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FTX Victims' Lawyers Face Challenge in Serving NBA Legend Shaquille O'Neal – What's Going On?
17.4.2023
Legendary basketballer Shaquille O'Neal has been served in a class-action lawsuit against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried - but it wasn't easy, the plaintiffs' lawyers have claimed.
On April 17, the class action litigation law firm The Moskowitz Law Firm said that the plaintiffs in...
Shaquille O'Neal Finally Served FTX Lawsuit: Lawyers
17.4.2023
Legendary Basketballer Shaquille O'Neal has finally been served a class-action lawsuit against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, lawyers of the plaintiffs tweeted on Sunday
FTX victims' lawyers struggle to serve Shaq
16.4.2023
The Moskowitz law firm has been standing outside NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal's studio all week to "hand deliver" their legal complaint with no success, according to a recent statement
‘AI Tools Will Provide Very Interesting Enhancements for the Metaverse’ — Upland Co-Founder
1.4.2023
According to Dirk Lueth, co-founder of the Upland Metaverse, the colonization of the metaverse by tech giants and the building of so-called “walled garden systems” is not sustainable. Lueth argues that instead of “locking users in,” the metaverse should usher in “a...
Neal Stephenson on the metaverse: ‘It's happening in a different way’
21.3.2023
Author Neal Stephenson said that many Web3 problems come from projects wanting to financialize everything very quickly
Neal Stephenson Says AI-Generated ChatGPT Is ‘Simply Not Interesting’
3.3.2023
Author of science-fiction novel “Snow Crash” says the algorithm-based tool falls short of connecting with artists
‘Metaverse’ Term Creator Neal Stephenson Not Bullish About Massive Adoption of Virtual Worlds
28.2.2023
Neal Stephenson, ostensibly the first to coin the term “metaverse,” issued his opinion about the future of the adoption of virtual worlds. The sci-fi writer and co-founder of Lamina1, a blockchain metaverse company, believes that building experiences that millions of people consider...
Sotheby’s to Auction Neal Stepheson’s ‘Snow Crash’ Manuscript And Digital Collectibles
24.2.2023
The auction house is offering up the original 1991 manuscript of the sci-fi novel that coined the term "metaverse," alongside a series of physical and digital collectibles
YouTube’s New CEO Neal Mohan Is Optimistic About NFTs and the Metaverse – What Does This Mean for the Crypto Industry?
20.2.2023
YouTube’s new CEO Neal Mohan has expressed optimism about the integration of new technologies into the video sharing platform, including NFTs, metaverse, and blockchain.
Mohan, who has recently replaced Susan Wojcicki as the new CEO of YouTube, said Web3 "opens up new opportunities for creators."...
YouTube appoints Web3-friendly exec as new CEO
18.2.2023
YouTube’s new CEO Neal Mohan previously emphasized that NFTs could be an important tool for the platform’s content creators to develop additional revenue streams
Celebs who got burned endorsing crypto and those that got away with it
4.1.2023
Screen actors and sports stars copped most of the backlash for 2022’s crypto endorsements, while soccer legends appear to have gotten away with it
7 class action lawsuits have been filed against SBF so far, records show
9.12.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried has been the subject of many lawsuits and investigations since the collapse of FTX, with more likely to follow
Report: FTX Execs Offered Taylor Swift $100M to Endorse the Exchange, Source Says Singer Never Considered the Deal
7.12.2022
According to a report, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was allegedly courted by FTX to promote the exchange. Sources say the deal was worth more than $100 million and it was reportedly pushed by the FTX executive Claire Watanabe. Award-Winning Singer Taylor Swift Was Allegedly Courted...
From Fine Art to Bored Apes and Punks: Blue Chip NFTs Owned by Celebs Lose Significant Value
22.11.2022
During the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2022, the search term “NFT” had a Google Trends (GT) score of 90 and today the GT score has dropped a great deal down to a score of 12. Not only has interest declined, but blue chip non-fungible tokens (NFTs) don’t hold the value they once...
Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Kevin O’Leary, and 9 Other Celebrities Named in FTX-Related Class-Action Lawsuit
16.11.2022
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and a number of celebrities including Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Stephen Curry, and Shaquille O’Neal have been named in a class-action lawsuit involving the alleged engagement in deceptive practices with FTX. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys Adam...
‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’
4.11.2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that...
Pinning the Tail on Satoshi Nakamoto — How Journalists Erroneously Used Circumstantial Evidence Over the Years to Identify Bitcoin’s Creator
8.9.2022
The search for Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s mysterious inventor, has been an ongoing hunt for the last 13 years. Since 2014, dozens of so-called candidates have appeared, but none of them have convinced the greater community that they are Bitcoin’s creator. Furthermore, journalists...
Metaverse visionary Neal Stephenson is building a blockchain to uplift creators
27.7.2022
“I worry about things that are not directly related to blockchain and the Metaverse. I worry about climate change and about social fragmentation.”
'Father' of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson launching Metaverse blockchain
9.6.2022
At LAMINA1, Neal Stephenson will focus on “helping get artists and other value creators paid properly for their work, helping the environment [...] and seeing a truly open Metaverse get built” noted co-founder Peter Vessenes
Neal Stephenson Coined ‘Metaverse’ in 1992. Now He’s Building One
8.6.2022
The author is working with a number of crypto veterans on a new metaverse-focused base layer, Lamina1