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Trump Indictment Inspires a Joyful Media

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist The mainstream media waited years to bring down President Trump for something. For now, they will have to settle for his looming indictment in New York on more than 30 charges related to a hush-money payment to a porn star seven years

The Real ‘So-Called Journalists’

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist One of the more riveting hearings in a long while occurred on March 9, not that you heard about it in the mainstream media. It is rare for journalists to testify before Congress, that alone is newsworthy. It is rarer still for

Bank Bellyflop: Right and Left Both Get It Wrong

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Perhaps this is, by now, purely a rhetorical question: does everything in the media have to be a fight these days? I refer to the coverage of the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, for 40 years a pillar of lending to

Lab-Leak Denial: When in Doubt, Blame Trump

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Will the media ever own up to their sins in covering Covid-19? Rhetorical questions always have an answer that is self-evident, this one being “no.” Instead, they will resort to their go-to: Blame Trump. As the pandemic began to overtake the planet

How the Media Muzzled the Lab-Leak Theory

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist In the opening months of the Covid-19 epidemic Chinese officials said the deadly new virus must have originated and mutated in a bat, which then got eaten by, perhaps, an armadillo-like pangolin, which then was killed, slaughtered and sold at a “wet

Blinded by Trump, Slashed by Occam’s Razor

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist In covering the Covid-19 pandemic, the media spent three years in denial of Occam’s razor: the axiom that the simplest explanation of something is most likely the right one. So did our government and the medical establishment. This week, the U.

Chasing Newsmax: How Fox Heard Footsteps

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Two nettlesome questions arise in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems. Why did Fox executives, anchors, and producers carry on with the coverage, even after the claims became wilder and remained unverified? And why

OutFoxed: Lawsuit Bares Fox News’s Duplicity

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Tucker Carlson is the highest-rated anchor at Fox News. In the $1.6 billion defamation  lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, his name shows up 89 times in the 192-page complaint—and not in a good way. The lawsuit,

Covering—or Ignoring—Controversy Over Covid Vaccines

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist A nationwide audience was stunned by the on-the-field cardiac arrest of 24-year-old Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, on “NFL Monday Night Football” on Jan. 2. Instantly, one portion of the audience wondered something that never occurred to another portion:

Crypto DeFined Recap: Lumida Wealth CEO Ram Ahluwalia on Genesis and other Crypto Flameouts

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Ram Ahluwalia, the head of Lumida Wealth Management, has lately focused his exacting eye on notable crypto flameouts. Among them: Genesis and Celsius. Ahluwalia recently published Twitter threads analyzing Genesis’s restructuring; he also opined on the significance of the Celsius examiner’s report. Both are

Newsmax vs. DirecTV: A Fight for Right

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist  My life in journalism was steeled by early fights for the First Amendment. In high school, a scathing concert review I wrote for the Trojan Times newspaper sparked a riot by members of the chorus, and the chorus director grabbed me by

Crypto DeFined Recap: Justin Sun's World

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Justin Sun is a controversial figure in the crypto industry — and he’s good with that. The way Sun sees it, the controversy that follows him is a reflection of his "innovative" tendencies. Some might not agree with that assessment, but one thing's for sure: The

Edward Blum, Harvard and the (Asian) Race Case: Affirmative Action...or Inaction?

Asian America by Christina Liu, TruthDAO opinion columnist Edward Blum and his organization, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), is on a mission to reform college admissions. SFFA accuses Harvard University, in a lawsuit now before the Supreme Court of the U.S., of racial discrimination against Asian American applicants and

Crypto Tycoon and Tron Founder Justin Sun Mulls CoinDesk Bid

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Crypto magnate Justin Sun says he plans to bid for CoinDesk, a leading crypto publication now owned by embattled conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG). In an interview Feb. 1st with TruthDAO, Sun said he has already contacted Lazard Ltd., the investment bank hired by CoinDesk to

Startling Stats: Are Hate Crimes Overdone?

