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RT Watson

@RT_Watson

former Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters. @UCLA and @EdinburghUni grad.

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FEATURE: Wall Street created Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Now crypto is going after equities like Tesla and Nvidia theblock.co/post/347537/wall…
Wall Street created Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Now crypto is going after equities like Tesla and...

Wall Street created Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Now crypto is going after equities like Tesla and...

Crypto startups are tokenizing shares of Tesla, Apple and Nvidia, targeting global investors and onchain traders without leaving blockchain markets

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The Block
@TheBlockCo6 Mar 2025
Tired of sifting through resumes without real crypto expertise? Discover Campus by The Block — a crypto hiring tool with a research-led knowledge test designed by industry experts. Smarter hiring, stronger teams. Hire with Campus 🤝
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BREAKING: Sam Bankman-Fried gets sentenced to 25 years in prison in FTX case theblock.co/post/285356/live…
LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried gets sentenced to 25 years in prison in FTX case

LIVE: Sam Bankman-Fried gets sentenced to 25 years in prison in FTX case

Tune in here for continuous coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing in New York.

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Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand theblock.co/post/277905/bore…
Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand

Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand

Two of the biggest NFT creators in the industry are joining forces as Yuga Labs acquires Proof, the company behind Moonbirds.

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Now that CZ and Binance have been removed from the field, the SEC can approve the spot ETF and Blackrock, Fidelity, Invesco and other large players can take over. This is how the game is played.
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ZachXBT
@zachxbt31 Oct 2023
Yesterday I shared 5+ people who received phishing emails over the weekend to email addresses associated with @Strike Strike then provided a quote to TheBlock claiming “there's no evidence that Strike was breached” Below are two examples with leaked data from the breach showing evidence that Strike is misleading people and cannot be trusted.
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Sam Bankman-Fried gets chance to dispel ‘cartoon villain’ narrative as he prepares to take stand theblock.co/post/259553/sam-…
Sam Bankman-Fried gets chance to dispel ‘cartoon villain’ narrative as he prepares to take stand

Sam Bankman-Fried gets chance to dispel ‘cartoon villain’ narrative as he prepares to take stand

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is set to take the stand in his own defense on Thursday in an effort to convince jurors he's not guilty.

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One of my favorite consumer tech frameworks—"Every consumer company is built on one of the Seven Deadly Sins." • Instagram = Envy • Tinder = Lust • DoorDash = Gluttony And so on. Today, EPIK is the No. 1 app in the App Store—and raking in $250K a day. EPIK is going viral for using AI to generate 90s-esque yearbook photos of you. Proof again that Vanity is a powerful motivator.
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The Block
@TheBlockCo6 Oct 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Photos show the moment 3AC co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore theblock.co/post/255133/phot…
Photos show 3AC co-founder Su Zhu's arrest in Singapore

Photos show 3AC co-founder Su Zhu's arrest in Singapore

Photographs obtained by The Block show the moment Zhu was arrested at Changi Airport in Singapore, after reports first surfaced last week.

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The Block
@TheBlockCo7 Jul 2023
FEATURE: Inside Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and its quest to catalog all humans theblock.co/post/237647/insi…

Inside Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and its quest to catalog all humans

Worldcoin is among the most divisive projects in crypto and must now contend with an increasingly hostile regulatory environment.

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The SEC says Binance and BinanceUS redirected over $12 billion in customer assets to investment funds controlled by @cz_binance, and that an auditor couldn’t tell if BinanceUS had enough collateral for trades. (Link only works on mobile due to site issue) theblock.co/post/233652/sec-…
SEC: Binance, US affiliate redirected billions in customer assets to Zhao's funds

SEC: Binance, US affiliate redirected billions in customer assets to Zhao's funds

The SEC has claimed in court documents that Binance and Binance.US redirected billions in customer assets to investment funds controlled by owner Changpeng Zhao.

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The Block
@TheBlockCo7 Jun 2023
'Talk to your lawyer': Coinbase CEO recounts 'icy' meeting with SEC Chair Gensler theblock.co/post/233595/talk…
Coinbase CEO recounts 'icy' meeting with SEC Chair Gensler

Coinbase CEO recounts 'icy' meeting with SEC Chair Gensler

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he last met with SEC Chair Gary Gensler in an "icy" virtual after several other efforts to meet in person had failed.

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The Block
@TheBlockCo6 Jun 2023
Robinhood 'actively reviewing' the listing of SOL, other tokens named in SEC lawsuits theblock.co/post/233356/robi…
Robinhood 'actively reviewing' the listing of SOL, other tokens named in SEC lawsuits

Robinhood 'actively reviewing' the listing of SOL, other tokens named in SEC lawsuits

Fintech trading app Robinhood could delist the tokens named in lawsuits by the SEC this week, a representative for the company told a Congressional committee. 

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What timing for this Rolling Stone feature: rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
Crypto’s Richest Man Is Waiting Out the Chaos

Crypto’s Richest Man Is Waiting Out the Chaos 

After the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX, all eyes are on Changpeng Zhao of Binance

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@axios3 Jun 2023
Scoop: House Democrat's bill would mandate AI disclosure trib.al/VfFilsY
Scoop: House Democrat's bill would mandate AI disclosure

Scoop: House Democrat's bill would mandate AI disclosure

Rep. Ritchie Torres' bill is the latest in a wave of new legislative efforts to regulate A

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The Block
@TheBlockCo2 Jun 2023
New US legislation could set out crypto pathway from security status to commodity theblock.co/post/232983/repu…
New US bill could set crypto pathway from security status to commodity

New US bill could set crypto pathway from security status to commodity

A new draft bill from senior House Republicans in the U.S. Congress seeks to provide a path for a digital token to go from being treated as a security to a commodity.

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BREAKING: Binance lays off non-performers amid shrinking market share theblock.co/post/232696/bina…
Binance lays off non-performers amid shrinking market share

Binance lays off non-performers amid shrinking market share

Crypto exchange Binance has fired non-performers and non-culturally fit people two months after saying it has no plans to cut jobs.

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New from me: MoonPay's CEO and other early executives reaped $150 million in secondary share sales at the peak of the crypto market. Its core payments business has since come under pressure and the company is leaning heavily into its NFT products theinformation.com/articles/…
MoonPay CEO, Other Executives Cashed Out Before Crypto Business Dropped

MoonPay CEO, Other Executives Cashed Out Before Crypto Business Dropped

In November 2021, just as crypto prices were hitting all-time highs, MoonPay—a crypto payments startup that celebrities including Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton had praised for its non-fungible token...

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Opensea's share of total Ethereum NFT marketplace volumes has cratered. 96.76% - 1/2/22 11.7% - 5/21/23
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Biden opposes debt deal friendly to "crypto traders" amid threat of U.S. default theblock.co/post/231639/bide…
Biden opposes debt deal friendly to 'crypto traders' amid threat of U.S. default

Biden opposes debt deal friendly to 'crypto traders' amid threat of U.S. default

U.S. President Joe Biden keen to strike a debt deal but not one that is friendly to "crypto traders."

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