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Let Them Eat Cake: Congress Approves a $900 Billion Stimulus Package, Billions in Pork Funds, Federal Employees Get a Raise
23.12.2020
The United States Congress has approved a $900 billion Covid-19 relief package that’s tethered to the government’s $2.3 trillion year-end funding plan. Of course, talks of Americans getting $600 checks have started to circulate online, but reports also include the discussions...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs Order Compelling Government Workers to Disclose Crypto Holdings
13.12.2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order compelling the country’s government workers to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings. The order stipulates that employees must submit details of where they bought the digital assets and the value thereof by June 30, 2021. Similarly...
NYT Reports Claims of ‘Racist or Discriminatory’ Treatment of Employees at Coinbase
27.11.2020
The NYT critique of Coinbase’s internal diversity policies quotes former employees who complain of “racist or discriminatory” treatment
Coinbase Preemptively Rebuts Unpublished New York Times Expose
26.11.2020
The letter pushes back at an unpublished article Coinbase says will allege Black employees had "negative experiences" while with the firm
GoDaddy Employees Tricked Into Transferring Control of Crypto Firm Domains: Report
22.11.2020
Cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com and crypto mining firm NiceHash were two of at least six firms that had control of their domains briefly transferred
Bitpay Launches New Payroll Service for Companies That Opt to Pay Employees in Crypto
13.11.2020
The Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payment processing company Bitpay is now getting involved with payroll services. The firm announced the launch of Bitpay Send, a mass payout service that enables organizations of all sizes to pay employees, affiliates, and freelance contractors. Bitcoin...
The curious case of Coinbase — employees driven out by ‘apolitical’ stance
18.10.2020
Coinbase’s new “apolitical” culture has led to some employees taking severance packages, as the crypto community reacts with ambivalence
Coinbase hemorrhages employees following controversial culture stance
8.10.2020
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publishes further details about his company's changing landscape
5% of Coinbase Employees Take Severance Offer Over ‘Apolitical’ Stance
8.10.2020
Sixty of Coinbase’s 1,200 employees have accepted the exit package offered by CEO Brian Armstrong, according to a memo obtained by CoinDesk
Coinbase Employees Have Begun to Take Severance Packages
3.10.2020
CEO Brian Armstrong and other managers at the San Francisco-based crypto exchange told employees in company- wide meetings that Armstrong had been planning this move for six months
Coinbase Offers Severance Package to Employees Unsatisfied With ‘Apolitical’ Mission
30.9.2020
Coinbase's CEO has issued a company-wide letter informing employees to get in line with a new cultural shift or take a severance package
Coinbase Has Drawn a Line in the Sand for Its Activist Employees
29.9.2020
Is Brian Armstrong right to eschew corporate activism for a focus on the "mission"?
BitPay decides to let all employees work from home permanently
15.9.2020
Crypto seems to thrive on remote work
US Sanctions Russians Allegedly Using Cryptocurrency to Influence Presidential Election
12.9.2020
The U.S. has sanctioned several Russian nationals, a Ukrainian lawmaker, and their cryptocurrency addresses for interfering with the country’s electoral process. The Russians are allegedly employees of a troll factory that previously targeted presidential candidates. Operations to Interfere...
Crypto Exchange Currency.com Offers Belarus Employees Vilnius Escape Route
10.9.2020
Crypto companies may look to exit Belarus as political unrest deepens in the EU's Eastern neighbor, usurped by "the last dictator in Europe" Alexander Lukashenko.
Per TUT.by, the Minsk-based Currency.com platform, which claims to be the world's first regulated tokenized securities...
Troubled Crypto AG successor reportedly dismisses 70 employees
28.8.2020
Unfortunate "crypto" brand name causes the company to shut down
Google Pulls Work from BPO Whose Employees Was Involved in Bitcoin Scam
23.8.2020
Don’t use your workplace to scam people
1,000 People Had Access to Twitter ‘God Mode’ — 130 Accounts Targeted by Hackers
25.7.2020
More than 1,000 Twitter employees and contractors reportedly had access to Twitter’s “God mode” earlier this year, before the recent large-scale hack that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway. Twitter has confirmed that 130 accounts were targeted,...
Telecom Argentina S.A Hit by Major Ransomware Attack, Criminals Demand $7.5M Worth of Monero
21.7.2020
Telecom Argentina S.A has been hit by a ransomware attack and the cyber-criminals are demanding $7.5 million paid in the privacy coin monero. The Spanish language site, elperiodista.com quotes anonymous employees stating that the attack started last Wednesday. Initially thought to be a small...
Abra Crypto App Charged by SEC for Transactions Affecting Thousands of US Stock and ETF Purchases
13.7.2020
Abra cryptocurrency app has been charged by two U.S. regulators: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company has agreed to cease-and-desist orders as well as fines. The SEC says Abra’s employees “effected thousands...