Part two of Mediaverse hate crime series The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist In May 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas testified to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee that the greatest domestic threat facing our country came from

On Covering Crimes Against Asians (part one)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist The headlines and TV coverage two weekends ago were at once shocking and all too familiar. Two mass shootings in California within days of each other, both of them targeting Asian-American communities, one in Chinatown in Monterey Park, near Los Angeles, the

The Things the Media Don’t Say

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist “It’s not what you say that counts, it’s ‘What You Don’t Say.’” This catch phrase for a TV game show 60 years ago aptly describes the media today, on the left and on the right. What they leave out

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, We’re Actually Forgetting: ‘Never Again’ Didn’t Last Very Long

Unleavened by Cindy Kaplan, TruthDAO columnist The recent Anti-Defamation League’s topline findings in their Antisemitic Attitudes in America survey were wildly concerning. The survey of a representative American sample of 4,000 individuals, conducted from September to October 2022, revealed that 85% of Americans believe at least one anti-Jewish

Crypto DeFined Recap: ChainArgos’ Jon Reiter Talks Stablecoin Collateralization -- and Why You Should Care

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO In the crypto space, stablecoins are viewed as a hedge against the volatility of digital assets like bitcoin and ethereum, whose prices can fluctuate, sometimes wildly. The premise of a stablecoin boils down to this: Put a dollar in, and get a dollar out when you

An Open Letter to Elon Musk

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Please help me, Elon, you’re my only hope. My worry is that your Twitter Files exposé is dying, buried by the biased media. Surely there must be some way we can coax them—or force them—into telling this story. So

Henry Cuellar: Maverick Catalyst for a Serious Approach to Immigration Reform

La Frontera, by Carlos Sanchez, TruthDAO opinion columnist He was the third member of Congress to deplane Air Force One behind President Biden after landing in El Paso, dressed casually in what may have been emblematic of his comfort in wielding power as an elected official for more than three-and-a-half

Twitter Files Part 14: How the Media Stoked a Democrat Conspiracy Theory

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist Twitter Files Part 14 came out on Thursday, and it may offer one reason why the media have ignored this exposé for six weeks now: their own embarrassment about #Russiagate and how they covered a kerfuffle called #ReleaseTheMemo in early 2018. Thanks

Crypto DeFined Recap: Investors Explain How to Avoid Costly Mistakes Like FTX

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Professional investors consider it a badge of honor that they didn’t fall for FTX's marketing hype. Some investors weren't so lucky. Among those snagged by the FTX debacle are some of the largest and most sophisticated investors in the crypto space: Sequoia Capital, SoftBank, Tiger

The Twitter Files: Whatever Happened to ‘Just Say No’?

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist The 11th and 12th installments of The Twitter Files came out on Tuesday of this week, revealing a new round of startling details of how Twitter executives conspired to censor or otherwise muzzle thousands of accounts at the behest of government officials.

Why is this antisemitism different from all other antisemitism?

The recent outrage over antisemitism has little to do with Jews, and everything to do with Ye. And that makes it extremely dangerous. Unleavened by Cindy Kaplan, TruthDAO columnist Kanye West (now known as Ye) is not the first person, nor celebrity, to publicly share blatantly antisemitic threats or conspiracy

Twitter Files: Media Silent on New Round of Violations

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist The mainstream media’s concerted campaign to ignore the Twitter Files exposé has lasted for a full month now, and they continue to look the other way amid a torrent of disclosures that usually would occupy the front page for days. Thanks

Crypto DeFined Recap: Proof of Reserves and Public Trust

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The implosion of  FTX is putting a spotlight on proof of reserves and why they matter -- especially right now.   The additional scrutiny has major players scrambling. Since FTX went belly up in mid-November, Binance, Crypto.com and KuCoin have brought in accountants to verify that

Inside the Twitter Files: Chasing Down a Little Lie

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist "Inside the Twitter Files" is a special three-part Mediaverse series on how some in the news media have covered the release of internal conversations among Twitter employees and government officials related to the social network’s policies and decisions. A Little Lie

Inside the Twitter Files: What You Need to Know About ‘What You Need to Know’

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist "Inside the Twitter Files" is a special three-part Mediaverse series on how some in the news media have covered the release of internal conversations among Twitter employees and government officials related to the social network’s policies and decisions. The media love

