Laura Shin

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🚨⚖️ The Bueno brothers were indicted in a first-of-its-kind case related to MEV. But as with SBF and FTX, crypto lawyer Evan Zinaman points out that the indictment against them is just “vanilla fraud.” 🍦 https://shorturl.at/XHfLE

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🔥 On Wednesday, the DOJ indicted the Bueno brothers in the first MEV exploit case. On @unchainedcrypto, Evan Zinaman discusses: ⚖️ Why the MEV exploit was “vanilla fraud” 🕵️‍♂️ Whether turnabout was fair play 📜 Compliance for block building participants https://shorturl.at/XHfLE

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🤖 If AI agents start using money… which type of money do you think they’ll use? 💸 “Obviously, cryptocurrencies,” says Erik Voorhees. Are we moving into an AI world where agents transact using blockchain technology? 🎧 Listen now: https://shorturl.at/DFV57

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All the big AI companies know everything about your prompts ❓, your views 👁️, your philosophical questions 🤔, say Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor. And that’s why it’s important to have something different 💪🏻 🎧 Listen now: https://shorturl.at/DFV57

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DOJ Alleges Two Brothers Stole $25 Million From MEV Bots Last Year Two brothers have been arrested on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, with the DOJ alleging they exploited Ethereum to fraudulently obtain $25 million worth of crypto in around 12 seconds. https://shorturl.at/mrvUY

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Is Ethereum's promise of "ultrasound money" at risk? With Layer 2 solutions booming, has the demand for ETH on the main chain dwindled too much? by @juanaranovich https://unchainedcrypto.com/ethereum-scaling-with-l2s-has-damaged-its-tokenomics-is-it-possible-to-fix-it/

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Has the SEC become a joke? 🤡 Erik Voorhees thinks so. “Gary Gensler sucks, everyone hates him.” 😯 🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/podcast/erik-voorhees-new-venture-why-ai-desperately-needs-privacy-and-uncensorability/

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Cypher Protocol Insider Steals From Exploit Redemption Contract A pseudonymous core contributor to the Cypher Protocol that stayed on to rebuild the project after a $1 million exploit in August has admitted to stealing and gambling some of the protocol funds that were recovered. https://shorturl.at/hGIV2

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👨‍🌾 Justin Sun has received airdrop allocations from EigenLayer and EtherFi, and is also earning points from his deposits into Swell and Puffer Finance. 🗞️ Read more: https://unchainedcrypto.com/trons-justin-sun-has-become-quite-the-airdrop-farmer-of-late/

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Erik Voorhees has launched Venice, a new project at the intersection of AI and crypto. He and Venice COO Baker-Taylor came on Unchained to discuss everything about the project and: 🕵️ The importance of privacy and how to protect it 🤡 How the SEC 'has become a joke' Mint it on @pods https://shorturl.at/yGKRU

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8 Reasons Why LayerZero’s Upcoming Airdrop Could Be the Most Complex Ever 🪂 With high community expectations and current market volatility, all eyes are on how this will unfold. by @juanaranovich https://shorturl.at/fyCPV

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Such a fun article we did today: our interpretation of Roaring Kitty’s new tweets post-hiatus. If we’re interpreting his video montages right, it looks like the kitty 😸 is about to make a big move — and expects his followers to take a ride with him 🎢 https://shorturl.at/hmxSV

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EigenLayer Early Adopters Claim $359 Million Worth of EIGEN in 3 Days After Airdrop Of the roughly 108,000 wallet addresses that have claimed their airdrop allocation, just over 76,000 decided to stake the ir EIGEN tokens. https://shorturl.at/rxzQ7

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$68 Million Stolen in ‘Dust’ Attack Returned to Victim The victim of an address poisoning attack has recovered the entirety of WBTC tokens that were stolen after successful recovery efforts led by Match Systems and Cryptex. https://unchainedcrypto.com/68-million-stolen-in-dust-attack-returned-to-victim/

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Linea Delays LXP Mint After Detecting Sybil Activity Linea has paused distributing LXP tokens after detecting sybil activity that bypassed issuers and attained attestations as if they are genuine users. https://shorturl.at/pADN7

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Thinking more about my cast yesterday, here’s another way to put it: Gensler and Warren are trying to politicize crypto. If the industry falls into the trap and takes the bait and does the same, then, game over — they win.

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The FTX estate has proposed a plan 📃 for creditors to be made whole, but creditors need to approve first… or not? 🤔 Thomas Braziel explains the concept of a “cramdown” and how it could be important for the case. 🎧 Listen now: https://shorturl.at/amnz5

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😠 Some FTX creditors are complaining that the value of their crypto holdings is much higher now than at the time of the petition… 💡 However, Thomas Braziel explains why, at these prices, it’s impossible that they would have been made whole in crypto terms. https://shorturl.at/amnz5

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I know certain factions in the Biden administration have made it seem like crypto is a political issue. But a lot of Dems are pro-crypto and have crossed party lines multiple times (including just this week!) to express their support for crypto.

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