Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney has worked in crypto media since 2014, including editorships at CoinDesk and The Block. In his spare time, he writes fiction and plays disc golf. Contact Michael at [email protected].
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Consensys filed a lawsuit against the SEC in a Texas court on Thursday

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Runes, crypto taxes and Binance’s execs stuck in Nigeria

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Call it the bitcoin transaction block heard ‘round the world

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A verdict in Avraham Eisenberg’s criminal fraud trial is expected this afternoon

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Ether slipped below $3,000 during Wednesday’s trade

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In this edition: Analyzing the SEC’s market impact, the 13F ETF tell-all and FTX generating bipartisan unity in Congress

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Crypto markets were largely the only ones open over a tense weekend, and they took a beating for it

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The fighting in pro wrestling is largely fake and the outcomes are mostly pre-determined, similar to Ethereum’s relationship with the crypto ecosystem

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Uniswap says it was not surprised to receive a Wells notice given the SEC’s “abusive” use of power as of late

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Plus: The Tornado Cash case continues and Farcaster’s devs are now unicorns

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It’s clear that institutions have gotten the message that crypto is open for business — but what now?

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It seems we’ve just traded scam accounts that pretend to be Musk for scam accounts that act like crypto industry leaders

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The Boston Globe reports that lawyer John Deaton is weighing a possible bid

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A decade’s worth of meme evolution has led us to weird, wrong takes amid the 2024 presidential election

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The report, by Anza, detailed the technical issue behind the Tuesday stoppage

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BTC’s price began to surge during late-afternoon trading hours in the US

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When crypto prices go up, suddenly everyone becomes a target

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The ETF approvals come as the SEC pursues a multi-front strategy of crypto oversight and rule-changing

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Multiple spot bitcoin ETFs went live Thursday morning

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Public statements from four of the SEC’s five-member leadership team suggest a contentious debate over today’s approval