Christian Nwobodo

Journalist CryptoSlate

Christian is a crypto-curious nerd who loves to investigate how protocols work under the hood. Christian is interested in DeFi protocol research, token economics, and on-chain analytics.

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Total Articles 358

Since Jul 2022

Last Active Mar 3, 2023

Primary Beat Regulation

Christian Nwobodo Recent Articles

Bankruptcy

BlockFi files to dismiss SBF’s Emergent company bankruptcy case

BlockFi argued that Emergent Technology is ineligible for bankruptcy protection because it has no property in the U.S..

3 years ago

Wallets

MetaMask integrates with Mercuryo to allow crypto purchases with bank cards

MetaMask users can directly purchase up to 18 supported cryptocurrencies using bank cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and various local payment methods.

3 years ago

Hacks

Norwegian Police seize $5.9M from Axie Infinity hackers

Økokrim said it will communicate with Axie Infinity's parent company Sky Mavis to return the recovered funds.

3 years ago

Tokenization

Hong Kong scores first HK$800M issuance of tokenized green bonds

Paul Chain said the successful issuance of the green bonds marks the government's commitment to promoting innovation in the financial market.

3 years ago

Legal

Mango Market exploiter files to keep $47M bounty payment

Lawyers defending Avraham Eisenberg argued that Mango DAO was not under duress — taking an amount of extended time to consider the proposals.

3 years ago

Exchanges

FTX reportedly in talks to recoup $400M investment in Modulo Capital

Following FTX's bankruptcy, SBF's $400 million investment in Modulo Capital was converted into cash and kept in an interest-bearing account at JPMorgan.

3 years ago

Mining

HIVE Blockchain delays financial filings till Feb. 28

HIVE moved to delay the interim filing to enable the firm buy time to access the impact of a tax notice issued to a European subsidiary.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

FTX creditors issue subpoena to SBF, other FTX insiders

FTX's committee of unsecured creditors has subpoenaed FTX insiders including Sam Bankman-Fried, Zixiao Wang, Caroline Ellison, and more.

3 years ago

NFTs

BLUR plummets 84% following 360M token airdrop

Early BLUR users — including traders, care package holders, and creators — have claimed up to 86% of the airdrops.

3 years ago

Banking

UK FCA moves to disable unregistered crypto ATM operators

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that none of the crypto ATM operators in the UK currently have due registration.

3 years ago

Regulation

Blockchain Association files amicus brief in support of Ishan Wahi

BA: SEC's move to classify nine tokens as securities without prior court order potentially violated the creators' right to defend themselves.

3 years ago

Stablecoins

Aave community initiates proposal to freeze BUSD with Paxos’ halt of token minting imminent

Following Paxos move to halt minting BUSD, the Aave community has initiated a proposal to freeze its BUSD holding on Aave V2 Ethereum market.

3 years ago