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Netflix Star Driving Bitcoin Adoption With Porsche Flying El Salvador Flag
29.4.2023
Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose has made his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup racing championship. The 25-year-old, who took part in a popular Netflix TV series last year, drives a Bitcoin-branded 911 that features the flag of crypto-friendly El Salvador on its rooftop. Bitcoin Racing...
Taylor Swift Rejected Crypto Exchange FTX’s Sponsorship Offer Over Unregistered Securities Concerns
20.4.2023
Taylor Swift, a pop icon and 12-time Grammy Award winner, reportedly turned down a $100 million sponsorship offer from the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX due to concerns about unregistered securities. A number of FTX celebrity endorsers are currently facing a class action lawsuit...
Crypto Shilling Costs Yet Another Celebrity A Million Dollars
20.2.2023
Yet-to-collapse cryptocurrency, EMAX, has just gotten another celebrity in hot water. Short for EthereumMax, the bullshit scheme was promoted on Twitter by former NBA player Paul Pierce, except he rather forgot to say he was being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing so. As reported...
NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce Charged by SEC for Touting EMAX Tokens
17.2.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce for touting EMAX tokens and making misleading comments about unregistered crypto securities. The former Boston Celtics small forward agreed to settle the charges and pay the SEC $1.409 million....
The worst influencer and celebrity NFT cash grabs of 2022
4.1.2023
From Donald Trump’s trading cards to Tai Lopez’s peculiar NFT collection, 2022 marked another year of poorly thought-out NFT drops by big names
Class Action Lawsuit Against FTX’s Celebrity Promoters and Sam Bankman-Fried Is Quietly Dropped
10.12.2022
A class action lawsuit filed against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and a host of paid celebrity promoters for the now-defunct crypto exchange has been dropped
U.S. Crypto Investors Sue FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Company’s Celebrity Endorsers
16.11.2022
The plaintiffs in a class-action suit claim that the heavily-marketed FTX yield-bearing crypto accounts were actually a Ponzi scheme
Celebrity-Backed Fintech for Teens, Step Receives $300M in Debt Funding
11.10.2022
The app also launched a crypto trading feature, starting with bitcoin
Crypto Touted by Kim Kardashian Climbs 124% After SEC Charges, Token Value Dumps the Next Day
5.10.2022
Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges against the socialite Kim Kardashian for unlawfully touting the crypto asset ethereummax, the digital currency jumped 124% in value. However, the ethereummax pump was followed by a massive dump as the cryptocurrency slid 47% lower...
How Crypto Twitter reacted to Kim Kardashian’s $1.26M SEC fine
4.10.2022
Some pointed out the regulator's supposed hypocrisy, others told crypto-influencers to lawyer up, whilst a few poked fun at the reality TV star
SEC Charges Socialite Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Ethereummax
3.10.2022
On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against the celebrity and socialite Kim Kardashian for unlawfully promoting the crypto asset Ethereummax. The U.S. regulator detailed that Kardashian agreed to settle the charges and pay $1.26 million in penalties, and plans...
eBay's NFTs, Yield on Ledger, Axie Infinity's Ronin Bridge Reopens, Celebrity Crypto Scams + More News
28.6.2022
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SEC Launches Game-Show Campaign to Educate Investors in ‘a Playful Way’ – Crypto Included
6.6.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a game-show campaign to help investors make informed decisions “in a playful way.” One of the contestants in the game show chose to listen to a celebrity and invest in crypto. SEC Debuts ‘Game Show-Themed Public...
Following French Montana, Son Tung M-TP, One of Vietnam’s Top Celebrity Singers, Joins Radio Caca’s USM Metaverse
19.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Vietnamese music celebrity’s videos have garnered close to 2.5 billion lifetime views on Youtube. RACA Hits a High Note Radio Caca (RACA), one of the world’s leading Web 3.0 companies, today announced the collaboration between Radio Caca and Vietnamese celebrity...
Following French Montana, Vietnam’s Number 1 Celebrity Singer Son Tung M-TP Joins RACA’s USM Metaverse
13.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Vietnamese music celebrity’s videos have garnered close to 2.5 billion lifetime views on Youtube. RACA Hits a High Note Radio Caca (RACA), one of the world’s leading Web 3.0 companies, today announced the collaboration between Radio Caca and Vietnamese celebrity...
CXIP Labs Taps Celebrity Investments in $6.5M Round for NFT Development Suite
26.4.2022
The NFT-minting protocol has plans to launch a series of creator and enterprise targeted products
What’s New in Megaverse: Developments, Updates and More
21.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Celebrity-fan interaction in the metaverse is at its nascent stage. However, a few recent past events are tell-tale signs of a tectonic shift happening on the fan-engagement front. It’s moving from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 with metaverse as its building block. The Paris Hilton...
Celebrity tokens: Signs of rising crypto adoption in Indonesia
3.4.2022
Some of Indonesia's best-known celebs have helped fan the flames of interest in digital assets
Queen of Pop Becomes a Metaverse Material Girl — Madonna Buys Bored Ape for $564K
27.3.2022
The ‘Queen of Pop,’ Madonna has revealed she has “entered the metaverse” after she acquired the non-fungible token (NFT) collectible Bored Ape #4988. According to onchain data, Madonna’s Bored Ape #4988 was purchased for 180 ether or $564K at the time...
Facebook Owner Meta Sued for Publishing Scam Crypto Ads by Australian Regulator
20.3.2022
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed a lawsuit against Meta, formerly Facebook, for “publishing scam advertisements featuring prominent Australian public figures.” The regulator said, “The essence of our case is that Meta is responsible for these...