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US Government Seizes Trezor Wallet With $6.3 Million in Bitcoin From Gift Card Fraud Case
27.9.2021
On September 22, 2021, a U.S. district judge from San Antonio, Texas, granted a summary judgment on the civil forfeiture of 147 bitcoin worth $6.3 million held on a Trezor hardware wallet. According to the court filing, the crypto assets stemmed from a Target gift card fraud incident that started...
Hitman Comes To GOG And Gets Review Bombed Due To Online DRM
25.9.2021
Earlier this week Hitman - Game of the Year Edition launched on GOG. But soon after, players began complaining and review bombing once they discovered that large parts of the stealth game were locked behind online DRM checks. This rubbed many the wrong way because GOG makes a big deal about being...
Salvadoran Court of Accounts to Investigate Government’s Bitcoin ATM Buys, Chivo Kiosk Construction
17.9.2021
According to reports stemming from the Salvadoran Court of Accounts, the regulatory body is planning to investigate the government’s bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) purchases and Chivo kiosk construction. The investigation follows the recent protest in El Salvador against the adoption...
Killing Floor Boss Pleased Texas Women Losing Basic Human Rights
5.9.2021
According to a tweet posted yesterday by John Gibson, the president of Tripwire Interactive—the studio behind Maneater and Killing Floor—he is “proud” that the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a new Texas anti-abortion law to stand earlier this week.Read more
Afghan Entertainment is Dead, AppleB Launches Action to Save Basic Rights
1.9.2021
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In the age of entertainment to death, in Afghanistan the entertainment is dead. From then on, there was no more entertainment brought by public music, nor was there any touch of the cinema film release....
Fortnite's Latest Crossover Is ... Martin Luther King?
26.8.2021
In a shocking and logic defying twist, Epic Games put an interactive Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights museum in Fortnite. It seems like a well-intentioned effort to spread awareness of Dr. King’s legacy and racial injustice and I also cannot think of a worse place for it to be rolled out than...
FTX Buys Naming Rights for Cal Memorial Stadium
24.8.2021
California University has signed a naming rights deal with FTX.US. cryptocurrency exchange. The deal is valued at $17.5-million and gives naming rights to the exchange for the upcoming 10-year period. This means that the Cal Golden Bears will take on the rivals on their home turf in the all-new...
FTX buys name rights to Cal Memorial Stadium for 10 years in $17.5M deal
24.8.2021
FTX has purchased naming rights to the Cal Memorial Stadium in its second major sports branding venture after buying the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March
Putin Orders Russian Government to Prepare to Check Officials With Crypto Assets
18.8.2021
President Vladimir Putin has tasked several ministries and the central bank to prepare to verify information provided by government employees about their digital asset holdings. The order comes as part of a new plan to combat corruption which was recently approved by the Russian leader. Authorities...
Musician sells rights to deepfake her voice using NFTs
13.8.2021
“Creating work with the voices of others is something to embrace,” said Holly Herndon
Democrats Are Already Bungling New Call For Laws To Protect Kids From Loot Boxes
10.8.2021
A group of Democrats have sent out letters to some of the biggest names in games publishing, asking them to voluntarily adopt rules soon to be implemented in the UK, designed, they say, to protect children from exploitative practices in video games. Except, that’s not what the UK code is about...
The Pokémon Company Company Actually Says Gay Rights
6.8.2021
Pokémon Unite is blowing up right now, and with a new patch hitting servers in early August, many players have followed the associated accounts to keep up with news of the MOBA. But the game isn’t handled by The Pokémon Company or Game Freak, and is instead developed by Chinese developer TiMi...
US Digital Asset Bill 'Fairly Measured' But Raises Civil Rights Concerns - Attorney
30.7.2021
The 'Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act,' introduced by US Representative Don Beyer, is "unsurprising and fairly measured," but in some key places, "its overbreadth or ambiguities raise civil rights and other issues," according to Gabriel Shapiro...
Bitrue Aims to Democratize Token Listing Rights by Opening Voting Power to Users
29.7.2021
Digital asset exchange Bitrue is seeking to engage its user community directly by distributing decision-making power for adding new token projects after the listing team thoroughly vets them. Platform Advancing Further Voting Powers in Future Updates Blockchain’s innate ability...
Bank of Russia Advises Stock Exchanges to Avoid Trading Crypto Instruments
23.7.2021
In line with its hardline stance on cryptocurrencies, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has issued a recommendation against the listing of securities tied to crypto assets on the country’s stock exchanges. The “preventive measure” will not affect state-issued digital currencies....
PC Game Removes Denuvo DRM Before It Even Launches
21.7.2021
Humankind, one of my most anticipated games of 2021, was going to have Denuvo acting as its digital rights management (DRM). But after its developers found that it was impacting performance, they took it straight out.Read more
NCLA Files Appeal Against the IRS — Law Firm Claims Tax Agency Unlawfully Seizes Crypto Data of Thousands
10.7.2021
On Friday, the public interest law firm New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed an opening brief in the cryptocurrency case of James Harper v. Charles P. Rettig. The NCLA argues that Harper’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment constitutional rights were violated by the Internal Revenue Service...
NFTs make it possible for gamers to have digital property rights
4.7.2021
The digital ownership conferred by blockchain will allow the Metaverse to fulfill its true potential as community-owned and community-governed
FTX Becomes MLB’s Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Brand in Long Term Deal
23.6.2021
Following the naming rights deal for the NBA’s Miami Heat arena and the partnership with the esports giant TSM, FTX Trading Limited revealed a long term partnership with the professional baseball organization Major League Baseball (MLB). FTX Partners With Major League Baseball FTX Trading...
Crypto Exchange Bitrue Says Voting Rights Added to Native Token BTR
10.6.2021
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Bitrue, the Singapore digital asset management platform, announced it added voting rights to its native token BTR. This way, the exchange further...