It is no longer news that Elon Musk has acquired Twitter. But several entities and organizations have opposed the deal, including Open Markets Institute, which claims regulators can block the deal. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has responded by stating that the agency has no powers to prevent the acquisition. According…
Twitter shareholders enter discussions with Musk over takeover offer
Elon Musk has successfully engaged some of Twitter’s shareholders in discussions over his unsolicited takeover offer, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. However, the discussions are still preliminary and may not result in a deal, sources told the newswire. According to the report, Musk has been meeting shareholders to seek support for his…
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson offers to help build a decentralized Twitter
Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson has told Elon Musk that he’s willing to help him build a decentralized version of Twitter. @elonmusk Elon if Twitter rejects your offer, then hit me up. Happy to build a decentralized one — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) April 14, 2022 This is coming after Musk submitted a $43 billion offer to…
Elon Musk’s $43B bid on Twitter causes DOGE, SHIB to spike
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made an unsolicited offer to fully acquire social media giant Twitter for a total cash consideration of $43 billion, according to SEC filings. Musk has offered $54.20 per share — representing a 54% premium over the Jan. 28 closing price — to acquire the social media giant. Musk…
Crypto Twitter goes bananas on April Fools Day
As one could have expected, April fools day sent Crypto Twitter off the charts this time. At CryptoSlate we really had to think twice before falling for any of the amazing “news” coming out of the social media platform. Anyway, we collected a few of the best tweets on Crypto Twitter during the day. Enjoy!…
Popular crypto podcaster Peter McCormack quits Twitter
Popular crypto podcaster Peter McCormack, out of Bedford U.K., tweeted today he is personally quitting Twitter after facing piles of bad behavior from followers for a long time. McCormack started the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast back in November of 2017, and the podcast has grown to over 470 episodes and seen a strong increase in…
Mark Zuckerberg reveals Instagram’s NFT dreams
Due to the rising popularity of NFT technology, almost every social media site has revealed plans to integrate the feature on its platform, and it is no surprise that the largest amongst them also have the same plans. NFTs on Instagram Mark Zuckerberg, in a recent statement, revealed that Instagram would also be joining the…
She’s got the most followed Twitter account with a .eth name
There’s hardly a day in crypto without a celebrity announcing a purchase of a Bored Ape or some similar high-end profile picture NFT, often to be flexed in the Twitter profile of the said celebrity. Just the other day, popular rapper Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, purchased Bored Ape Yacht Club #9055 for 123.45…
Inside Square’s whitepaper for its Bitcoin decentralized exchange
In this year alone, the crypto adventure of the co-founder and CEO of Square and Twitter, Jack Dorsey, has been exhilarating. This time around, his payment-focused tech company, Square has released the white paper of its proposed decentralized Bitcoin exchange, codenamed as tbDEX. The whitepaper described the design philosophy of the proposed tbDEX, as one…
NFT thief returns 88 ETH ($368,000) after stealing from CreatureToadz
Creature Toadz NFT project suffered a theft of around $340,000 when a hacker, posing as a moderator, convinced community members to send 88 ETH to an address he controlled yesterday. However, in a surprising turn of events, he returned all of the stolen assets to the project. Hacker defrauds Creature Toadz community members of $340,000…