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DAO Governance Vote Passes Unanimously For Rule Banning Votes During Mercury Retrograde

Proposal GVN-441, which passed 14,802 to 0 on Thursday, prohibits binding governance decisions during any period classified as astrologically adverse, pending quarterly review by the DAO's newly established Celestial Risk Committee.

Man's Hardware Wallet Recovery Phrase Turns Out To Be Ex-Girlfriend's WiFi Password From 2019

Palumbo spent fourteen months describing his cold storage as 'basically unhackable.' Technically, he was right.

Whitepaper's Abstract Promises To 'Revolutionize Finance'; Page 47 Admits Team Has Not Built Anything Yet

Investors who read past the executive summary discover that the revolutionary protocol exists only as a concept and a font choice

Entire Altcoin's Market Cap Now Held By Three Guys In A Telegram Group

Token with $12 million 'market cap' has $340 in actual daily volume and a community of exactly three

Crypto Influencer's 'Not Financial Advice' Disclaimer Now Longer Than Actual Advice

Fourteen-word token recommendation followed by 340-word legal disclaimer read at double speed

DAO Votes To Decide What A DAO Is Before Making Any Other Decisions

Governance Proposal #1 tables all governance until members agree on governance; passes with 51% after nine-week debate

Man's Entire Personality Now Based On Which Layer-1 Blockchain He Chose In 2020

Friends report he introduces himself at parties as 'an Avalanche guy' and cannot discuss weather without mentioning throughput

Stablecoin Loses Peg, Founder Insists It's 'Temporarily Exploring Other Values'

Token designed to maintain $1.00 value currently trading at $0.23 and described as 'on a journey'

Investor Cannot Remember Which Of His 47 Wallets Contains His Life Savings

Spreadsheet tracking wallet addresses was stored on a laptop whose recovery phrase is in one of the 47 wallets

Cryptocurrency Exchange Names Itself After Greek God, Collapses Like Greek Economy

Olympus Capital promised 'divine returns' before losing $900 million in what regulators describe as 'very mortal incompetence'

Man Explains Blockchain To Date For Forty Minutes, Receives No Second Date

Whiteboard was not provided by the restaurant but the gentleman brought his own

DeFi Protocol's Terms Of Service Written Entirely In Solidity Considered Legally Binding By Nobody

Project argues smart contract IS the agreement; judge argues he cannot read smart contracts and does not intend to learn

Bitcoin Miner's Electric Bill Now Qualifies As Major Municipal Expense

City comptroller asks whether single residential customer consuming 4% of grid output should attend budget meetings

Market Crash Survivors Form Support Group That Meets On The Blockchain

Participants must pay gas fees to share feelings about losing money to gas fees

NFT Collection Of Procedurally Generated Pigeons Somehow Worth More Than Building They Roost On

10,000 unique digital pigeons valued at $4.2 million collectively; the actual warehouse hosting the server costs $380,000

Crypto Bro Discovers His Hardware Wallet Seed Phrase Was Actually Grocery List

Twelve words including 'avocado,' 'turkey,' and 'bread' failed to restore $87,000 in digital assets

Man Who Said 'HODL' In 2017 Now Uses It As Legal Defense

Attorney argues client's failure to sell at all-time high constitutes involuntary financial paralysis, not negligence