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Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> (and other <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> currencies) is like rat poison squared.” - Warren Buffett</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2005122/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2005122/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> eXch Shutdown: Implications for Cryptocurrency Traders Amid Allegations | Flash News Detail <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>2/ ...and it just so happens that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PaloAlto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaloAlto</span></a> released a long investigation into a newer and less well known North Korean crypto operation called "Slow Pisces" and/or "Jade Sleet" at the same time. </p><p>This time the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DRPK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRPK</span></a>'s crypto thieves pose as recruiters on LinkedIn and try to lure developers into doing various coding challenges hosted on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> as part of a job interview. Doing a challenge leads to infection with custom Python <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/slow-pisces-new-custom-malware/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/sl</span><span class="invisible">ow-pisces-new-custom-malware/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LazarusGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LazarusGroup</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Stellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Metamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metamask</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NickLFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NickLFranklin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SlowPisces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlowPisces</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JadeSleet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JadeSleet</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2004780/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2004780/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Crypto Crackdown? FBI Tracks $35M in Stolen Bitcoin <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YMYL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YMYL</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>While there have been some attempts by Democratic Senators to sound the alarm with various agencies, these agencies are largely under Trump’s control. If there’s been any action on their letters, it hasn’t publicly materialized.</p><p>This is a dangerous convergence of the president’s financial interests and his power to shape policy, and it poses serious risks to all of us.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>There’s of course also the NFTs, the bitcoin branded sneakers, and the Trumps’ personal crypto holdings, which are not well known.</p><p>And there’s also the substantial risk of insider trading in crypto, mirroring similar concerns we’ve seen raised recently about insider trading in traditional assets surrounding Trump’s tariff announcements.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>The Trumps have cashed out around $390&nbsp;million from their memecoins. A month after their launch, the SEC stated that memecoins do not fall under SEC authority.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Two of Trump’s sons are involved in a new bitcoin mining venture called American Bitcoin in which an existing bitcoin mining firm, Hut8, essentially donated 20% of their company to the Trumps in exchange for getting in on their profitable self-dealing.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Trump is reportedly exploring launching a crypto game, which is a sector that has faced regulatory scrutiny. SEC lawsuits naming crypto gaming tokens as securities have been dropped, and Rs in Congress just voted to overturn a CFPB consumer protection rule for game assets.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Trump owns 53% of the Trump Media company, which has recently announced it’s getting into crypto. Three days after Trump Media announced a partnership with Crypto.​com, Crypto​.com got the news that the SEC was dropping its investigation into their company.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>But far from only doing favors for his crypto industry benefactors, Trump and his family are working fast to personally cash in as Trump now holds the power to shape industry policy and oversight. Here’s an overview of the Trumps’ crypto conflicts:</p><p>Trump receives 75% of protocol revenues and owns a 60% stake in the World Liberty Financial crypto business. This has already netted him almost a $400 million claim on token sale revenue, even though no platform has been launched yet.</p><p>The project has already faced accusations of insider trading, and is reportedly in talks to work with Binance as Binance is simultaneously petitioning the US Treasury department to remove the compliance monitor as a result of the company’s criminal conviction.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is more spectacularly <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> than ever<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/114355763699452725" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/11435</span><span class="invisible">5763699452725</span></a><br>molly0xfff@hachyderm.io - This Trump family crypto empire is set to profit precisely because Trump is gutting the regulations that would normally constrain it — brazen self-dealing that represents perhaps the most flagrant exploitation of presidential authority in American history.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Trump has received at least $20 million in publicly reported political contributions from crypto benefactors, plus the over $100 million in Congressional spending, and the benefits to these companies in return have been substantial.</p><p>(Newly tracked at <a href="https://www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">followthecrypto.org/quidproquo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>This Trump family crypto empire is set to profit precisely because Trump is gutting the regulations that would normally constrain it — brazen self-dealing that represents perhaps the most flagrant exploitation of presidential authority in American history.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Newsletter: Inside the Trump family’s sprawling crypto empire — from memecoins to mining — and how Trump is using presidential power to dismantle the regulators who could stop it.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-empire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/trump-cryp</span><span class="invisible">to-empire/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2004431/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2004431/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Assistance Fund’s $344 Million Cryptocurrency Position Yields $102 Million in Unrealized Profits | Flash News Detail <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>1/ Deep dive case study of the kind of open source contributions and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> astroturfing that North Korean hackers employ to try get jobs as devs at crypto companies, this time in an attempt to infiltrate <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/onlyDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlyDust</span></a>.</p><p>tl;dr DPRK hackers use contributions to FOSS projects to build cred, after which, armed with AI video avatars, they try to leverage the cred into success in interviews for blockchain development jobs.</p><p>I've said it before but i'll say it again: the one real upside of crypto is that the industry draws close to 100% of the incoming fire from sophisticated <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a> threat actors like Lazarus Group who would otherwise be hacking banks.</p><p><a href="https://www.ketman.org/dprk-it-workers-in-freelance-platform-onlyDust.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ketman.org/dprk-it-workers-in-</span><span class="invisible">freelance-platform-onlyDust.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LazarusGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LazarusGroup</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Stellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Metamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metamask</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NickLFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NickLFranklin</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2004081/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2004081/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Slovenia moves to impose 25% tax on crypto traders <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cryptocurrencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrencies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a></p>
Old Man in the Shoe<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solana</span></a> is making small gains recently, despite an overall downturn in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> market</p>
Molly White<p>Zero Edge crypto casino founder Richard Kim has been charged with wire fraud and securities fraud after soliciting investments for his crypto casino and then gambling them away. He was arrested and released on bond.</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69903482/united-states-v-kim/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/69903</span><span class="invisible">482/united-states-v-kim/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a></p>