Inside the Twitter Files: More Media Ignorance

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist "Inside the Twitter Files" is a special three-part Mediaverse series on how some in the news media have covered the release of internal conversations among Twitter employees and government officials related to the social network’s policies and decisions. The Twitter Files

FTX Collapse: 10 Claims to Watch

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO This week is turning out to be a memorable one for FTX, formerly the world's No. 3 crypto exchange. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed civil charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried -- known universally as SBF -- claiming he misled investors who collectively

FTX Implosion Puts Spotlight on Binance Accounting Practices

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Binance, currently the world’s largest cryptocurrency platform, is feeling the heat as the entire crypto industry comes under fire for opaque business practices. On Tuesday, NY prosecutors unsealed their 8-count indictment against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, commonly known as "SBF." The Securities and Exchange Commission

Media Yawns at the Twitter Files (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist If you are one of the 290 million Americans who aren’t on Twitter, have you even heard of the Twitter Files exposé? Maybe not, because The Washington Post, The New York Times, and CNN and other mainstream media have ignored this story

Texas Gov. Abbott and the Border: Photo Ops vs Reality (OPINION)

La Frontera, by Carlos Sanchez, TruthDAO opinion columnist I recently boarded a plane in South Texas’s McAllen Miller International Airport and was astonished by what I saw: In a county that the U.S. Census Bureau says is just one percent Black or African American, the passenger load was

Crypto DeFined: Value Investor Mike Alfred Talks FTX and Other Red Flags in Crypto

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Before FTX went belly up, tech entrepreneur and value investor Mike Alfred predicted that Celsius Network and BlockFi would collapse. He made that prescient prediction last year. Both companies have since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Alfred thinks it's just a matter of time before

How the Media Turned a Loser into a Hero (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist The overnight collapse of the FTX crypto trading platform wiped out $8 billion in investor funds and sparked $200 billion in crypto losses. Yet, up until a few weeks ago, FTX was adored by the media and admired by some of the most

FTX Collapse Preceded By Years of Questionable Practices

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO So. Many. Warning. Signs. And to all appearances, every one of them was missed. FTX had a valuation of $32 billion, making it the third largest crypto exchange in the world. It had the backing of top-tier investment funds, including Sequoia Capital, BlackRock and SoftBank. As

Crypto DeFined: FTX Collapse Reinforces the Power of DeFi

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The contagion from FTX's collapse underscores the appeal of keeping funds in your own custody, says crypto executive Stephen Young. After years of designing software for banks, Young helped found Coindirect, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, in 2017. He left three years later to start NFTfi, a

Turning on Trump: Et Tu, Rupert? (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist Former President Trump, who often says the liberal media are the “enemy of the people,” has a new nemesis: the conservative media. They are turning on him with a startling vehemence in the wake of the Republican bellyflop in the midterms. Even more

Crypto DeFined Recap: Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Has Seen this Movie Before

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO J. Christopher Giancarlo has witnessed seismic shifts in the crypto industry before, including the initial-coin-offering boom that turned into an epic bust in 2018. He also had a front-row seat to these watershed moments. From 2014 to 2019, Giancarlo was with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,

Liars, Deniers and Double Standards (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist On the morning after the Red Wave That Wasn’t, it became clear that the media and their relieved Democrat allies have a new nemesis: election “deniers,” Republican candidates who have dared express any doubts about the 2020 election. The media are copiously

Sam Bankman-Fried's Empire Crumbles

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Four months ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was touting the health of his own mega-businesses -- crypto exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research -- as he gamely stepped up to bail out others that were teetering on the edge of collapse. FTX is now dealing with its

Crypto DeFined Recap: Toonstar is Betting on Hollywood to Take Web3 Mainstream

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Hollywood veterans John Attanasio and Luisa Huang are betting that entertainment will push web3 into the mainstream. After spending time at Warner Bros. Entertainment, Disney and Dreamworks, they hit on the idea of giving viewers a voice in content production. That was the trigger that led

Musk Man: The Media’s New Public Enemy No. 1 (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, he is Public Enemy No. 1 for the media and Democrats. Little more than a week has passed since Musk took control of Twitter, yet media reports have him  firing up to 75% of staff

Crime and Punishment -- and the Media (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist As the midterm elections approach, both political parties and the media focus on national hot-button issues that drive donations and clicks: abortion, gun control, open borders, Climate Change, the Jan. 6 “insurrection.” Those issues, however, have little direct impact on our daily lives.

