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Lloyds Bank: UK Sees 23% Increase in Cryptocurrency Scam Reports
14.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / JeromeMaurice Lloyds Bank, a big four bank in the United Kingdom, reports that crypto scams have risen 23% compared to the same period last year. The firm warned that fraudsters are targeting young people over social media, with victims losing an average of £10,741 ($13,183.72)...
Lens, Aave's Decentralized Social Media Platform, Launches Major Upgrade on Polygon
13.11.2023
The open source protocol spearheaded by DeFi giant Stani Kulechov has released a bevy of new monetization features
Web3 social media to disrupt a $100B market: Pop Social joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
9.11.2023
Web3 social media dApp Pop Social becomes the newest member of the Cointelegraph Accelerator program
Elon Musk Confirms None of His Companies Will Ever Create a Crypto Token
6.11.2023
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that none of his companies will ever launch a crypto token. His clarification came after his artificial intelligence company’s name was used in a cryptocurrency, and several articles associated his social media platform X with crypto tokens. Elon...
Musk’s Plans for X, Celebrating Satoshi’s Seminal White Paper, Bitcoin ETF Predictions, and More — Week in Review
5.11.2023
In this week’s top crypto news, Elon Musk talks about making social media platform X into something of a financial monolith, Bitcoin.com News celebrates the 15-year anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper with a look at Satoshi’s seminal and groundbreaking work, and more exchange-traded...
Is It Too Late to Buy Near Protocol? NEAR Price Skyrockets 37% as Emerging Telegram Crypto Casino Raises $1.6 Million
2.11.2023
Near Protocol has exploded as social media posts tease an upcoming announcement, sending NEAR price on a +37% skyrocket – is it too late to buy Near protocol. A fresh cryptic tweet on the Near Protocol X account has teased markets with an impending announcement at NEARCON23 (set for November...
X Valued at $19 Billion a Year After Musk Bought Twitter for $44 Billion, Reports
1.11.2023
Social media company X is now worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for Twitter, according to internal documents quoted by the press. The billionaire investor purchased the platform, Twitter at the time of acquisition, for $44 billion last October. He has previously admitted to overpaying...
Elon Musk says posts busted by Community Notes won’t earn revenue share
30.10.2023
Elon Musk assured those attempting to “weaponize” the community notes feature will be immediately found out
Elon Musk Unveils Plan to Turn X Into ‘Powerful’ Financial Platform — ‘You Won’t Need a Bank Account’
29.10.2023
Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that he is turning his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, into an all-encompassing financial platform. “When I say payments, I actually mean someone’s entire financial life … If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform,” he claimed, emphasizing:...
Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Faces Setback — Delay Amid Testing Requirements
27.10.2023
The highly anticipated Dencun upgrade for the Ethereum blockchain won’t be making its debut in 2023 as initially expected. Ethereum’s core developers have decided to push back the upgrade’s release until at least 2024, a revelation made during the latest All Core Developers...
Today in Crypto: MoonPay Partners with Mastercard, 64% of Injective Survey Respondents Trade on Both CEX and DEX, Chainstack Launches DeFi API
26.10.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Payments news Crypto payments infrastructure firm MoonPay announced that it partnered with Mastercard to drive innovation...
Hashing It Out: A case for Web3 social media, and is Friend.tech a security?
26.10.2023
CyberConnect co-founder Ryan Li believes that creators who want their content to live forever will ditch Web2 social media platforms for Web3 alternatives
Lightspark Open Sources Email-Like Protocol UMA; Raises Debate on Compliance
25.10.2023
Lightspark, a Lightning Network (LN) financial services company, has announced it has open-sourced Universal Money Address (UMA), a protocol similar to email, but for money. The protocol will be interoperable, allowing platforms to exercise due compliance on the transactions facilitated,...
Lightning Network Developer States Disclosed Vulnerability Is Not an ‘Intentional Backdoor,’ Calls for Responsible Journalism
25.10.2023
Antoine Riard, a security researcher and developer who exposed a vulnerability in the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s scaling layer, has clarified this vulnerability is not an “intentional backdoor,” addressing statements made on social media. Riard stressed the problem had been...
Today in Crypto: Thailand Delays Digital Wallet Plan, Crypto Wallet Downloads Dropping Last Two Years, Reddit Removes Alleged Insider-Trading Moderators
23.10.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
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‘This will be our last post’ — LBRY throws in towel against the SEC
20.10.2023
“Thank you to everyone who fought with us for online freedom,” the LBRY Inc team said
New Game Tasks You With Running Twitter, Good Luck
18.10.2023
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are massive beasts that are hard to control, moderate, and keep profitable. Balancing user safety, privacy, ad revenue, employee mental health, and more is tricky. Luckily, you can find out just how tricky it is in a new free web game that...
Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty & Hashrate Set Records as Bitmain Floods US with Machines, Bitget Reveals Future Quant Bot, Pi Network Debutes Staked DMs
17.10.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty & Hashrate Set Records as Bitmain Floods US with Machines, Bitget Reveals Future...
Israel Police Freeze Crypto Accounts at Binance Allegedly Used by Hamas
11.10.2023
The Israel Police have frozen crypto accounts held at Binance allegedly used by Hamas to collect crypto donations as tensions between Israel and Hamas escalate. In addition, the Israel Police have frozen a Hamas-linked account at Barclays Bank. Hamas-Linked Crypto Accounts at Binance Frozen...
Friend.tech adds new security upgrade in wake of SIM-swap attacks
10.10.2023
The 2FA security measure is optional for Friend.tech users seeking additional security on the platform