52.95

-1.67%

KAS

$0.113173

-6.21%

CRO

$0.097937

-3.37%

ETC

$18.39

-3.40%

TKX

$34.05

-6.74%

GT

$21.52

-1.65%

MNT

$0.733058

-2.27%

VET

$0.02790841

-5.20%

ENA

$0.361797

-5.07%

LBTC

$102,971.00

-0.72%

POL

$0.233186

-3.93%

FET

$0.759362

-3.41%

ARB

$0.379357

-7.14%

WLD

$1.083

-6.78%

S

$0.502179

-7.66%

BONK

$0.00001882

-10.88%

MKR

$1,741.09

-6.72%

KCS

$11.50

-4.54%

JUP

$0.483396

-5.17%

QNT

$91.13

-4.38%

IP

$4.69

-6.15%

STX

$0.855481

-5.78%

FLR

$0.01917357

-4.29%

EOS

$0.80154

-5.84%

SEI

$0.22631

-5.44%

OP

$0.711188

-4.78%

IMX

$0.639673

-5.82%

INJ

$11.67

-6.23%

XDC

$0.070821

-2.51%

GRT

$0.107075

-5.60%

WIF

$0.956446

-14.46%

CRV

$0.69227

-1.22%

WBTC

$102,714.00

-1.00%

LDO

$0.937099

-5.33%

GALA

$0.01883901

-7.08%

WAL

$0.643804

-6.99%

BTT

$0.00000073

-2.24%

ENS

$21.74

-4.93%

BSV

$35.63

-3.97%

XCN

$0.01990331

4.66%

ZEC

$41.06

-0.31%

XTZ

$0.616719

-5.43%

SPX

$0.66035

-9.91%

APE

$0.640395

1.35%

RSR

$0.00864201

-4.57%

TBTC

$102,961.00

-0.83%

AR

$7.24

-5.04%

TEL

$0.00513878

-5.94%

BDX

$0.065597

-1.33%

KET

$0.450627

-5.21%

XEC

$0.00002258

-4.89%

CFX

$0.087701

-3.98%

ATH

$0.04837751

-3.12%

NFT

$0.00000044

-1.08%

W

$0.093731

-5.50%

RON

$0.644964

-4.88%

CHZ

$0.04307588

-4.53%

BEAM

$0.0077959

-6.21%

EBTC

$102,302.00

-0.67%

MOG

$0.00000099

-9.67%

MWC

$33.91

-0.50%

SUN

$0.01929079

-1.92%

AMP

$0.00438637

-6.54%

OM

$0.373861

-6.69%

AXL

$0.373685

-3.99%

TWT

$0.840123

-1.26%

JST

$0.03528231

-3.69%

GNO

$131.55

-4.35%

OHM

$20.64

-1.00%

LUNC

$0.00006134

-4.79%

WBTC

$102,983.00

-0.81%

DOG

$0.00317525

-10.28%

CTC

$0.682815

-4.03%

KSM

$18.37

-6.89%

ZRO

$2.58

-11.24%

MEW

$0.00317651

-8.34%

SFP

$0.561172

-4.67%

USR

$0.999955

-0.05%

NOT

$0.0026722

-6.50%

SNX

$0.79484

-3.52%
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Will McCurdy

Will McCurdy

Will is a London-based journalist with over five years of technology experience. He has a wide range of specialties including cybersecurity, fintech, DeFi, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, payments, retail technology, and venture capital investment. He has previously written for TechRadar, AltFi, FStech, Retail Systems, and National Technology News. Disclosure: He owns less than 1 BTC.

Stories by Will McCurdy

  • Image created by Decrypt using AI

    Top College Football Pick Inks Bitcoin Contract With University of South Carolina

    Top college football prospect Matai Tagoa’i is set to join football stars like Russell Okung, Odell Beckham Jr., and Trevor Lawrence by receiving his compensation in Bitcoin. The linebacker will be paid part of his earnings via the Strike app after signing a “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) deal with the University of Southern California (USC). The exact details of his package are not known, but some college football players, such as Shedeur Sanders, have received estimated payouts of up to $4....

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Source: Crypto Man movie poster

    Disgraced Terra Founder Do Kwon Inspires Korean Indie Film ‘Crypto Man’

    The $45 billion Terra crash of 2022, involving TerraUSD and LUNA, is set to be immortalized in a new South Korean independent movie. In “Crypto Man,” the late actor Song Jae-rim plays the protagonist and self-proclaimed business genius who develops an altcoin dubbed MOMMY. Jae-rim, a well-known actor in South Korea, was found dead in his hotel room in November 2024, in what police think was likely a suicide. According to the Korean newspaper JoongAng Daily, the new movie is loosely inspired by t...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • The digital euro. Image: Shutterstock