Crypto DeFined: MobileCoin CEO Joshua Goldbard's Quest for Payment Privacy

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Joshua Goldbard founded payments company MobileCoin five years ago with a clear goal in mind: protecting the privacy of users. It's "insane," he says, that payment apps like Cash App and Venmo allow people to see the payments history of users. As a general rule, crypto

Ignoring an Impeachable Act (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist The Saturday quiz in the New York Times summarizes the world’s most notable events from the previous week. The latest edition offers 11 questions whose topics range from the resignation of a Los Angeles City Council member to the latest “Halloween” sequel.

Crypto Community to Regulators: Clarity Urgently Needed -- Now

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO It's a simple question, but the answer may not be: How clear does the government need to be about defining what’s legal — and what's not — in the crypto space? U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has said the vast majority of crypto

Crypto DeFined: SEC vs. Ripple

Lawyer involved in the case weighs in on why it's such a big deal By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO A high-profile lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against payment network Ripple Labs may finally answer a thorny question that has dogged the crypto world since its inception: In the

Rescuing Biden: Will Media Play Down Bad News for Midterms? (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO columnist We now have less than six weeks to go till the mid-term congressional elections, when voters might blame Democrats for soaring costs of food and gas, higher interest rates for new mortgages, and plunging stock prices. Will the American mainstream media come to

Crypto DeFined: Frances Coppola

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The crypto market has been pounded lately, and more pain is on the way, predicts U.K.-based markets expert Frances Coppola. Equity and bond markets are in turmoil amid high inflation -- and crypto investors are not being spared. Right now, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin,

Stelter Skelter: Lionizing a Trump Basher (OPINION)

The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist Mainstream media are fascinated with themselves. This is why they covered the cancellation of a low-rated Sunday morning news show as a blow to our democracy. In mid-August, CNN killed “Reliable Sources,” anchored since 2013 by Brian Stelter, a vociferous critic of President

The Merge Has Happened, Now What?

Get Ready For the Surge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO This year’s watershed moment in the crypto world — the Merge — took place last week, and there was nary a hitch. That puts Ethereum another step closer to its goal of becoming the go-to

Color Blinded: Big Media and (White) Racism (OPINION)

(OPINION) The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist In the race for a U.S. Senate seat in the Republican stronghold of South Carolina: Imagine the outrage and uproar in the national media if a white Republican were caught on a hidden recording saying this about black people: “And let

Ukraine and Russia: It's About the American Ideal (OPINION)

(OPINION) By Daniel Berninger, TruthDAO columnist With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaching in 46 months, the experiment in government “of the people, by the people, for the people” appears ready to perish from the Earth. By almost every measure, the United States of 2022 is falling

Crypto DeFined: Ethereum Merge

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The Merge is one of the most anticipated events in crypto history, and this is the week. That's when the Ethereum blockchain is expected to move from a proof-of-work system of validating transactions to a more energy-efficient proof-of-stake system. Ethereum, the most-used blockchain in the crypto

Tesla the Toddler Killer: The Story Behind a Non-Story (OPINION)

(OPINION) Introducing The Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO Columnist All the News That’s Fit to Print, The New York Times famously has promised since 1896. These days, however, a more apt slogan for media is Any Gripe That Gets a Click. Case in point: Tesla the Toddler Killer. It

Tron Founder Justin Sun Plans Buying Spree

By Kathy Chu TruthDAO Cryptocurrency entrepreneur and Tron founder Justin Sun plans to acquire up to five crypto companies in the coming months, with trading platforms as top prospects. "We have lots of partnerships and acquisitions on the way," Sun told TruthDAO. The full video interview, which took place on

FDIC to FTX: Stop Making "False and Misleading Claims"

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Friday ordered crypto exchange FTX to stop making “false and misleading” claims about deposit insurance -- the banking regulator’s latest warning to consumers that funds held at crypto companies aren’t necessarily protected. The FDIC order comes a

