Chain Reaction newsletter

Bitcoin continues climbing, Block releases hardware wallet, Robinhood expands to EU and VCs may see some relief soon

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. In general, the total crypto market cap steadily rose 14% in the past week as more capital enters the crypto market.

Crypto saw lots of chaos, charges and price changes in November

We didn’t publish a Chain Reaction newsletter last week because of Thanksgiving. But we’re back -- and saying goodbye to November after a month filled with lawsuits, price changes and crypto chaos

FTX trial stirs up more chaos as ex Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison testifies on faulty balance sheets, bribes and more

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. It’s week two of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial and I’m writing this live from outside the Southern District of New York courthouse.

Following the SBF trial, 3AC arrest and Q3 web3 funding drops

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The SDNY is becoming a second home for me because the highly anticipated trial for Sam Bankman-Fried has begun. If you need it, we’ve got a refresher for you.

Mixin hacked for $200M, Worldcoin eyes greater expansion and Haun Ventures’ execs talk crypto regulation

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. We’re gearing up for the highly anticipated Sam Bankman-Fried trial. As for other news, it’s been an interesting and somewhat slower week for the crypto community.

Circle expands Asia focus, Mila Kunis and Stoner Cats face SEC, Telegram adds crypto wallet and more

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Another week in crypt

Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. If you haven’t heard about friend.tech this week, you’re probably living under a rock. But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype.

Bitcoin spot ETFs heat up, SBF’s bail revoked and web3 gaming adoption grows in Asia

The digital asset space is still trucking along, while there were some big headlines, the week was arguably a little less chaotic (for now). Check out what caught our attention.

Monthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in July

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The NFT space isn't doing too well right now. It seems like there’s a new project being launched every week, but there’s less and less money being spent in the spac

Boys Club co-founders want crypto skeptics to see it as a tool, ‘not just a vehicle for finance or investments’

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by bloc

Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not?

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Earlier this week, Op

Here’s an EthCC recap for those who couldn’t make it to Paris this year

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The Paris-based Ethereum Community Conference, EthCC, happened this week and brought in more than 350 speakers and 5,000 attendees.

Celsius Network and its former CEO are probably not having a good day

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier today, the no

Maybe the second half of 2023 will have greater capital flowing into crypto, but maybe not

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Looking at the first half of 2023, funding for crypto startups continued to grow more scarce.

Magic Eden CEO talks multichain expansion and what’s next for the NFT platform

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by bloc

Say goodbye to Q2 and the crypto hacks, scams and rug pulls that came with it

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. As if the pessimism around crypto weren’t enough, the industry is facing yet another quarter of hackers and scammers looking to make a quick buck.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a crypto whale

Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, I took a look at what some major crypto whales’ wallets were doing, whe

The SEC’s situationship with Binance and Coinbase keeps getting messier

Unless you live under a rock, you know that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission came out guns blazing on Monday and Tuesday, by suing the two largest crypto exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, re

Monthly crypto exchange volume tumbled in May, hitting 32-month low

Although there are a lot of builders in the crypto space, the total money being invested into the crypto market has hit 32-month lows in May.

Sam Altman’s crypto project Worldcoin got more coin in latest $115M raise

Got coin? No? Well, Worldcoin did. Tools for Humanity, the team building Worldcoin, raised $115 million in a Series C round led by Blockchain Capital.
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