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After Fed Members Disclose Million-Dollar Stock Trades Fed’s Powell Initiates Ethics Inquiry
17.9.2021
The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has directed his staff to start an ethics inquiry into the financial activities of Fed members, as a number of senior central bank officials are being questioned for their investments. Reports indicated last week that the president of the Dallas Federal...
China’s Hebei Province Begins Crackdown on Crypto Mining and Trading, Reports Reveal
16.9.2021
Authorities in the Chinese province of Hebei have reportedly launched a campaign against cryptocurrency mining and trading. According to a quoted announcement by the region’s cyberspace administration, a number of government agencies are working together to prevent the use of...
Russian Central Bank Tells Domestic Banks to Block Crypto Exchange Transactions
13.9.2021
gal business activities” such as “cryptocurrency exchanges,” which it clumped together in the same group as “online casinos and lotteries,” “financial pyramid schemes” and forex dealers.The central bank said it wanted domestic financial institutions to “block transactions” and “completely sto
Crypto Trading, Mining Are Illegal and Punishable, Nepal Central Bank Warns
10.9.2021
Mining and trading of cryptocurrencies are illegal in Nepal, the country’s central bank has reminded citizens of the Himalayan nation. The regulator also warned that participating in such activities would entail penalties as per the current legislation. Despite its position, however,...
Ukraine Adopts Law ‘On Virtual Assets’ to Regulate Crypto Market
9.9.2021
The parliament in Kyiv has passed legislation determining the rules for crypto-related operations in Ukraine. The law “On Virtual Assets” recognizes cryptocurrencies as intangible goods while denying them the status of legal tender. It also regulates the activities and obligations...
The Great American Road Trip, Only It's The '90s And You're A Con Artist
3.9.2021
I was born in 1991, which means that I wasn’t a teen until the early 2000s. I still think of myself as a ‘90s kid, though, because the early 2000s were just the 1990s with more internet. So The Big Con, out now on Xbox and PC, reminds me of my youth, a time when trips to the video store were...
Eastern Europe Sends Over $800 Million in Crypto to Scams in Single Year, Report Reveals
2.9.2021
Of all funds sent to illicit cryptocurrency addresses from Eastern Europe, scams attract the greatest amount, according to a new report. In the past year alone, crypto addresses based in the region have sent the fraudulent schemes a staggering $815 million in crypto. Eastern Europe Leads by Volume...
Please, Free Me From The Bad Takes About China’s Gaming Restrictions
1.9.2021
Whenever any kind of news about China hits the internet, I brace myself for oversimplifications by English-language writers and commentators. But in a country with roughly 720 million gamers (roughly twice the U.S. population), the context behind the recent gaming restrictions placed on Chinese...
Tiny Library Is Like WarioWare For RPGs
31.8.2021
Tiny Library is an upcoming collection of role-playing games (the tabletop kind) that takes everything you know about them and strips them back until they’re as small, simple and experimental as they can be.Read more
ABEYCHAIN Launches Decentralized Exchange XSWAP
25.8.2021
ABEY Foundation, the organization that oversees the activities of multi-layer blockchain protocol ABEYCHAIN has revealed the launch of XSWAP: its native decentralized exchange. This development is expected to herald the beginning of innovations with the ABEYCHAIN DeFi ecosystem. XSWAP: Built...
Federal Reserve Bank President: Bitcoin Has No Legit Use Case — Crypto Is 95% Fraud, Hype, Noise, Confusion
19.8.2021
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari says crypto is “95% fraud, hype, noise, and confusion.” He added, “I’ve not seen any use case other than funding illicit activities like drugs and prostitution.” Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ President...
People’s Bank of China Targets Crypto Companies in Shenzhen Crackdown
18.8.2021
The Shenzhen office of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly set out to correct the business activities of about a dozen companies allegedly engaged in cryptocurrency transactions. According to Chinese media, the entities have been targeted in a crackdown on crypto trading in...
World Of Warships Players Are In Open Revolt Over Shady Monetisation Schemes
18.8.2021
Free online wargame World of Warships has been on thin ice with its community for a while now, but recent events—including the botched return of a fan-favourite ship—have seen many of the community’s biggest names quit the game’s official community program.Read more
British Court Orders Binance to Identify and Freeze Hackers’ Accounts After a User Claims Funds Stolen
14.8.2021
A U.K. judge has reportedly ordered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of its users claimed to be the victim of a $2.6 million hack. Binance Ordered to Help Recover Funds Allegedly Stolen in a Hack A London high court has ordered global...
Twitch Takes A Half-Assed Swipe At Gambling Streams
13.8.2021
Twitch has announced a new rule for streamers that prohibits the sharing of links or referral codes to sites that offer real-money slots, roulette, or dice games. The company says this will protect its viewers from “harm and scams.” Another cool thing Twitch could do to stop the glorification...
Iranian Tax Authority Urges Regulators to Legalize Cryptocurrency Exchanges
12.8.2021
The Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) has put forward a proposal to tax digital asset exchanges operating in the country. The authority calls for the legalization of their activities, fearing restrictions could negatively affect tax collection. Tax Agency Wants to Obtain User Data From...
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...
Crypto Crime Falls in China, Surges in Hong Kong, Reports Reveal
5.8.2021
China’s cryptocurrency transactions related to criminal activities have decreased significantly over the past couple of years, a new report suggests. At the same time, its special administrative region of Hong Kong is seeing a spike in crypto-related crime this year, with authorities...
Ternoa to List on AscendEX
27.7.2021
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite, is excited to announce the Ternoa token (CAPS) listing under the pair USDT/CAPS on July 27 at 1 p.m. UTC. AscendEX and the Ternoa team will jointly launch two limited-time promotional events...
Yes, That Was Final Fantasy At The Olympics Ceremony. And There's More!
23.7.2021
For the nerdy among us, Japan is practically synonymous with video games. And if you play video games and happened to watch the opening ceremony for the biggest sporting event of the year, you probably went, “wait a minute, is that...?” Oh, it was. Actually, there was a slew of musical references...