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Vybe Pre-Launches a Social Media Mining App
31.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Miami, Florida. – Vybe, LLC announced today that they are building an app that lets people mine their social media for cryptocurrency. “What if you earned crypto for every like you earned on social media?” Vybe Business Development Manager Blake Marum said, “That’s what Vybe does....
Shiba Inu founder deletes social media posts, steps down from community
31.5.2022
“I am just some guy of no consequence tapping at a keyboard and I am replaceable. I am Ryoshi,” the Shiba Inu founder previously stated
Terra Launches New Chain Airdropping LUNA 2.0 Coins — Token Value Slides Over 70% From Price High
28.5.2022
On Saturday, May 28, 2022, LUNA classic and UST classic holders received an airdrop consisting of new LUNA 2.0 tokens based on two blockchain snapshots. The crypto asset’s first recorded value at 5 a.m. (ET), was $14.31 per unit and it hit an all-time high (ATH) roughly 20 minutes later...
Social-Media Disruptor Project Liberty to Run on Polkadot’s Blockchain Network
24.5.2022
Project Liberty, the initiative backed by real estate billionaire Frank McCourt aimed at disrupting today’s social media platforms, has found a home on Polkadot, the framework of parallel blockchains conceived by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood
Anonymous Allegedly Hacks Sberbank, Russia’s Largest Bank
20.5.2022
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has allegedly breached the systems of one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, Sberbank. The attackers announced on social media they have published thousands of emails, phone numbers, and addresses. Anonymous Hackers Reportedly Gain Access to Sberbank...
Aave Launches Social Media Project Lens Protocol With Over 50 Apps Built on Polygon
18.5.2022
The blockchain firm Aave has launched the Lens Protocol, a social media project with applications built on the Polygon blockchain. Lens is similar to the social media platform Twitter but Lens profiles are linked to a non-fungible token (NFT) that can be ported into decentralized applications. Lens...
Aave’s Decentralized Social Media Platform Arrives on Polygon
18.5.2022
The launch of Lens Protocol comes weeks after Aave founder Stani Kulechov was temporarily suspended from Twitter
Why decentralized messaging apps will replace today’s social media platforms
18.5.2022
Centralized communication platforms prove to be an easily identifiable weakness in activist movements
Pierina Merino: Rethinking Social Media for the Metaverse
17.5.2022
Elon Musk Could Renegotiate Twitter Deal as Bot Number 'Unknowable as the Human Soul'
17.5.2022
In another installment of Elon Musk’s journey towards acquiring social media giant Twitter, the billionaire is apparently aiming to renegotiate his bid to take over the platform, declaring that a lower price tag would not be “out of the question.”
Speaking at a conference in Miami, Tesla’s...
Biden On Buffalo Shooting: 'Hate That Remains A Stain' On Nation’s Soul
16.5.2022
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Buffalo this past weekend, President Joe Biden and New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued statements in response to the tragedy. Both the President and the First Lady issued an immediate response on May 15, referring to the shooting as “senseless...
Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Gemini Slam Social Media Accusations of Involvement With UST Collapse
12.5.2022
A conspiracy theory that began on 4chan and was amplified by Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has been met with swift denials by all parties allegedly involved
Doge gets more love on Twitter and Ethereum gets more hate: Data analysis
12.5.2022
Sentiment analysis run across a year’s worth of tweets has found that Ethereum is Twitter’s least favorite cryptocurrency of five studied, while Dogecoin received the most affection
SEC vs. NVIDIA, Sanctioned Bitcoin Mixer, Bluesky Code, VCs Target NFTs + More News
6.5.2022
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‘Decentralized Twitter’ Bluesky releases code, outlines content moderation
6.5.2022
Bluesky outlined that it is “not possible to have a usable social network without moderation,” and intends to build a moderation model for the network dubbed “speech and reach.”
Elon Musk Secures Funding From Crypto-Friendly Binance, Sequoia, Fidelity to Buy Twitter
6.5.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has secured $7.139 billion in new financing commitments to fund his acquisition of Twitter, including from several pro-crypto companies. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, for example, has committed to invest $500 million in the social media platform alongside Musk....
Binance commits $500M to co-invest in Twitter with Elon Musk
5.5.2022
Binance is among 18 co-investors in Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition alongside firms like Sequoia Capital Fund and Fidelity Management and Research Company
Anonymous Hackers Claim to Have Breached Russian Payment Service Provider Qiwi
4.5.2022
A hacking group linked to the Anonymous collective has allegedly hit the popular Russian payment processor Qiwi. Network Battalion 65 announced on social media it had managed to gain access to the platform’s databases — a claim the company has denied. Anonymous Affiliate Hacks Russian...
The ‘Digital Town Square’: What Might Musk’s Twitter Deal Mean?
30.4.2022
Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, the Queensland University of Technology._____
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around USD 44bn. He says he’s...
Discord Is Getting Newfound Attention Now That Elon Musk Owns Twitter
28.4.2022
We’ve entered the timeline where the world’s richest troll, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has bought Twitter. The deal, which ran him a cool $44 billion, will pretty much give the tech bro free rein over the Bird App. Now, he can “authenticate all humans” like he intends to, pushing us ever closer to...