A tweet from Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, suggests that shady activity is happening over on Binance's Twitter account. Similar nefarious tweets have popped up on the accounts of Gemini, Coinbase, CoinDesk, Kucoin, @Bitcoin, and numerous other companies. Individuals such as Justin Sun, Charlie Lee, King Cobie, AngeloBTC and others have also been targeted. Each tweet involves a scam Bitcoin (BTC) giveaway or trap. CZ rang the alarm "Do not click on this link," CZ tweeted on July 15 from his personal media page, providing a link to a recent post from Binance's breached twitter account, warning …

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, recently ranted about the recent shilling of Dogecoin (DOGE) via Tik Tok. "What's going on with Dogecoin!?" Portnoy said in a recent video posted on Twitter. "It's a pump and dump," he added, calling Dogecoin "bubbly rosé." Tik Tok DOGE Challenge A recent effort shows the Tik Tok community attempting to pump DOGE up to $1 in a get-rich-quick fashion. DOGE currently boasts a 90% increase over the past 24 hours, according Cointelegraph data. "Everyone's buying this Dogecoin," Portnoy said in the video. "It's a cryptocurrency, it's fake life, people are buyin it — …

Torus, a Singaporean crypto key management platform, now allows users to send cryptocurrencies through social media platforms such as Twitter. With Torus’ latest update, v1.7.2, users can now send tokens to any Twitter or GitHub account, even if that account has never used Torus’ crypto wallet, the firm said. Torus publicly sends ETH to Buterin, Musk, and CZ on Twitter Announcing the news on Monday, Torus showcased a couple of Twitter transactions, featuring 0.01 Ether (ETH) transfers to major crypto figures such as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao as well as Elon Musk. As of press time, …

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that TRON (TRX) sympathizers within the Bitcoin (BTC) community are a “perfect example” of German Nazis aligning with Japan during the Second World War. Vitalik drew the questionable comparison in a reply to Bitcoin activist and independent developer Udi Wertheimer, who tweeted: “#Tron > #Ethereum”. The Ethereum co-founder wrote: “I feel like this weird half-joking tron stanning in the BTC community might be a perfect example of this from @slatestarcodex” He also attached a number of screenshots from a 2014 article that was originally posted on Slate Star Codex — a now-deleted blog created …

Tron (TRX) becomes the fourth blockchain project to receive a custom Twitter emoji hashtag. Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, unveiled the new emoji in a tweet on Friday. As customary in Tron’s marketing campaigns, the new emoji comes with a giveaway requiring fans to put the emoji in their profile bio. Like with Binance’s anniversary, the hashtag appears to be tied to a specific event. In addition to “#TRX” and “#TRON”, the project acquired the hashtags “TRONGreatVoyage” and “TRONConference.” This is in reference to an upcoming Tron 4.0 launch event, held as an online conference named Great Voyage. Curiously, the project …

Binance and its eponymous cryptocurrency, Binance Coin (BNB), is the third entity to receive a branded emoji hashtag following Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto.com. This was announced by Binance’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, who simply tweeted #BNB — showcasing the new emoji. #BNB — CZ Binance 🔶🔶🔶 (@cz_binance) July 1, 2020 The co-founder appears to be visibly excited with the cosmetic change, writing, “I think I could just sit here and randomly retweet people's #BNB tweets all day long,” though he appears to have retweeted only one of them so far. As reported by Cointelegraph earlier, branded hashtags are a little known …

Alexander Kearns, a 20-year-old customer of stock and cryptocurrency trading platform, Robinhood, committed suicide on June 12. This tragedy reportedly occurred after an erroneous negative balance of more than $730,000 appeared in Kearns’ account. This error has prompted the platform to take measures in order to improve the platform’s offering. According to the official announcement, Robinhood is considering additional criteria and education for customers seeking level 3 options authorization. They state that this may help ensure customers understand the platform’s sophisticated options trading features. They note that they will also be expanding educational content related to options trading within their …

Crypto influencer Tone Vays has come under fire on Crypto Twitter following a mix-up over a tweet that appeared to show him ‘getting a laugh’ out of the suicide of a 20-year-old Robinhood trader. On June 17, the Bitcoin trader behind The Financial Summit hit reply to a comic “this is business” meme video posted by Twitter user Cryptanzee that was poking fun at him for charging $3000 for his options trading course. He sent the following tweet in reply: Source: CryptoCobain Vays linked to a Forbes article about Alexander Kearns, a 20-year-old customer of stock and cryptocurrency trading platform …

On June 17, the United States Department of Justice issued new recommendations to roll back decades-old protections for online platforms publishing third-party content. Section 230 and internet censorship Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act became law in 1996, as the public was only just coming to welcome the internet into their day-to-day lives. The controversial law freed platforms from legal liability for content from third-parties. The DoJ’s recommendations include ending immunity for content involving child abuse, terrorism and cyberstalking. It also argues that Section 230: “Does not apply in a specific case where a platform had actual knowledge or …

Known for his social media-involved leadership of crypto exchange giant Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, said he disabled Twitter comments on his posts to weed out the scammers. "To better respond and engage," CZ told Cointelegraph he partially disabled the ability for the public to comment on his tweets. "This is a new feature from Twitter," CZ said on June 11. "It seems it’s only rolled out to a small percentage of people." Social media holds crucial in crypto As an industry based primarily on digital technologies, much of the crypto and blockchain community interacts daily on various social …

Active Twitter user Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, CEO of crypto exchange giant Binance, explained his use of social media, which has played a key role in his exchange's community engagement. CZ said his Twitter activity is not part of any overarching goal. "It’s really just a way for me to interact with our community, which I budget roughly 20% of my time to," CZ told Cointelegraph. CZ's Twitter game has been strong since Binance's inception CZ said he has given social media this type of attention since the exchange's early days. Binance kicked off its initial coin offering, or ICO, …

The Crypto.com Chain token (CRO) is now the second cryptocurrency to receive an emoji hashtag on Twitter. This follows a similar move for Bitcoin (BTC) in February. Since Thursday, tweeting the “#CRO” hashtag automatically add the Crypto.com logo to it, similar to what happens when tweeting “#Bitcoin” or “#BTC.” The company launched a promotional giveaway campaign in connection with the event. Community confusion Some members of the Twitter community expressed confusion as to why a relatively small project received a dedicated hashtag before others. However, this appears to be part of a branded hashtag service offered by Twitter to major …