Cathie Wood’s ARK bags 1.1M Robinhood shares in one day

ARK Invest, the investment firm founded by major Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Cathie Wood, is actively accumulating stock of the crypto-friendly app Robinhood (HOOD). On Nov. 8, ARK made a massive Robinhood stock purchase, bagging a total of 1.1 million shares for about $9.5 million in one day, according to a trade notification seen by Cointelegraph. The purchase involved three innovation exchange-traded funds (ETF) managed by ARK, including ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF). ARKK has allocated the biggest amount of…

CryptoPunks drive NFT surge with $1.1m sale

A CryptoPunks NFT recently sold for 600 Ethereum (ETH), worth $1.14 million, representing the largest single NFT sale over the past seven days and the second-largest last month. The sale, involving CryptoPunk #7458, occurred on Nov. 6 at Larva Labs. Interestingly, the recipient address is relatively new, with the NFT purchase representing its second transaction. The address had received 360 ETH from a Coinbase address two hours before buying the NFT. NFT data aggregator resource CryptoSlam confirms that the recent transfer represents the largest single NFT transaction over the last…

Bankrupt Voyager Digital Incurs $1.1M Legal Fees in April

Kirkland & Ellis is currently the legal representative of many crypto exchanges that are faced with bankruptcy. Legal advisor Kirkland & Ellis has charged bankrupt crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital the sum of $1.1 million in legal fees for their work in April. The fund is for fees and expenses related to its work on the erstwhile brokerage firm’s bankruptcy process. According to the documents, some of Kirkland & Ellis’ highest-paid partners charged as high as $2,000 per hour for their part of the litigation. Some other lawyers billed the…

Voyager to pay $1.1M in legal fees incurred in April

Bankrupt crypto brokerage Voyager Digital is obligated to pay $1.1 million to its legal adviser, Kirkland & Ellis, for fees and expenses associated with its involvement in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings in April. According to the available documents, Kirkland & Ellis law firm implemented a blended hourly billing rate of $1,313.18 for the provision of various services throughout April. The cumulative fees assessed for the legal services rendered by both attorneys and paralegals amounted to a figure surpassing $1.4 million. Certain members holding high positions within the law firm charged…

Moonbirds creator Kevin Rose loses $1.1M+ in NFTs after 1 wrong move

Kevin Rose, the co-founder of the nonfungible token (NFT) collection Moonbirds, has fallen victim to a phishing scam leading to more than $1.1 million worth of his personal NFTs stolen. The NFT creator and PROOF co-founder shared the news with his 1.6 million Twitter followers on Jan. 25 asking them to avoid buying any Squiggles NFTs until they manage to get them flagged as stolen. I was just hacked, stay tuned for details – please avoid buying any squiggles until we get them flagged (just lost 25) + a few…