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Binance's Former Russia Head, Blum Co-Founder Arrested in Connection to Fraud Case
19.5.2025
Smerkis worked for Binance from 2022 for just under two years
Russia arrests Blum co-founder Vladimir Smerkis on fraud charges
19.5.2025
Vladimir Smerkis, a co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow, Russia, on fraud allegations, amid Blum confirming he is no longer affiliated with the project.The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow approved a request from investigators to keep...
Russia arrests Blum co-founder Vladimir Smerkis on fraud charges
19.5.2025
Vladimir Smerkis, a co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow, Russia, on fraud allegations, amid Blum confirming he is no longer affiliated with the project.The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow approved a request from investigators to keep...
New Facebook Tech Will Encourage People To Use Their Phones In Movie Theaters
10.4.2025
Blumhouse is teaming up with Facebook parent company Meta to “augment and uplevel” the movie going experience. How? By encouraging people to interact with an AI chatbot while in a theater watching a movie on the big screen. Does this sound like a good idea? Nope! But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood...
The Open Art at Token2049: An Evening of Innovation and Expression With Blum, TONX, and TON Society – Over 7,000 Registered Attendees
16.9.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore – September 16 — The Open Art, hosted by Blum, TONX, and TON Society and co-hosted by CoinGecko, All At Once, TonBit, and Google Cloud during Token2049 Singapore, is set to be an evening where innovation meets freedom of expression. With over 7000+ registered...
Binance Invests in Telegram’s Mini-App Blum as a MVB Winner
11.9.2024
Leading crypto exchange Binance has announced that it has invested in Telegram’s mini crypto-trading app Blum as a…
Telegram’s Blum Could Be the Biggest Airdrop of 2024
4.9.2024
Blum is a hybrid cryptocurrency exchange founded by former Binance executives Gleb Kostarev and Vladimir Smerkis. Combining centralized…
50% of Telegram tap-to-earn gamers are crypto noobs: Blum CEO
3.9.2024
Telegram tapper games have “finally” brought the mass adoption to crypto the industry has waited for, says Blum founder and CEO Gleb Kostarev
You Can Now Play The Horniest FPS In Years On Game Pass
12.7.2024
Xbox Game Pass may have received a substantial (and terrible) update this week, but that hasn’t stopped the service from adding bangers to its revolving catalog. Neon White, one of the most insanely inventive and cringe-inducing games I’ve ever played, is the latest and greatest addition, and...
Why Video Game Voice Actors Don’t Love The New SAG-AFTRA Deal
10.1.2024
After months of speculation from voice actors concerned with how their voices could be co-opted by AI, and recent announcements from companies like Ubisoft and Tencent that they’ll use NVIDIA’s new AI tools to provide voices for NPCs, the Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television...
Despite Negative Reviews, Five Nights At Freddy’s Film Killing At The Box Office
30.10.2023
After just one weekend in theaters, Five Nights At Freddy’s is already breaking records and racking up an impressive $130 million at the global box office since releasing on October 27 to less-than-stellar reviews. Read more
Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie Producer Was ‘Made Fun Of’ For Working On Film
30.6.2023
The movie adaptation of horror game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s is just a few months away from its October 27 debut, and like many video game films, production on it has been in the works since at least 2015. Now, with Jason Blum (The Purge, Split, M3GAN) producing it, it’s finally got...
Your Favorite Voice Actors Call Out AI Sites Copying Voices Without Consent
13.2.2023
Voice actors within the video game, cartoon, and anime industries have come out against the use of AI websites that copy and sell their voices without their permission. Read more
Meet Chiaki And Her Uncle Noboru, Acura’s New Anime Duo Who Are Ushering In a New Era of Type S Performance
1.2.2022
For years, Acura waited for the right opportunity to enter the world of anime.Read more
FNAF Movie Loses Its Director Amid Struggles To Please Series Creator
30.9.2021
It turns out that not only are the Five Nights at Freddy’s creator’s politics problematic, it sounds like he might also be a touch difficult to work with. The film based on the series has lost its director, possibly because Scott Cawthon has a “final cut” mentality to the movie-making process...
27 Movies to Stream When You Need a Good Cry
12.4.2021
The past year has inundated us with so many horrors—untold lives needlessly lost to a virus allowed to proliferate unchecked, so many others forever damaged by the ongoing pandemic of racism, not to mention the ever-present specters of economic uncertainty and looming climate disaster—I won’t fault...
Miners Are Selling More Bitcoin Than They Are Mining
26.3.2020
While bitcoin looks set to prolong its recent bullish moves, those responsible for making new bitcoin have increased their selling