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53 - How's Bitcoin doing? Who's left in the metaverse? And unpacking the Binance hack...

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This week, Blake, Tracey and Craig talk about the hackers who've stolen around $570 million in tokens from Binance. They also discuss the Celsius Dox story -

the fact that during the bankruptcy proceedings for crypto platform Celsius, the identities of thousands of its customers has been revealed in court filings, DappRadar reporting that the metaverse is quite a lonely place to be, and they wrap up the show with their quick, fast soundbites.


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