This Week in Crypto News: Inflation Slows Slowly, Horseplay at SushiSwap, and Terra LUNA

Crypto news: It has been another glorious week in the crypto market, the only industry where sushi and horses go hand in hand.

This week in crypto news, we spoke with the face of EthereumPoW, Chandler Guo, as well as Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. Elsewhere, Justin Sun paid a whopping $1 billion for Huobi, and Elon Musk was unmasked as definitely not Satoshi Nakamoto. Finally, in economic news, U.S. inflation slowed a teeny tiny incy wincy little bit. 

Let’s do this.

Vitalik Buterin Get Both Barrels

EthereumPoW (ETHW) proponent Chandler Guo put Vitalik Buterin firmly in his place in an explosive interview with BeInCrypto earlier this week.

According to Guo, a proof-of-work Ethereum without Vitalik Buterin is like Bitcoin without Satoshi Nakamoto – maybe better! If that wasn’t incendiary enough, Guo went on to add that it is now time for Buterin to “shut up” and let Guo and friends get on with building EthereumPoW.

Mic drop.

On Monday, we brought you an interview with Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, to separate the man from the myth. Ross is currently serving two life consecutive life sentences without parole, plus another 40 years just to be sure. The American justice system doesn’t do half-measures.

We also spoke with Thy-Diep Ta about Unit Masters, a crypto literacy course that hopes to boost mainstream adoption, and if education is your thing, then you can head on over to BeInCrypto’s learn section. 

U.S. Inflation Slows Slowly. But It’s Still Bad

The consumer price index (CPI) – the primary measure of inflation – dropped 0.1% to 8.2% in Sept., down from 8.3% in Aug. Months of gut-busting interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve seem to have finally had some impact, and even though it’s only minimal, it’s a start.

What now?

Expect more of the same, with a further interest rate rise in Nov. now looking very likely.

SushiSwap Head Chef Gets in the Saddle

Jared Grey, the new “Head Chef” of SushiSwap was no sooner in the door before the accusations and fur started to fly. According to one community member Grey is a “a scammer and con artist,” and according to another source he likes to ride horses without the aid of a saddle.

For his part Grey said “the accusations towards me are 100% untrue.”

Justin Sun Bags Huobi Crypto Exchange

TRON (TRX) price got a boost this week when it was revealed that Justin Sun was behind a $1 billion deal to buy a major crypto exchange. According to various media crypto news reports Sun is the lead investor in the Huobi takeover, with a little help from Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). 

Meanwhile, SBF has announced a series of improvements to FTX’s matching engine. For that reason, don’t be surprised if Huobi shortly announces a series of improvements to its matching engine. After all, there’s no innovation in crypto that Justin Sun can’t imitate to a reasonably satisfactory standard.

One exchange he won’t be rushing to copy in a hurry is Binance. This week the exchange was accused of filing “grossly inaccurate” financial statements in the U.K.

Needless to say, this doesn’t sound good for Changpeng Zhao and company. Binance has already been the subject of a warning from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) so this story may have some mileage in the weeks and months ahead. 

The Weekly Do Kwon Update

Definitely not on the run Do Kwon has been cashing out Terra (LUNA) to a Binance wallet while simultaneously shilling the new coin on Twitter. This, according to former Terra proponent turned whistleblower, FatManTerra, who has become a nemesis of sorts for UST. 

As for Do Kwon, his Singapore vacation may soon come to an end as it has been revealed that his passport is about to expire.

Elon Musk Is Not Satoshi

Elon Musk is not Satoshi Nakamoto, but that hasn’t stopped speculation and claims to the contrary. While there have been some wild theories on the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the notion that Elon Musk could conceive of Bitcoin, plan it, code it, launch it, tell absolutely nobody that it was him, and then keep the secret for over a decade doesn’t pass the smell test. In fact, it kind of stinks.

In a further olfactory insult, Musk launched a new perfume called “Burnt Hair,” this week, available to buy with Dogecoin.

Crypto Hacker Has Seriously Big Mangos

Crypto news of a hacker exploiting the Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets to the tune of $117 million broke this week. In a particularly ballsy move, the hacker then filed a proposal with the Mango Markets decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to pay himself a $70 million bug bounty.

To add further to the ridiculousness of the move, the hacker then used the stolen tokens to vote in favor of the proposal.

That however, was a bridge too far, with the plan voted down by the rest of the community. Still, you’ve got to admire his mangos.

Thanks for joining us for This Week In Crypto News. We’ll see you next week for more of the same.