    ECB ‘Makes Progress’ on Offline Digital Euro Payments for Mobile

    The European Central Bank (ECB) said that it has “made progress” in implementing offline Digital Euro payments on smartphones in a new report. The ECB plans to enable offline Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) payments by leveraging a specialized hardware chip, known as a Secure Element (eSE), embedded in users' mobile devices. To clarify how this ecosystem might function, the ECB stated that “technical talks were conducted with mobile device manufacturers and specialized technical service pro...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Ruja Ignatova, the "Cryptoqueen." Image: Flickr

    Missing ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova ‘May Be Hiding in Russia’

    Missing “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova may be hiding in Russia to avoid criminal charges, according to a BBC investigative journalist specializing in Kremlin affairs. Ignatova was a Bulgarian-born entrepreneur who founded a fraudulent cryptocurrency ‘pyramid scheme’ known as OneCoin, which is thought to have scammed investors out of roughly $4 billion. She disappeared in 2017 and hasn’t been publicly located since. Yoran Tsalov, who also worked for Bellingcat, argued that Ignatova “has been linked...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Bitcoin ETF. Image: Shutterstock

    Bitcoin ETFs Take in $1 Billion as BTC Price Nears $100,000

    Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded near-record inflows yesterday of over $1 billion, as Bitcoin's price neared the $100,000 milestone for the first time amid volatile trading conditions. The huge inflows come after options trading on BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF kicked off on November 19, following the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of the listing of options for spot Bitcoin ETFs last month. Blackrock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) attracted the largest inflows o...

    NewsCoins
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Digital yuan. Image: Shutterstock

    Former Head of China’s Digital Currency Project Faces Corruption Charges: Report

    The former head of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) research project, Yao Qian, has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and removed from his government position, following allegations of corruption. According to reports in state-owned local media, Qian is accused of having abused “the right to recommend, formulate, and execute policies” and “abandoned the responsibilities of science and technology supervision” following a disciplinary review. What Are Central Bank Digital...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Gary Gensler. Image: Shutterstock.

    Gary Gensler Resignation Imminent? SEC Chair Says He's 'Been Proud to Serve'

    Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler said he was “proud to serve” at the agency during a speech, amid widespread speculation about his potential resignation. “I’ve been proud to serve with my colleagues at the SEC who, day in and day out, work to protect American families on the highways of finance,” he said at the 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation yesterday at the Practicing Law Institute in New York City. To be clear: Gensler has not officially announced his...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Image: Shutterstock

    Bitcoin Mining Bans Could Lead to Increase in Carbon Emissions: Researchers

    A new research paper has argued that Bitcoin mining bans could have the unintended consequence of actually increasing global carbon emissions in some cases. The paper argued that banning Bitcoin mining in areas that use a comparatively high amount of renewable energy, such as Canada, Norway, or El Salvador, would encourage Bitcoin mining to grow in more fossil fuel-reliant countries like Kazakhstan, Russia, or China. The working paper was put together by researchers at a not-for-profit blockchai...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Image: Shutterstock

    ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Host’ Filmmakers Launch $25,000 Web3 Horror Film Award

    Web3 film funding platform Decentralized Pictures (DCP) is teaming up with the makers of horror films “The Blair Witch Project” and “Host” to launch a fundraising opportunity for horror short filmmakers, with two separate grants of up to $25,000 up for grabs. Decentralized Pictures announced the award alongside ‘The Blair Witch Project’ co-director Eduardo Sanchez and ‘Host’ writer-producer Jed Shepherd. We’re eager to announce our next award with @arts3fdn and with the mentorship of @Jedshephe...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Telegram. Image: Shutterstock

    African Telegram Crypto Communities Have Grown 183% Since 2023: Bitget

    Telegram-based crypto communities grew by 183% in Africa between the beginning of 2023 and August 2024. Looking forward, the report commissioned by cryptocurrency exchange Bitget predicted that the cryptocurrency market in Africa will reach 54 million users by 2025, with Nigeria and South Africa taking the lead in terms of users. The report pointed towards “economic instability, limited access to banking services, the large number of tech-savvy youth” as some of the reasons behind the eye-poppin...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Mark Cuban is a billionaire investor. Image: Shutterstock

    Mark Cuban Dismisses Polymarket Election Odds as Result of 'Foreign Money'

    Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has dismissed the usefulness of the decentralized prediction market Polymarket when it comes to predicting the 2024 U.S. presidential election winner. “From all indications, most of the money coming into Polymarket is foreign money, so I don’t think it’s an indication of anything,” he said in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box. Polymarket’s odds give Donald Trump a 64.1% chance of defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, with the Democratic candidate sitting at 36....

