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Encrypted Messenger Company Signal Faces Scrutiny Over Mobilecoin Integration
11.4.2021
Signal, the cross-platform encrypted messaging service is facing criticism this week, after the company Signal Messenger told the public it was integrating the cryptocurrency mobilecoin. Moreover, controversy surrounds the company’s founder and CEO Matthew Rosenfeld, known as ‘Moxie...
New South Korean Crypto ‘Crackdown’ not ‘Bluster’ as Banking Ties Strain
8.4.2021
Source: Adobe/Raphaël Bourgeois
The South Korean government has announced that it will embark on a “crackdown” on illegal crypto transactions, including those made on international crypto exchanges – following a meeting of high-powered political leaders, law enforcers and financial...
Tezos Ties-Up with Wolfram Blockchain Labs to Simplify Smart Contract Deployment
2.3.2021
Wolfram Blockchain Labs (WBL) and Tezos are forging a full integration of Tezos into Wolfram Language and Wolframalpha. The integration gives easy access to developers that want to interact with the Tezos blockchain and their smart contracts. WBL-Designed Oracle Expands Tezos Developers’...
Popular Crypto App Found to Have Ties to Data Tracking Company: Report
16.2.2021
Bitcoin Ticker Widget and a clone of Steemit were found to contain data trackers
Financial ties between Robinhood and funds shorting GME fall under scrutiny
28.1.2021
The trading platform's decision to shut Redditors out from buying GameStop continues to raise eyebrows
Pornhub’s Premium Services Now Default to Crypto Payments, 13 Digital Assets Supported
14.12.2020
During the first week of September, the world’s largest adult web portal Pornhub expanded its payment options by adding bitcoin and support for three other cryptocurrencies. However, after Mastercard and Visa severed ties with Pornhub last week, the company’s premium services payment...
Mastercard Severs Ties With Pornhub — Is Mainstream Crypto Adoption Coming for the Porn Industry?
11.12.2020
Global payment companies Mastercard announced on December 10, 2020, its official decision to ban their customers from using credit and debit cards to arrange purchases on one of the biggest adult websites. Visa has taken the same measure on a temporary basis. Mastercard Cuts Ties With Pornhub...
Ripple Seeks New Hire to Bolster XRP and CBDC Ties
24.11.2020
XRP-affiliated American blockchain giant Ripple has posted a job advertisement as it looks to recruit a Senior Director for Central Bank Engagements – the clearest indication yet that the company is planning to increase its focus on central bank digital currency (CBDC)-related initiatives on...
Authorities Arrest 20 Suspected of Ties to Russian Rapper’s Alleged Money Laundering Syndicate
15.10.2020
Authorities accuse QQAAZZ of mounting a laundering-as-a-service operation for the criminal underworld
Hyperinflation and Currency Collapse Fears After Zambian President Fires Central Bank Governor
26.8.2020
Zambian President Edgar Lungu fired the country’s central bank governor Denny Kalyalya last week sparking fears that government wants to end the institution’s independence. Kaylalya was immediately replaced by Christopher Mvunga who reportedly has close ties to the President. The abrupt...
Let’s Make Generative Art We Can Export to SVG and PNG
19.8.2020
Let’s say you’re a designer. Cool. You’ve been hired to do some design work for a conference. All kinds of stuff. Website. Printed schedules. Big posters for the rooms. Preroll slides. You name it.
So you come up with an aesthetic for it all — a design vibe that ties it...
Mastercard Exec Accused of Money Laundering Cover-Up at Bank With Ties to Wirecard
28.7.2020
Wirecard has been implicated in a new report on alleged criminal activities by a Mastercard executive operating at the FBME bank in Cyprus
Crypto Tracer Chainalysis Raises $13M as It ‘Doubles Down’ on Government Ties
7.7.2020
Chainalysis is also adding former Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker on as an advisor
Controversial Group Behind Coronavirus Tracking App Has Crypto Ties
18.3.2020
The coronavirus crisis may highlight the overlap between the surveillance state and the cryptocurrency industry
Crypto Exchange Huobi Strengthens Ties With China
2.12.2019
Major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi may finally be returning to the fold in China, over two years after a Beijing crypto crackdown forced domestic trading platforms out of the country.
Per Chinese media outlet Fn.com, Huobi China has joined a state-endorsed blockchain alliance named the Blockchain...
Sino-Russian Ties Make a Step Forward by Starting a $55 Billion Pipeline Project
2.12.2019
World Trade plays the most important role in today’s global economy and in the times when many big nations conflict with each other, there is always a scope for new associations. Averting the role and hegemony of the United States, Russia seems to have strengthened its agenda of “Look East” after...
Little-Known Crypto Exchange With Ties to a Shanghai Firm Halts Services, Says CEO ‘Missing’
29.11.2019
IDAX, an obscure crypto exchange linked to a Shanghai firm, says its "global CEO has gone missing" and has halted services
Cryptocurrency Forensics Firm Elliptic Ties $400M in XRP to Illicit Activities
20.11.2019
Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic states that $400 million in XRP tokens are tied with illicit activities
BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd Ties Up With Australias Power Ledger to launch P2P
14.11.2019
In a big move, the Delhi Electricity distribution company (discom) BSES has declared that BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd or BRPL has tied up with Australias leading Power Ledger company to launch consumer- to- consumer also known as P2P solar trading on an experimental basis. The partnership between BRPL...
Facebook Risks Banking Ties Over Libra Concerns, Says ING Exec
22.10.2019
ING CEO Ralph Hamers said Libra could make it difficult for banks to accept or keep the project's creator as a client