Wilfred Daye: Regulation Will Draw Institutional Investors

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Crypto pioneer Wilfred Daye, chief executive of Securitize Capital, a digital asset-management firm, was a guest on TruthDAO's Crypto DeFined on Aug. 11. Daye, a veteran of the banking world, opined on the state of crypto, and what he thinks it will take to catapult the

Crypto Promises of FDIC Protection Under Scrutiny

Voyager Digital Censured in July Over Deposit-Insurance Claims By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO In its recent rebuke of bankrupt Voyager Digital, federal regulators spotlighted a common practice in the crypto industry: promising FDIC protection of funds when, in fact, consumers may be fully exposed.   In late July, the Federal Deposit Insurance

SEC Crackdown on Crypto Assets: Is a Showdown over Ether Next?

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent move to crack down on unregistered crypto assets raises the possibility that Ether, the No. 2 cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, could soon be in the crosshairs, industry experts say. Last week, the SEC filed insider-trading charges against a

Crypto DeFined Recap: Nitin Kumar Sets the Record Straight on Web3

Nitin Kumar, the co-founder of zbyte, a platform for decentralized apps, is known as the "master of the pivot" -- a nickname bestowed on him by CEO Today in 2020. He's also a longstanding advisor to technology companies. During a July 14th interview on Fireside, Kumar shared his views about

Three Arrows Capital Relied on Massive Debt to Generate Returns

"Leverage Up Dramatically" Co-Founder says By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO On an April podcast last year, hedge fund founder Su Zhu explained to his audience how crypto investors could be successful: "leverage up dramatically on the stablecoin trade.” Basically, Zhu was saying, investors could borrow heavily to generate high returns. The

Crypto DeFined Recap: Cory Klippsten on the Crypto Meltdown

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Cory Klippsten's prescient warnings about the meltdowns of the stablecoin terraUSD and DeFi lender Celsius Network have brought him ample attention. While he’s not “crypto ponzi PI,” as he puts it, Klippsten, as chief executive of savings app Swan Bitcoin, knows his way around the

Anatomy of a Theft: The Unchained NFT Heist

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The hack at Unchained, a blockchain gaming project, was triggered by the crudest, and in many ways simplest, of online weapons: a phishing link. One of the people who took the bait was Yan — he goes by "J2B” online — because the link appeared in the project’

Investor Confidence in Crypto Market Continues to Crater

Steep losses are mounting, but the crypto shakeout is not necessarily a bad thing, some observers say By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Crypto markets, from stablecoins to high-yield lending, are grappling with a loss of investor confidence that is challenging the weakest and most leveraged players. The market cap of the

Crypto DeFined Recap: Author David Gerard Warns Of More Pain In Crypto World

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Crypto skeptic David Gerard has been warning for years about how excesses in the industry could wreck investors. Some of these excesses were apparent this week when DeFi lending platform Celsius Network — which promised yields as high as 18.63% in return for deposits — froze withdrawals

Aztec Network’s Jon Wu Says Celsius’ Meltdown Partly Due to Unrealistic Promises

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Lending platform Celsius Network led the crypto markets into a meltdown this week when it froze withdrawals and transfers between the accounts of its 1.7 million customers. Celsius — which advertises yields as high as 18.63% on its website as of Wednesday, June 15 — said

A "Little Crazy" in Crypto: CoasterPunks’ Will Pemble Shares Thoughts on NFT Utility and Volatility

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO Will Pemble made his mark in the early days of the Internet by building Web.com, one of the first domain name registrars in the world. Now he hopes to make his mark in the crypto world through his CoasterPunks project. During a June 9 interview

The New BTC77 Investment Group: A Reporter's Adventure into Crypto World

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO The unsolicited invitation slid into my What'sApp messages in March. I was intrigued. I’d only recently joined TruthDAO as a crypto reporter, but I had more than 20 years of experience as a business and personal finance writer for globally recognized media platforms. I followed

Crypto DeFined Recap: Bitwise Asset Management’s Matt Hougan Says Bitcoin Fund Should Be Approved Despite Challenges

