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Collective #721
21.7.2022
The case for using Sass in 2022 * Locofy.ai * Upgraderoo * Merge * GitHub City
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Jed McCaleb’s ‘Tacostand’ XRP Wallet Is Near Empty, After the Ripple Co-Founder Transferred 9 Billion XRP Over the Years
18.7.2022
Last month, it was reported that the co-founder of Ripple, Jed McCaleb was close to emptying his xrp wallet that held 81 million tokens worth $26 million. Following a transaction that saw 3,898,451 xrp transferred out of the address, McCaleb’s wallet is now close to being empty...
ECB’s Lagarde, Panetta See Digital Euro as More Efficient Payment Means Than Crypto
16.7.2022
Unbacked cryptocurrencies are not an efficient means of payment and stablecoins are vulnerable to runs, top officials at the European Central Bank have pointed out in a new article making the case for a digital euro. The executives have marked key objectives for the project which should provide...
First Mover Asia: It Won't Be Easy for Creditors to Untangle Three Arrows Case, Singapore Lawyer Says
15.7.2022
The fallout continues from the crypto industry's slump, with fresh filings from Celsius, layoffs at OpenSea and a short-squeeze in Voyager's tokens. PLUS: We talked to a Singapore-based lawyer about the Gordian knot that is the Three Arrows bankruptcy case
UK Court Allows Civil Case Claimant to File NFT Legal Documents
13.7.2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have found a way into the British legal system – just weeks after a similar development in the United States.
Per the legal firm Giambrone & Partners, the High Court of England and Wales granted Fabrizio D’Aloia, an Italian engineer and the Founder of the online gambling...
Brazil beams Bitcoin from space: A case for BTC satellite nodes
13.7.2022
Bitcoin’s blast off to becoming “space money” takes one giant leap with a satellite full node in Brazil
‘Hypocrisy’: Judge denies SEC motion to keep Hinman docs secret in Ripple case
13.7.2022
The SEC has argued that the documents should be protected because Hinman wrote the speech as a “personal errand,” but the judge didn’t buy it
Want a compelling use case for privacy blockchains? Look no further than dating
11.7.2022
Businesses are in love with Web3 — but when it comes to this technology being used for dating apps, singletons might want to swipe left
Need a Use Case for Decentralization? Start With Energy
8.7.2022
Amid the bear market, the crypto/blockchain industry needs to demonstrate socially-useful use-cases. The dysfunctional energy system is a good place to make a mark, says CoinDesk's chief content officer
US and South Korea to Share Data on Crypto Cases, Including LUNA and UST Meltdown: Report
8.7.2022
The U.S. and South Korean governments have reportedly agreed to share data on ongoing crypto cases, including the case surrounding Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon and the collapse of cryptocurrency terra (LUNA) and stablecoin terrausd (UST). U.S. and South Korea to Share Data on Crypto Investigations...
Nvidia's Silence On Abortion Rights Troubles Many Employees
7.7.2022
Ever since the Supreme Court announced that Roe v. Wade was no longer the law of the land, Americans have started turning to a different institution to protect their lives: their employer. The tech and games industry is no different. Staff at Nvidia, which is headquartered in Silicon Valley but...
Beijing Court Rules in Case Involving a Man Who Refused to Be Paid in USDT Instead of Fiat
7.7.2022
A Chinese tech worker who refused to be paid in tether (USDT) and insisted on receiving fiat yuan has won his case against his former employers.
Per the Workers’ Daily, a branch of the People’s Court in the Chaoyang District of Beijing heard a civil case involving a now-defunct IT company and...
Nic Carter vs. The Bitcoin Maximalists
6.7.2022
If maximalism has become nothing but a refusal to think through bitcoin’s actual usefulness, it has become an intellectual dead end. No surprise, then, that the intellectuals are jumping ship
$10 Bundle Includes Hundreds Of Games, Helps Fund Access To Abortion
6.7.2022
Game designer Caro Asercion has marshaled together a massive itch.io bundle giveaway to help raise money for abortion funds throughout U.S. states where reproductive health is now, or soon will be, illegal following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. It’s just $10, and includes...
Alexander Vinnik Serves Prison Term in France but No Freedom in Sight
5.7.2022
Having served his five-year prison sentence in France, Russian IT and crypto specialist Alexander Vinnik is now facing a return to Greece and possible extradition to the United States. A French cassation court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by his defense against the transfer....
Peter Schiff's bank closure strengthens Bitcoin case for financial freedom
4.7.2022
Puerto Rico regulators closed down Schiff’s bank for not maintaining the net minimum capital requirements. As a result, customers lost access to their accounts following a subsequent freeze
Jed McCaleb’s Ripple Stash Down to 81 Million — Co-Founder’s XRP Cache Likely to Dry Up This Year
3.7.2022
After selling billions of xrp tokens since 2014, the former Ripple Labs executive Jed McCaleb only has 81.53 million xrp left to sell. In mid-February 2021, it was expected that McCaleb’s stash would run dry that year in May. However, the selling took much longer, but today’s data...
US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin
2.7.2022
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest fraud scheme case involving the cryptocurrency. CFTC Takes Action Against MTI The CFTC...
CFTC brings $1.7B fraud case involving Bitcoin against South African national
30.6.2022
“The defendants misappropriated, either directly or indirectly, all of the Bitcoin they accepted from the pool participants,” said the CFTC
G7 Inadvertently Makes the Case for Bitcoin with New Gold Move
27.6.2022
The Group of 7 (G7) countries are inadvertently making the case for Bitcoin (BTC), as gold’s shortcomings are becoming more obvious after a new move to ban imports of Russian gold.
The move to ban gold imports from Russia was announced by the US, UK, Japan, and Canada during the G-7 meeting...