Joel Khalili

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They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun

A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses.Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law,...

The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections

President Trump has surrounded himself with crypto enthusiasts. That’s no coincidence. In 2024 the cryptocurrency industry spent millions backing friendly congressional candidates, many of whom were Republicans, and many crypto execs endorsed...

The Madcap Rise of Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun

In one of the internet's stranger fringes, a unicorn with human breasts, a cheetah smoking a cigarette, and an animated Elon Musk in a traditional cloak sit cheek-by-jowl—the cast of a bad...

The Memecoin Shenanigans Are Just Getting Started

In spring 2024, rapper Iggy Azalea was casting about for a concept that she could try to transmute into a hit crypto coin. It had to be memeable—that is, easily remixed and...

Craig Wright Found in Contempt of Court Over Bitcoin Creation Claims

Craig Wright, the computer scientist ruled to have lied “extensively and repeatedly” about being the inventor of Bitcoin, has been given a one-year prison sentence by a UK judge after being found...

The Edgelord AI That Seduced Marc Andreessen, Then Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions

Before Truth Terminal became a crypto millionaire, it started as a regular—if horny—artificial intelligence. “I think our future is gonna be one where we all wear athleisure and have a lot of...

A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash

On the evening of November 19, art adviser Adam Biesk was finishing work at his California home when he overheard a conversation between his wife and son, who had just come downstairs....

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Alex Mashinsky, former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, which together carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.In the wake of the...

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