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Wechat to Prohibit Accounts From Providing Some NFT and Crypto Services
22.6.2022
Tencent’s Wechat intends to impose penalties on public accounts facilitating secondary trading of NFTs, a press report has revealed. Accounts offering transaction channels and guidance for cryptocurrencies have also been targeted by the new rule. Popular Chinese App to Impose Restrictions...
UAE Charitable Foundation Receives Approval to Accept Crypto Donations
5.6.2022
Al Jalila Foundation, the United Arab Emirates charitable organization, recently announced that it has been given permission to accept cryptocurrency donations. Accepting cryptocurrencies makes it possible for the foundation to receive funding via what is described as one of the fastest-growing...
Anonymous Has Released Over 2 Million Russian Emails in Cyberwar With Russia
13.4.2022
Hacktivist collective Anonymous claims it has already published millions of leaked Russian emails. The group has been waging a cyberwar on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, carrying out attacks on government institutions, state-run television channels, and the central bank. Russia’s...
Need to File Fast? Follow This No-Nonsense Guide From Koinly
11.4.2022
Left your crypto taxes until the last second? Here’s how to get your crypto taxes done by April 18 with the least amount of friction possible. The IRS has been really clear that cryptocurrency is definitely taxed – and that they’re able to track crypto investments through various channels....
VeChain Partners Alchemy Pay for Fiat Payment Rails and Crypto on-Ramps
31.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Palo Alto, USA, March 2022 – Vechain (VET), the leading layer-1 smart contract platform has announced it is adding Alchemy Pay’s (ACH) mainstream-friendly fiat payment channels and crypto on-ramps to its network. Alchemy Pay is a specialist in providing practical payment...
Anonymous Affiliate Hacks State-Run Russian Broadcaster
31.3.2022
NB65, a hacking group affiliated with the Anonymous collective, has allegedly breached the servers of the Russian government-controlled television and radio broadcasting company. According to social media reports, the hackers are preparing to release hundreds of gigabytes of appropriated data....
GrePay and Alchemy Pay Partner to Expand Crypto Payments
21.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, March 2022 – The fiat-crypto payment solutions provider, Alchemy Pay (ACH), and GrePay, global acquirer and payments provider, announce their partnership. Grepay has over 100 local payment channels that process over 200k transactions per day. Alchemy Pay will...
Wii And 3DS Shop Channels Have Been Down For Days With No Sign Of Return
20.3.2022
Bad news for anyone trying to redownload some old 3DS digital games or Wii titles via each consoles’ respective store channels: Currently, players report both channels are down and have been for a few days now. Many are now concerned the channels may not return, possibly locking away a lot...
Hacker Group Anonymous Vows to Disrupt Russia’s Internet — RT Websites Become ‘Subject of Massive DDoS Attacks’
1.3.2022
The international hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has vowed to attack Russian government websites over the recent Ukraine invasion. So far Anonymous says that it hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense database and various state-operated television channels in Russia. Additionally,...
Binance Begins Allowing EUR Deposits and Withdrawals via SEPA Payment Network
28.1.2022
Crypto exchange Binance has partnered with Paysafe to allow EUR deposits and withdrawals via the SEPA payment network. “The full re-opening of SEPA channels will scale up across the markets in due course,” Binance noted. Binance Resuming SEPA Transfers in Phases Cryptocurrency...
‘Ponzi Schemes Have Created a Negative Reputation for the Industry’ — Uganda Blockchain Advocate
24.1.2022
Education and awareness campaigns are still viewed as important channels that draw people to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. This has been particularly true in some parts of Africa where bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are proving to be a useful alternative to fiat currency. Blockchain...
DMEX Has Reached a Strategic Partnership with Channels
13.1.2022
On January 11, 2022, DMEX, the decentralized mining platform has made an announcement about its strategic partnership with channels. Channels is a decentralized lending portal that gives special importance to the security of its users. Not only this, but it also supports LP smart staking pool...
Direct Fiat On-Ramps Come to Algorand (ALGO) via Alchemy Pay (ACH)
10.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, 10 January, 2022: Algorand (ALGO), the layer-1 blockchain for decentralized and traditional finance, has added direct fiat payment channels into their network, thanks to a new integration with Alchemy Pay (ACH). Alchemy Pay, is a payment solutions provider that connects...
An African Perspective on Why the World Needs Cryptocurrencies
29.12.2021
Rising cryptocurrency use in Africa over the past few years has not only shown that digital currencies are now a vital means of moving funds across borders and between people, but that cryptocurrencies are also an important means of accessing global markets for the financially excluded....
YouTube channels hacked and rebranded for live-streaming crypto scams
24.10.2021
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) attributes the attacks to a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, who sell the hacked YouTube channels to the highest bidder
Bitcoin Lightning nodes and channels hit record highs
28.9.2021
The number of Lightning Network nodes has increased 160% over the past 12 months while the number of channels is up 170% since January
Eight-Year-Old Japanese Boy Starts Building ETH Fortune Selling NFTs
10.9.2021
onews.com/coins/ethereum">ethereum (ETH) profits.The boy, whose name was withheld both on his social media channels and in an interview with Business Insider Japan, is known only as Zombie Z
Mastermind of Zimbabwean Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme Vanishes With $6 Million
3.9.2021
Reports from Zimbabwe suggest that an individual by the name of Martin Mhlanga, who is the mastermind behind the Cryptoshares bitcoin pyramid scheme, has disappeared along with over $6 million in investor funds. In addition to Mhlanga’s disappearance, the individuals thought to be managing...
Some Gaming Websites, YouTube Channels Halt Coverage Of Activision Blizzard Games
26.7.2021
Following troubling allegations regarding the work environments at Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard, several gaming outlets have opted to halt coverage of any games released by the mega-publishers.Read more
NatWest cuts payment channels to Binance citing regulatory uncertainty
22.7.2021
“It’s like people can’t spend their money on what they want anymore,” one Twitter user noted regarding NatWest’s action against Binance