Crypto
Lindsay Lohan and Jake Paul Are Among The Eight Celebrities Charged With Illegally Promoting Crypto Without Saying They Were Paid To Do So
Musicians Soulja Boy, Austin Mahone, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo, and Akon as well as porn actor Kendra Lust were also charged.
Anthony Robledo
Popular Finance YouTubers Who Hyped Crypto Company FTX Are Being Sued
Those named in the $1 billion class action suit included Meet Kevin channel operator Kevin Paffrath and Graham Stephan, a former real estate agent from Selling Sunset’s Oppenheim Group.
Tom Warren
Logan Paul Has Been Hit With A Class Action Lawsuit Over His Allegedly Fraudulent CryptoZoo NFT Project
The action "is dramatically flawed and filed with the intention of generating headlines," Paul's legal rep told BuzzFeed News.
Tom Warren
An NFT Guy Who Said A Car Crash Put Him In A Five-Month Coma Was Making The Whole Thing Up
The 23-year-old "crypto detective" told BuzzFeed News that the viral story was "performance art" meant to draw attention to his NFT investigation.
Chris Stokel-Walker
Meet The Woman Selling An Eye-Popping Crypto-Themed House For Just Under A Mil
“I wanted it to be extravagant and a little bit tacky, but in a good way,” said owner Elle Levy of the Crypto House Airbnb in North Hollywood.
Tom Warren
Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder Of The Crypto Exchange FTX, Has Pleaded Not Guilty To Fraud And Other Charges
If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 115 years in prison.
Tom Warren
Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Freed On $250 Million Bail
Two of Bankman-Fried’s top former colleagues have pleaded guilty to federal criminal fraud charges and are cooperating with the prosecution against him.
Tom Warren
Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Charged And Accused Of “A Massive, Years-Long Fraud"
The founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday.
Tom Warren
Sam Bankman-Fried Has Been Arrested In The Bahamas
The US attorney’s office said they would move to unseal an indictment against the founder of FTX on Tuesday.
Paige Skinner
Tom Brady And Gisele Bündchen Are Among The Celebs Named In A Cryptocurrency Class-Action Lawsuit
Other defendants include FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and big names like Shaq, Naomi Osaka, and Larry David.
Tom Warren
One Of The World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchanges Imploded And Here's What You Need To Know
FTX’s implosion is being called crypto’s “Lehman Brothers moment” — a reference to the investment bank collapse that was set off by the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
Tom Warren
Kim Kardashian Has Been Charged $1.26 Million For Failing To Disclose A Paid Ad For Cryptocurrency On Her Instagram Page
The Securities and Exchange Commission found that Kardashian was paid $250,000 to post about a cryptocurrency, but failed to disclose that it was an ad.
Ellen Durney
17 Celebrities Just Got Warning Letters About Shilling NFTs
A consumer watchdog group reminded them that they need to disclose their connection to an NFT collection when they promote it on social media.
Katie Notopoulos
Crypto Diaries: The Bitcoin Entrepreneur Whose Wife Won't Let Him Talk Bitcoin
Kyle Hill is the latest in our series on what people in crypto actually do all day.
Katie Notopoulos
Meet The Mom Who Lost Friends Over Her NFT Obsession
For the second installment in our Crypto Diaries series, a mother in her 40s talks about how her love for Web3 intersects with her home life.
Katie Notopoulos
Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape Is Back Home
"Fred is back home."
Sarah Emerson
Someone Stole The Goblin Ass NFTs
All my goblin asses are gone.
Katie Notopoulos
The Owner Of Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape Said They Have No Plans To Return It
The owner requested that BuzzFeed News put them in touch with Green.
Sarah Emerson
Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape, Which Was Supposed To Star In His New Show
The actor has been pleading on Twitter with “DarkWing84,” who bought his ape from a scammer, to return it.
Sarah Emerson
The Bored Ape Dating App That Shut Down Because No Women Signed Up Was Just A Prank, Folks
It was a good joke, a great one, even.
Katie Notopoulos
“Selling Sunset” Star Christine Quinn Is Leaving The O Group To Go All In On Crypto
The reality show archvillain has launched a crypto real estate company with her husband.
Katie Notopoulos
Why Crypto Cratered: 5 Things You Need To Know
Two lesser-known coins, TerraUSD and its sister currency Luna, collapsed, reminding some of the 2008 financial crash.
Richard Nieva
This Is What An NFT Consultant Does All Day
For our new Crypto Diaries series, a New Yorker who's in 97 Discords walks us through his “degen headspace.”
Katie Notopoulos
You Can Use Multiple Slurp Juices On An Ape
A lot of y’all don’t get it.
Katie Notopoulos
Who Said It? Guess Which Celebs And Politicians Are All About Crypto And Which Can’t Stand It.
Crypto is the most polarizing technology out there right now.
Emily Baker-White
OpenSea Acquired Gem, The NFT Marketplace Cofounded By An Alleged Rapist
“This individual has never and will never be affiliated with OpenSea,” CEO Devin Finzer said.
Sarah Emerson
TikTok-Famous Doctors Are Getting Into NFTs And It's A Mess
MetaDocs’ NFTs were designed to "revolutionize medicine." But its social media–famous doctors can’t prescribe for or diagnose NFT holders.
Emily Baker-White
No One Will Say If Jimmy Fallon Received A Free Moonbird NFT Or Not
Since the host tweeted about owning Moonbirds NFTs, their asking price has approximately doubled.
Katie Notopoulos
How An Alleged Rapist And Former Twitch Streamer Helped Build An NFT Startup By Hiding Behind A Pseudonym
Thanks to cryptocurrency’s culture of anonymity, streamer MethodJosh was able to conceal his history of alleged sexual abuse. He has now been pushed out of NFT startup Gem.
Sarah Emerson
Political Campaigns Are Facing Risks With Crypto Donations On Coinbase And BitPay
Crypto platforms are obscuring the identities of people who make political donations in crypto, which makes public audits of donations nearly impossible.
Emily Baker-White
