Dorian Batycka

Contributor CryptoSlate

Dorian Batycka is a journalist interested in art and technology. He has previously contributed to CoinDesk, Decrypt, Artforum, Artnet News, the Art Newspaper, and many others. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram @temp_projects, where he often memes his way through current financial and art news, scandals, and events.

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Total Articles 189

Since Jan 2023

Last Active Mar 30, 2023

Primary Beat Analysis

Dorian Batycka Recent Articles

Analysis

CNBC host Jim Cramer claims Bitcoin is being “manipulated up”

The Mad Money host made the comment in response to whether recent distresses to traditional banks offer an investment case for Bitcoin.

3 years ago

Crime

Justice Department investigating collapse of Do Kwon’s TerraUSD stablecoin: WSJ

Former members of Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd. have been questioned by the FBI and the Southern District of New York.

3 years ago

Analysis

Coinbase CEO discusses new staking service and reactions to regulatory hurdles

"The financial system needs to be updated. It's slow, it's archaic," Armstrong told Bankless.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Decentralized exchange Uniswap hits record single-day volume

The decentralized exchange Uniswap announced on March 11 it had hit its highest daily volume ever totaling $11.84 billion.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

Binance CEO CZ ‘Banks are a risk to fiat-backed stable coins’ in reaction to SVB, USDC Depegging

Binance CEO hints at possible bank acquisitions amid crypto-friendly banks facing severe distress and failures.

3 years ago

Bankruptcy

Elon Musk says he is ‘open to the idea’ of Twitter buying SVB to become a digital bank

The embattled Tesla and Twitter CEO made the comments in response to a Tweet suggesting he should take over the distressed bank.

3 years ago

Analysis

Is the crypto industry in danger? VC Nic Carter says Operation Choke Point 2.0 is well underway

As crypto banks like Silvergate face increasing pressure, is it regulators themselves putting pressure on banks to putatively ignore crypto?

3 years ago

Stablecoins

USDC depeg – Everything we know so far as contagion spreads from TradFi banking

Coinbase and Binance both suspend USDC conversions until the dollar peg stabilizes, while BlockFi and Avalanche both reveal ties to SVB.

3 years ago

Regulation

SEC Wells Notice, what is it and why more may be coming

On Feb. 3. Paxos received a Wells Notice from the SEC indicating that they were under investigation.

3 years ago

Analysis

ETH enters $1.3K price range; declines 10% in the last 24 hours

Aside the macro downturn facing BTC, Ethereum is also facing increased scrutiny by the SEC since switching to proof-of-stake.

3 years ago

Investments

Cathie Wood remains bullish on Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies

The Ark Invest CEO talks about the current challenges facing the macro environment at Lyceum Miami 2023.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Huobi token saw a 90% flash crash, recovery; community blames high sales, market downturn

The decline led to over $200,000,000 of market cap gone from HT within an hour, only to recover by over 1000% minutes after.

3 years ago