Michael Bellusci

Michael Bellusci is a former CoinDesk crypto reporter. Previously he covered stocks for Bloomberg. He has no significant crypto holdings.

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Finance

Consumers Lost Over $1B to Crypto Fraud Since January 2021, FTC Says

Crypto is quickly becoming the "payment of choice for many scammers," says the agency.

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Finance

Crypto Firms, Especially Exchanges, Slash Jobs as Market Rout Continues

Many crypto companies are announcing substantial job cuts and hiring freezes amid challenging times for cryptocurrency and equity markets.

The bear market downturn in the cryptocurrency and equity markets has led to growing layoffs by crypto firms. (Getty Images)

Finance

Winklevoss-Led Gemini Cuts 10% of Staff, Citing ‘Turbulent’ Crypto Market

Gemini cited the cryptocurrency downturn along with macroeconomic market conditions.

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Finance

GameStop Reports $76.9M in Proceeds From Sales of Digital Assets in First Quarter

The company also confirmed intentions to launch its NFT marketplace in the second quarter.

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Finance

Binance-Supported Deal for Forbes to Go Public Via SPAC Is Called Off

Binance had invested $200 million in Forbes earlier this year as part of the plan.

Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive officer of Binance (Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Finance

Terra’s Mirror Protocol Allegedly Suffers New Exploit

Community users are raising the alarm about a possible bug in the LUNC pricing oracles.

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Markets

Bitcoin Begins a New Week by Hitting Above $31K

Bitcoin posted a strong start to the week, rising to over $31,000 while U.S. equity markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday.

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Finance

One River’s Carbon Neutral Bitcoin ETF Rejected by SEC

It's the latest in the agency's string of rejections of spot bitcoin ETF applications.

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Finance

UK Crypto Hedge Fund Weathers Market Storm With Arbitrage Strategy

Nickel Digital Asset Management’s arbitrage fund is only down about 0.6% this year, compared to bitcoin’s drop of roughly 40% and the Nasdaq’s dip of 24%.

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Finance

Coinbase Has ‘Structural Advantage’ Over Competitors, Cowen Analyst Says

Stephen Glagola gave the crypto exchange an outperform rating and $85 price target.

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