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Protos @protos.com · 6h

WBTC relaunches on TRON, but abandoned version is bigger protos.com/wbtc-relaunc...

WBTC relaunches on TRON, but abandoned version is bigger

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has relaunched its TRON product, but currently it has seen zero adoption, while the old version has a larger supply.

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Protos @protos.com · 7h

Hackers breach Zendesk to extort Discord with stolen IDs protos.com/hackers-brea...

Hackers breach Zendesk to extort Discord with stolen IDs

Zendesk, which works with several crypto exchanges, was hacked last month, leading to the leak of millions of Discord user IDs.

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Protos @protos.com · 14h

Strategy’s mNAV falls to 19-month low as BTC outperforms protos.com/strategys-mn...

Strategy’s mNAV falls to 19-month low as BTC outperforms

Strategy common shares have fallen to a 19-month low multiple-to-Net Asset Value. The basic mNAV of MSTR is now just 1.21x.

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Protos @protos.com · 1d

Zac Prince blew up BlockFi, now wants your deposits at Galaxy One protos.com/zac-prince-b...

Zac Prince blew up BlockFi, now wants your deposits at Galaxy One

While leading BlockFi, Zac Prince advertised rates on Circle’s USD stablecoin of 7.5%. Now at Galaxy One, he's advertising 8% APY on USD.

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Protos @protos.com · 1d

The Kalshi vs Polymarket KOL Wars have begun protos.com/the-kalshi-v...

The Kalshi vs Polymarket KOL Wars have begun

Kalshi and Polymarket are paying accounts with thousands of followers to promote them to their audiences and display their affiliate badge.

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Protos @protos.com · 1d

Ripple’s privacy problem: Why banks still won’t touch XRP protos.com/ripples-priv...

Ripple’s privacy problem: Why banks still won’t touch XRP

Brad Garlinghouse spoke with a senior validator on the XRP Ledger to explain why institutions are still dissatisfied with privacy tooling.

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Protos @protos.com · 2d

Strategy hasn’t sold any STRC through ATM since July protos.com/saylor-hasnt...

Strategy hasn't sold any STRC through ATM since July

Michael Saylor has been particularly optimistic about expanding STRC domestically and abroad, yet his STRC ATM sales to date are $0.

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Protos @protos.com · 2d

Opinion: Why Coinbase’s $12K giveaway isn’t really Universal Basic Income

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Opinion: Why Coinbase’s $12K giveaway isn’t really Universal Basic Income

Coinbase isn't the government and this isn't a UBI pilot program. Don’t let Coinbase try to convince you otherwise.

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Protos @protos.com · 2d

Inside the fallout from PeckShield’s Synnax Labs audit protos.com/inside-the-f...

Inside the fallout from PeckShield's Synnax Labs audit

Synnax Labs claims PeckShield overlooked an attack vector in its audit that was linked to the $1.7M hack of Abracadabra.

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Protos @protos.com · 2d

Has Garantex-linked Grinex dodged sanctions to move $6 billion? protos.com/has-garantex...

Has Garantex-linked Grinex dodged sanctions to move $6 billion?

Grinex, a Kyrgyzstan-based exchange with alleged ties to Garantex looks to have moved billions since it was sanctioned in August.

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Protos @protos.com · 2d

How much money does Alameda Research still have? protos.com/how-much-mon...

How much money does Alameda Research still have?

Even though Sam Bankman-Fried is in prison, a BTC wallet controlled by Alameda Research deposited about $30M into Binance last week.

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Protos @protos.com · 5d

Zcash vs Bitcoin debate exposes Naval Ravikant’s conflicts of interest protos.com/zcash-vs-bit...

Zcash vs Bitcoin debate exposes Naval Ravikant’s conflicts of interest

Venture capitalist Naval Ravikant has plenty of conflicts of interest in claiming that Zcash is somehow insurance against BTC.

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Protos @protos.com · 5d

Bitcoin doesn’t need the McRib to rally protos.com/bitcoin-does...

Bitcoin doesn't need the McRib to rally

Crypto bros tracking BTC's price against re-releases of the McDonald's McRib got a little too excited about a false report this week.

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Protos @protos.com · 5d

Lord Miles wants YouTubers to help settle Polymarket scandal protos.com/lord-miles-w...

Lord Miles wants YouTubers to help settle Polymarket scandal

Lord Miles’ X account claims the YouTuber is in a Saudi jail but crypto sleuths suspect he may have rigged the bet to fail.

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Protos @protos.com · 5d

The Context: 🤔 Is World Liberty going to launch an Aave instance?

Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial passed a proposal 10 months ago to launch an Aave instance; so far, it’s failed to complete that proposal.

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