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO When Bitwise Asset Management published research in 2019 showing that 95% of bitcoin trades were fake, the finding rocked the industry and led crypto exchanges to change how they verified trading activity. Fast forward three years. The bitcoin industry has matured — many analysts say fake trades

RippleNet’s Asheesh Birla Expects A Boom in Global Crypto Transfers, Pushes For Regulatory Clarity

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO As general manager of RippleNet, Asheesh Birla oversees the technology platform for Ripple that allows funds to be transferred within seconds around the world. The business — which enables transfers using its affiliated XRP digital asset — is growing rapidly, with payment volume reaching a $15 billion annualized

Animoca Brands’ Co-Founder Yat Siu: Still Bullish on NFTs

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO It took web3 pioneer Yat Siu less than a decade to grow Animoca Brands from a struggling mobile game company into a nearly $6 billion powerhouse, and now it is shaping the digital asset space. Animoca, co-founded by Siu, also is an investor, and today claims

Crypto Experts Explain Why More Turmoil May Be Ahead in Stablecoins (VIDEO)

Are we in for more turbulence in the stablecoin industry? A week after the meltdown of USDTerra and Luna rocked the crypto world, experts say investors should pay attention to the quality of assets underlying stablecoins and the health of the ecosystem. “It’s a completely unregulated space and people

Former Consumer Protection Official Says Tackling Crypto Market Manipulation is Key Priority

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] Kathy Kraninger, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathykraninger/] former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [https://www.consumerfinance.gov/] (CFPB) under President Trump, spends her days grappling with one of the crypto industry’s thorniest issues: Market manipulation. By many estimates, it's

Crypto Market Manipulation Q&A (VIDEO)

Kathy Kraninger, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and now part of the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition, discusses whether the crypto industry is the Wild West of finance, and how the industry is getting smarter about tackling fake trades and other market manipulation tactics.

Fake Trading, Stablecoin Troubles, and the Threat of Crypto Regulation: Our Crypto DeFined NFT Roundtable Takeaways

Despite slowing sales this year, digital assets remain one of the most closely watched areas of the crypto industry. Sales of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens — which are unique digital art, music or even tweets — slipped 4.6% in the first quarter of 2022 to $7.9 billion from $8.3

Fraudulent "Wash Sales" Roil Booming NFT Market

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] As NFTs go, Noleranef #1935 doesn’t even offer a song—it’s just an endless, random collection of beeps, boops, and other electronic sounds. Its creators say the audio stream provides a way for artists to fashion unique variations of their own

Do Fake Trades Call NFT Market Size into Question?

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] Just how big is the NFT market? By some estimates, sales could top $40 billion this year -- $30 billion at the low end. But the proliferation of fake “wash trades” is calling that claim into question. Blockchain data firms say they can

Crypto Tech Powering 4th Industrial Revolution: Crypto Council CEO Sheila Warren

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] Sheila Warren [https://twitter.com/sheila_warren?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] , chief executive of the Crypto Council for Innovation [https://cryptoforinnovation.org/], believes cryptocurrency -- and the blockchain technology underpinning it -- is powering the fourth industrial revolution, an

Crypto DeFined Recap: Jonathan Perkins, co-founder of SuperRare

By Kathy Chu [https://twitter.com/chukathy], TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] When Jonathan Perkins, an entrepreneur with deep experience in web application development, decided to start a digital art business in 2018, investors were openly skeptical. “We were laughed out the door,” Perkins recalled. Investors advised Perkins and his team

Crypto DeFined: Hester Peirce Recap & the Week Ahead

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] Last Friday on “Crypto DeFined,” Hester Peirce [https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce], currently the lone Republican commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission [https://www.sec.gov/],  made it clear that she embraces her role as an independent voice in the regulatory world. While

SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Clearer Rules Needed to Foster Innovation in Crypto Industry

By Kathy Chu, TruthDAO [https://truthdao.xyz/] Regulators need to streamline rules of the road for the $3 trillion cryptocurrency industry or risk losing innovation that might benefit consumers far beyond the crypto world, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester M. Peirce [https://www.sec.gov/biography/commissioner-hester-m-peirce] warned