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Meta’s Twitter rival Threads to launch July 6, but will the crypto community budge?
5.7.2023
Meta's microblogging platform is set for launch, with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey pointing out the apps centralization and data harvesting
5 blockchain-based social media platforms to know
3.7.2023
Discover five blockchain-based social media platforms that are reshaping online interactions
Elon Musk Sparks Controversy With Twitter Rate Limits — Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’
3.7.2023
Social media giant Twitter has imposed limits on user accounts due to “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” said Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk. The billionaire “has no idea the DARPA rattlesnake he just stepped on by doing this,” a censorship...
China Looks to Add Digital Yuan Functionality to Social Security Cards
30.6.2023
China may add digital yuan functionality to government-issued social security cards, in a possible new breakthrough for the central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Per the 21st Century Business Herald (via NBD), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security wants to “explore and promote” ways...
Change the Code Blasts Wall Street for Propping Up Bitcoin Initiatives
30.6.2023
Change The Code, a Greenpeace-backed initiative that seeks to change Bitcoin’s consensus algorithm, has blasted Wall Street companies for the support they are showing to Bitcoin-related activities. On social media, it has called out companies like Fidelity, Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Goldman...
Report: FTX Management Seeks Investors to Revive Defunct Crypto Exchange; Exchange Token FTT Surges
29.6.2023
FTX management is actively seeking potential participants to revive the formerly defunct crypto exchange, as reported by sources knowledgeable about the situation. CEO John J. Ray III and other FTX executives have reportedly engaged in preliminary discussions with prospective investors, who could...
AI Eye: AI travel booking hilariously bad, 3 weird uses for ChatGPT, crypto plugins
29.6.2023
ChatGPT and Bard can help you book fictional hotels and awful 29-hour flights, 3 bizarre uses for AI, and do crypto plugins actually work?
A brief history of the internet
28.6.2023
Gain insights into the key milestones and trends that have shaped the internet into the global phenomenon it is today
New Web3 ID app lets users find each other based on proven interests
27.6.2023
Quivr allows users to connect multiple apps, including Spotify, Steam and Instagram, to generate behavior-based badges proving their interests
Ran Neuner Believes Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Could Double Price Next Year, Dismisses ‘Malicious Intent’ Speculations
27.6.2023
Following Blackrock, the largest asset manager globally, filing for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ran Neuner, host of Crypto Banter, stated during an interview with Michelle Makori, lead anchor for Kitco News, that he believes...
Bitcoin Mining ‘the Highest User of Sustainable Energy’ New Data Reveals
27.6.2023
Bitcoin mining is the highest user of sustainable energy and has similarly achieved the highest increase in sustainable energy mix between July 2019 and June 2023, new data has shown. The data also shows that bitcoin mining’s emission intensity has declined from more than 500 g/kWh seen in July...
Bitcoin Cash Price Jumps to One-Year High Fueled by Spiking Social Interest, Exchange Support
26.6.2023
With today’s 17% gain, the BCH has now more than doubled in the week since it was listed on EDX Markets, a new crypto exchange backed by financial heavyweights
Economist Jim Rickards Warns of a CBDC-Supported Social Credit System in the US: ‘It Can Happen Here’
26.6.2023
Jim Rickards, an economist and investment banker, has warned about the establishment of a social credit system powered by the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to Rickards, this combination could be used to restrict the civil liberties of Americans by limiting their...
Study Shows Bank of England’s Rising Interest Rates Threaten 1.2 Million UK Households With Insolvency
25.6.2023
The Bank of England made an impactful move last Thursday, June 22, 2023, as it raised the benchmark bank rate to 5%, marking a significant 0.5 percentage point increase. This decision catapults the central bank’s rate to its highest level since 2008 and represents the most substantial surge...
Crypto scammers and the need for tools to prevent theft: World Token Summit
23.6.2023
Matthias Mende said while it’s very unfortunate, there are a lot of bad actors using social media who are constantly trying to bring harm to others
Pop social incorporates Polygon’s zkEVM framework
23.6.2023
Pop Labs takes pleasure in coming out with its official announcement of Pop Social, having incorporated Polygon’s zkEVM framework. Through this incorporation, both entities will be involved in furthering the growth of Web3 social media acceptance. In the case of the Pop social media platform, it...
This Is How Scammers Can Drain Your Crypto Wallet
22.6.2023
Scammers use a variety of techniques to steal users’ money, some of which only require knowing your wallet address, a Forta Network researcher said
Romanian Prosecutors Pursue Confiscation of $563K Bitcoin Stash Owned by Andrew Tate
20.6.2023
Romanian prosecutors have officially submitted documents to the court, seeking the seizure of 21 bitcoin valued at $563,000 from Andrew Tate, a controversial social media influencer. The British-American ex-kickboxer, who gained a significant online presence, was charged with grave offenses...
VC Chamath Palihapitiya Warns of Chaos in the Equity Market Due to Debt Issues
20.6.2023
Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of VC company Social Capital, has warned about a looming crisis in equity markets due to the issuance of low-interest debt. According to Palihapitiya, this might be the “biggest business secret hiding in plain sight right now,” as many companies won’t...
Prepare For Trouble, Make It Double
20.6.2023
Ruth Bosch is an artist who has worked for companies like League of Geeks and creative studio Volta, and who is now art director at Studio Fizbin, developers of the excellent Say No! More.Read more