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Arthur Hayes Dumps Worldcoin Days After Maelstrom Pitched Its AI IPO Trade
Arthur Hayes sold his entire WLD position on June 6, less than three days after Maelstrom publicly pitched Worldcoin as a liquid AI IPO play — ending his full portfolio exit sequence across HYPE, NEAR, ZEC, and WLD.

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Amir Haleem Steps Down as CEO of Nova Labs as HNT Falls 99% From Peak
The Helium co-founder moves to chairman as Mario Di Dio takes the top job, days after Nova Labs sold its consumer mobile carrier to Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile.

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Dragonfly GP Tom Schmidt Calls Nova Markets Startup 'Huge Scammers,' Slams VCs
A Dragonfly Capital general partner partially walked back the attack on named investors. The founder responded by calling Schmidt a former backer turned hostile critic.

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Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted Interfold, a privacy protocol combining zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and threshold encryption for secure on-chain voting and auctions.

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Two Long-Time Ethereum Foundation Contributors Announce Departures
Josh Stark, a member of the EF's leadership team, and Trent Van Epps both separately announced this week that they are leaving the foundation after five years.

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Beyond Finance: Why ZetaChain's Jessie Zhang Says Blockchain's Next Frontier Is Safeguarding Human Memory From AI
Blockchain once gave people control over their money. Now, as AI reshapes how information is created and remembered, Jessie Zhang argues it must also protect something even more fundamental: human memory.

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Trump Supports Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Yield Battle
In a social media post, President Trump openly criticized banks for obstructing his crypto agenda, aligning himself with crypto firms in a dispute over stablecoin yields.

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David Bailey’s Nakamoto Buys His Own Bitcoin Empire at a Discounted Public Price
The deal brings Bailey’s private ventures under a public umbrella, without a new shareholder vote.

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Vitalik Proposes ‘Decentralized Governance’ Model for Russia’s Future
The Ethereum co-founder condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while saying the country could benefit from crypto principles like decentralization.

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Experts Debate Vitalik Buterin’s Creator Coin Vision
Crypto experts agree creator coins haven’t worked so far, but some disagree on whether Buterin’s proposed fix solves the problem.





