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Thailand Threatens Facebook With Shutdown Over Crypto Scams
23.8.2023
The government in Bangkok will try to shut down Facebook in Thailand alleging the social media network isn’t doing enough to stop scams. Fraudsters have been luring users to invest in fake companies and cryptocurrencies, authorities said, and the number of complaints has been mounting. Meta...
Privacy Breach at Friend.tech: Wallet Addresses and Usernames of 101,000 Users Exposed
22.8.2023
Friend.tech has suffered from a major privacy breach that has led to the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information pertaining to more than 101,000 individuals.
Banteg, a core contributor to popular DeFi project Yearn Finance, has published a repository of publicly available scraped data...
Decentralized Social Network Friend.tech Surpasses $1 Million in 24-Hour Fees, Leaving Uniswap and Bitcoin Behind
21.8.2023
Decentralized social network Friend.tech has generated over $1 million in fees within just 24 hours of its release, outperforming well-established players like Uniswap and the Bitcoin (BTC) network.
According to data from crypto data aggregator DefiLlama, Friend.tech has generated $1.12 million...
Musk Hires New CEO for Twitter, ‘She Will Be Starting in 6 Weeks’
12.5.2023
Billionaire investor Elon Musk will be stepping down as chief executive of Twitter and taking on other roles in the company. The owner of the microblogging platform revealed he has hired a new CEO, media executive Linda Yaccarino, who should be at the helm of the social media giant in less than...
Telegram Messenger App Launches USDT Transfer Feature Within Chats, Expanding Crypto Services – Crypto Adoption on the Rise?
23.3.2023
Telegram users can now transfer the world's most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), through chats.
The news was tweeted by the TON blockchain, with the team writing: "Imagine being able to buy and sell crypto via a messaging app. Now imagine it's already here," adding the link to...
Today in Crypto: Tender.fi Hacker Returns Stolen Funds, Hedera Confirms Exploit and Turns Off Mainnet Proxies, Meta Mulling Decentralized Text-based App
10.3.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Tender.fi Hacker Returns Stolen Funds, Hedera Confirms Exploit and Turns Off Mainnet Proxies, Meta Mulling...
Meta working on text-based decentralized social network codenamed P92
10.3.2023
Meta is reportedly building a decentralized, text-based social network that supports ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol that powers Twitter-rival Mastodon
Crypto Groups on Russian Social Media Hit by Bots Discrediting Bitcoin
23.2.2023
Social media groups devoted to cryptocurrencies in Russia have been attacked by bots in what looks like a campaign against bitcoin and the like. Their comments on Russia’s largest social media platform are triggered by certain keywords like crypto and blockchain, members of the community have...
Today in Crypto: BNB Chain Unveils 3rd Blockchain in BNB Ecosystem, Tether ‘Never Borrowed from Celsius’, Ripple Sold $226M Worth of XRP in Q4
1.2.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: BNB Chain Unveils 3rd Blockchain in BNB Ecosystem, Tether ‘Never Borrowed from Celsius’, Ripple Sold $226M...
Russian Social Media Giant Vkontakte Launches NFT Service
15.12.2022
Russia’s largest social network, Vkontakte, has launched a feature allowing users to upload digital collectibles to the platform. Account holders will also be able to buy and sell them in the future as the company intends to establish a marketplace for non-fungible tokens. Vkontakte Users...
ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
24.5.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
Elon Musk Could Renegotiate Twitter Deal as Bot Number 'Unknowable as the Human Soul'
17.5.2022
In another installment of Elon Musk’s journey towards acquiring social media giant Twitter, the billionaire is apparently aiming to renegotiate his bid to take over the platform, declaring that a lower price tag would not be “out of the question.”
Speaking at a conference in Miami, Tesla’s...
The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?
30.4.2022
Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says he’s...
Elon's Twitter: bluesky Keeps Independence, Dorsey Praises Musk, Market Awaits Next Step
26.4.2022
Tesla chief and multi-billionaire Elon Musk is taking over Twitter for USD 54.20 a share, and has already received praise from Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey. Meanwhile, the Twitter-funded decentralized social media project bluesky says it will remain independent “no matter what happens.”...
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Elon Musk in Talks with Twitter Board to Strike Deal - Report
25.4.2022
Twitter and Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk are reportedly in talks to strike a deal, after Musk earlier this month laid out an offer to buy 100% of the shares in Twitter for USD 45bn and take the company private. Shares of Tesla rose modestly on the news in pre-market trading...
Tether Teases Swiss Bitcoin Plan, VKontakte Mulls NFTs, FTX Ups Its Game, EU Open to Crypto + More News
21.2.2022
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Read More: Tether Teases Swiss Bitcoin Plan, VKontakte Mulls NFTs, FTX Ups Its Game, EU Open to Crypto + More News
Abandoned TON Crypto Project Could Be Coming to Telegram After All, in a Different Form
20.1.2022
The Russian social media giant Telegram’s once-grand crypto plans may be dead and buried, but developers working on a network based on the abandoned Telegram Open Network (TON) are edging closer to launching their own version of TON.
The TON platform, which was to make use of a coin named...
Jack Dorsey’s Decision to Quit Twitter Is Not a Vote of Confidence in Future of Social Media
5.12.2021
Theo Tzanidis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, the University of the West of Scotland.
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We Know Better Than to Allow Facebook to Control the Metaverse
21.11.2021
Bree McEwan, Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology, University of Toronto._______
In the midst of the scandals of the Facebook papers, Facebook rebranded the company as Meta. The new name was designed to reflect a focus beyond the Facebook social...
Myspace Tom Anderson is ‘Buying The Dip,’ Posts Laser Eyes Meme on Twitter
17.5.2021
Myspace founder Tom Anderson has joined the heated chatter surrounding the recent crypto market drop. The now-retired entrepreneur expressed his feelings about the situation, posting a laser eyes photo of himself accompanied with a short caption, “Buying The Dip.” Myspace Tom Tweets...