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Stripe App. Image: Shutterstock

    Stripe Inks $1.1 Billion Deal to Buy Stablecoin Platform Bridge

    Payments giant Stripe has acquired the stablecoin platform Bridge, with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison confirming the deal in a tweet Monday. The confirmation follows initial reports last week about a potential deal, which TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington said on Sunday had been completed. The deal was reportedly valued at $1.1 billion, but Stripe and Collison have yet to confirm terms of the deal. "Stablecoins are room-temperature superconductors for financial services," Collison tweeted. "Tha...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Hackers. Image: Shutterstock

    Radiant Capital’s $50M Breach Among ‘Most Sophisticated Hacks’ in DeFi History

    Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Radiant Capital has claimed that groups analyzing its breach earlier this week “believe this was one of the most sophisticated hacks ever recorded in DeFi” and that “many protocols are at risk”. Radiant and Web3 auditor Hacken estimated the approximate scale of the theft at $50 million, and it’s thought that USDT, USDC, and ARB tokens were stolen. Multiple pools have been fully drained, including:- USDC- USDT- wbETH- bBTC- wBNB- WETH- WBTC- ARB- wstETH — Hac...

    NewsDeFi
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Ireland and crypto. Image: Shutterstock.

    Ireland To Draft ‘Urgent’ New Crypto Rules Ahead of EU Money Laundering Crackdown

    Ireland is set to draft new rules governing cryptocurrency, ahead of the European Union’s (EU) new package of laws aimed at cracking down on money laundering and terrorist financing. Finance Minister Jack Chambers is set to draft “urgent” legislation to update the country's crypto regulations, according to reporting by The Irish Examiner. But the Minister didn’t give any clear hints as to what these rules would consist of, or when they will come into effect. Chambers, appointed to the role in Ju...

    NewsLaw and Order
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Stablecoins. Image: Shutterstock

    Stablecoins No ‘Safe Haven’ From US Monetary Policy, Says European Central Bank

    The European Central Bank (ECB) has challenged the idea that stablecoins are a “safe haven” for investors in times of market turmoil, finding they are actually highly impacted by U.S. monetary policy. The working paper examined the link between U.S. monetary policy, money market funds (MMFs), and stablecoins. “Monetary policy, in particular for the U.S. dollar, is the linchpin that connects crypto and traditional financial markets,” the authors concluded. The paper argued that stablecoins—which...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Crypto and Taiwan. Image: Shutterstock

    Taiwan Crypto Firms Must Register by September 2025 or Face Two Years Jail Time

    Crypto businesses in Taiwan must register with the country’s financial regulator by the end of  September 2025, or potentially face up to two years' imprisonment. Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said that all virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating in the region must comply with the newest set of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, which were updated in July 2024. Companies that fall foul of the latest deadline could also face fines of up to roughly $155,000 (NT$5...

    NewsBusiness
    2 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Image: Nibiru Ventures

    Nibiru Foundation Launches Strategic Venture Arm To ‘Support Web3 Innovation’

    The Nibiru Foundation has launched an investment arm, Nibiru Ventures, to support development on layer 1 blockchain Nibiru Chain. The strategic venture arm was created “to overcome the challenges faced by ecosystem dapp founders and expand the scope of the services that Nibiru provides,” said Nibiru Chain COO Jonathan Chang, in a statement shared with Decrypt. Along with funding, Nibiru Ventures will provide strategic guidance to ecosystem builders, assisting them with their go-to-market strateg...

  • Gemini is crypto exchange based in the United States. Image: Shutterstock.

    Gemini Is the Latest Exchange to Leave Canada, Following Binance and OKX

    Crypto exchange Gemini has joined Binance and OKX by leaving the Canadian market. The news comes after the Canadian regulator announced a basket of new restrictions on crypto exchanges back in February 2023, enforcing far stricter standards when it comes to custody of funds and providing leverage. Under the new rules, crypto exchanges will also need to provide daily batches of financial data to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and will need explicit permission to offer customers stab...

    NewsMarkets
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
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    Witness Says LA 'Godfather' Impersonated FBI to Steal Crypto at Gunpoint

    A Los Angeles crypto entrepreneur, who went by the name “The Godfather,” allegedly impersonated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to steal crypto at gunpoint. During the 2018 robbery, Adam Iza allegedly stole a laptop containing the cryptocurrency, held a person known as “Victim T.W.” and his girlfriend at gunpoint, and demanded the passwords for the laptop in order to access the cryptocurrency. Iza was arrested earlier this week and stands accused of conspiracy and tax evasion. He’s set...

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
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    South Korea Reminds Crypto Scammers of Possible Life Sentence If Illicit Gains Exceed $4 Million

    South Korea’s financial regulator has warned it intends to enforce life sentences as punishment for crypto scams where the perpetrator makes over $4 million (5 billion Won). The news comes after the Virtual Asset Users Protection Act was enacted in July 2024 in the East Asian country, laying down a strict basket of measures to prevent crypto crime. Lawmakers said the bill was in part inspired by the actions of South Korean crypto founder Do Kwon and, later, the demise of the crypto exchange FTX....

    NewsLaw and Order
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
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