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New York Attorney General Investigating Twitch, Discord Following Buffalo Shooting
18.5.2022
In the wake of the horrific shooting that took place in Buffalo on May 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James has officially launched an investigation into the role social media companies may have played in the attack on a supermarket that took the lives of 10 people and is now being...
Do Kwon Pushes On-Chain Proposal Live Even as 92% Vote 'No' in Online Poll
18.5.2022
A revival plan to put Terra back on track after last week’s implosion is not finding backers in the community
Nearly 5,505 Ether, or $10M of the $625M Ronin Exploit, Are on the Move
18.5.2022
Thousands of ether connected to the Ronin exploiter address seem to be on the move via privacy exchange Tornado Cash, blockchain data apparently shows
From VR To Vibrators, Video Game Sex Tech Now Has Infinite Possibilities
17.5.2022
In 2002, games journalist and researcher Jane Pinckard used the Trance Vibrator—a USB accessory that would vibe in time with the music of the trippy PS2 shooter Rez—to masturbate. In her now-classic blog, Pinckard lauded the game’s dripping colors and transportive sounds, but found the physical...
Jump-Backed Wormhole Bridge Expands to Algorand Blockchain
17.5.2022
The cross-chain bridge is hoping to capture some of Algorand’s $136 million in DeFi TVL
Mass Shooting Apparently Planned On Discord, Streamed On Twitch, Investigated As Hate Crime
15.5.2022
Tragedy struck New York on May 14 as an 18-year-old white male shot and killed at least 10 people in Buffalo, New York, police said. The shooter, whose online username is reportedly “jimboboiii”, has been taken into custody after live streaming the whole thing on gaming platform Twitch, the company...
Popular Crypto Data Sites Targeted With Phishing Attack
14.5.2022
Etherscan, CoinGecko, DeFi Pulse and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets
Do Kwon Proposes Restart of Terra Blockchain as UST, LUNA Plummet
13.5.2022
The “Revival Plan” involves redistributing network ownership to UST and LUNA token holders
3 reasons why Cardano can sink further despite ADA price bouncing 58%
13.5.2022
A mix of fundamental and technical indicators suggests more pain for Cardano bulls ahead
Citi, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon Invest in Crypto Firm Talos as Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates
11.5.2022
Several major financial services firms, including Citi, Wells Fargo, and BNY Mellon, are investing in institutional digital asset technology provider Talos, which aims to remove “the barriers to wide-scale crypto adoption.” The latest funding round values the company at $1.25 billion....
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain 'Leans Toward' Designing Custom Miners With Intel Chips
11.5.2022
Custom bitcoin mining rigs will allow miners to design their own machines, instead of having to settle for ready-made ones from a duopoly of manufacturers
UST’s Do Kwon Was Behind Earlier Failed Stablecoin, Ex-Terra Colleagues Say
11.5.2022
Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees
Bancor 3 Goes Live With Polygon, Yearn, Others as Partners
11.5.2022
The new impermanent loss-protected liquidity solution aims to make DeFi staking easier for DAOs and their token holders
Boba Network to Offer Lower Gas Fees on Ethereum via BOBA Token
10.5.2022
The network has implemented single-token gas payments on its blockchain, allowing users to pay 25% lesser in gas fees if they use BOBA instead of ether
UST Stablecoin Veers Wildly From Dollar Peg. Here's the Latest
10.5.2022
By tapping into its bitcoin reserves, UST’s salvation may have exacerbated a bitcoin sell-off that brought BTC to its lowest price since July 2021
Nigerian Fintech Founder: ‘African Fintechs Have a Greater Scale Potential Than Other Tech Startups’
9.5.2022
The African fintech industry has grown rapidly over the past few years and this has caught the attention of some well-resourced venture capital (VC) firms. As one would expect, Nigerian fintech startups have dominated the continent in terms of funds raised or the number of transactions performed....
Nicehash Software ‘Fully Unlocks’ Nvidia’s Hashrate Reducing Technology
8.5.2022
On Saturday, the cryptocurrency mining platform Nicehash revealed the company has “fully [unlocked] Nvidia’s [Lite Hash Rate]” graphic processing units (GPUs). Nicehash says the firm’s Quickminer mining software is the first protocol that can unlock LHR GPU cards...
Google Forms Web3 Team — Sees Tremendous Potential, Demand for Crypto Tech Support
8.5.2022
Google is establishing a Web3 team within its cloud unit, noting that “it is a market that is already demonstrating tremendous potential.” A Google executive explained: “We’re providing technologies for companies to use and take advantage of the distributed nature...
Typo Moves $36M in Seized JUNO Tokens to Wrong Wallet
5.5.2022
Validators, developers, and token holders grapple with who is to blame for the copy-paste error that moved the tokens to an address no one can access
Decentralized Exchange MM.Finance Suffers $2M Exploit
5.5.2022
Cronos-based DeFi project MM.Finance has suffered an exploit to its front-end, losing $2 million