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20.02 / 20:35

Blockchain Technology Law The Metaverse will bring a further erosion of privacy

Unlike some of my peers in the technology space, I don’t see the Metaverse as a virtual world in which we work, socialize and shop. Rather, I see it as a point in time, reached in 2020 and into this year because of the global pandemic, when the digital world became as important as the physical world. It’s a shift away from the idea that physical reality is superior and preferred over digital reality.

20.02 / 17:45

business Blockchain Adoption South America NFTs, payments and conferences: Crypto in Latin America in 2021

In 2021, Latin America saw a soaring rise in crypto adoption among the 20 countries and 14 dependencies that make up the region.

20.02 / 17:20

Blockchain Art Adoption Auction Future We are all going public: Privacy rules, tax shelters and the future history of art

After a banner year of 2021 for individual object sales through nonfungible tokens (NFTs), 2022 is poised to be the year of MetaFi. A recap of Beeple, Christie’s, Visa and endless aping-in celebrities hardly feels necessary, except to point out that we seem to be standing on (or perhaps have already crossed over) a fundamental precipice. While the rocket-propelled ascent of NFT prices will not continue forever, numerous voices have predicted that a mature tech stack for discovering, vetting, valuing, trading and protecting collections of digital assets will soon emerge, without a crash.

20.02 / 15:07

Blockchain Adoption Sport Motorcycle expert turns passion project into sports analytics platform on blockchain

Skill sets gained from working on trading strategies, technology, data science and a personal passion for motorcycle racing made Scott Robinson launch a sports analytics platform. With a bit of blockchain added to the mix, the founder of Apex146 found new ways to proceed in the sports analytics business.

20.02 / 13:45

Blockchain YouTube California PUMP SafeMoon pump and dump lawsuit targets Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and others

A new class-action lawsuit demands a jury trial against A-list celebrities and social influencers for their alleged participation in a classic pump and dump scheme relating to SafeMoon tokens.

20.02 / 10:09

Blockchain Congress Bitcoin BTC helped us unseat a 20+ year incumbent: Aarika Rhodes on Bitcoin Day

Aarika Rhodes, an elementary school teacher-turned congressional candidate, recently featured in the Bitcoin Day Sacramento 2022 event to discuss the impact of Bitcoin (BTC) in local politics.

20.02 / 08:15

Government Blockchain AML Want to weed out ransomware? Regulate crypto exchanges

Just between July 2020 and June 2021, ransomware activity soared by a whopping 1,070%, according to a recent Fortinet report, with other researchers confirming the proliferation of this mode of extortion. Mimicking the prevalent business model of the legitimate tech world, ransomware-as-a-service portals popped up in the darker corners of the web, institutionalizing the shadow industry and slashing the skill ceiling for wannabe-criminals. The trend should be ringing a warning bell through the crypto ecosystem, particularly since ransomware attackers do have a knack for payments in crypto.

20.02 / 07:47

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption email phishing attack OpenSea planned upgrade stalls as phishing attack targets NFT migration

Just yesterday, OpenSea announced a smart contract upgrade, which requires users to migrate their listed NFTs from Ethereum (ETH) blockchain to a new smart contract. As a direct result of the upgrade, users that don't migrate over from Ethereum risk losing their old, inactive listings — which currently require no gas fees for migration.

20.02 / 05:25

Government Blockchain Adoption Bitcoin Web3 might be crypto’s key to the mainstream market

2021 has been a significant year for crypto with no fungible token (NFT) being awarded word of the year, decentralized finance (DeFi) trending in the mainstream media and crypto companies making headlines for a variety of announcements. This is, no doubt, in part due to the effects that COVID-19 has had on the economy, with many looking for new ways to diversify their finances and a move to working from home giving people the free time to research new interests. And, many chose to get involved in crypto.

19.02 / 21:09

Blockchain Adoption NFT Harmony launches Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Passport

On Friday, blockchain platform Harmony — whose mainnet runs on the Ethereum network, claiming to have two-second transaction finality and fees 1,000 times lower than Ethereum — announced the launch of its Bored Ape Yacht Club Passport. The Passport enables users to import proof of their apes into DeFi Kingdoms, a play-to-earn game built on the Harmony blockchain with over 120,000 monthly active users. During its initial stages, Ape holders will be able to validate and display their assets in the game across multiple blockchains when they connect their MetaMask wallet to DeFi Kingdoms.

19.02 / 20:37

Blockchain More playing and less earning will make better Metaverse games

If you’re not keen on joining Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse, I have bad news for you: You’re already there. You don’t need a virtual reality headset to enter a virtual world. Humans have been representing reality since our distant ancestors first painted on cave walls. If TV, radio, books or newspapers have ever given you access to events that you did not physically attend, you have experienced a kind of metaverse already.

19.02 / 19:21

Blockchain Digital Platform Future HKD.com Aims to Shape Thriving Web3.0 Future through Strategic Investment in Blockchain.News

Hong Kong, 18 FEB 2022- One of the most reputable Digital Asset Exchange in Hong Kong- HKD.com (Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange) announced the acquisition of half of Blockchain.News Company’s shares, a well-known international blockchain news media.

19.02 / 17:23

Blockchain Technology Investments Health The crypto world should know about longevity

As the first month of 2022 drew to a close, the internet was abuzz with trend predictions for the year ahead. Bloggers, Twitter influencers and established business moguls alike were, and still are, incredibly excited about the new opportunities afforded by an explosion of innovation in Web3. However, something you may have missed in scrolling pages of celebrity-backed NFT drops or speculations about the metaverse was the launch of a new company called Altos Labs, reportedly backed by Amazon’s former CEO Jeffrey Bezos.

19.02 / 14:21

Blockchain Hackers hacks Multichain Multichain recovers $2.6M stolen funds, to reimburse losses on condition

After a month-long fight against an ongoing exploit, cross-chain router protocol Multichain announced the recovery of nearly 50% of the total stolen funds, worth nearly $2.6 million of cryptocurrencies. The team has also released a compensation plan to reimburse the users’ losses.

19.02 / 13:49

Blockchain defi Tokens Metaverse Blocksport CEO and advisor speak out about the potential NFTs and the metaverse bring to the sports industry

The nonfungible token (NFT) market has greatly shaped the world as we know it, leaving no industry untouched, sports included. As a result, digital transformation has proven to be a major challenge, with teams experiencing a lack of in-house resources, minimal tactical support from experts and an inability to implement a strategy for multi-layered fan engagement.

19.02 / 13:33

Blockchain Technology Ethereum DLT What is the Near Protocol, and how does it work?

Near Protocol is a decentralized application (DApp) platform that focuses on usability among developers and users. As a competitor of Ethereum, NearProtocol is also smart-contract capable and a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain.

19.02 / 07:31

business Blockchain Ethereum Marketplace OpenSea smart contract upgrade to delist inactive NFTs on Ethereum

OpenSea, one of the most popular nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, has rolled out an upgrade to its smart contract, a proactive measure to weed out inactive listings on the platform.

19.02 / 05:15

business Blockchain Social Media Asia Decentralization revolutionizes the creator’s economy, but what will it bring?

From video game enthusiasts monetizing their passions as shout casters to fashion influencers supercharging their careers into livestreamers on e-commerce platforms, the creator economy flourished, evolved and matured in the past year. Largely catalyzed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, contemporary creators benefited from the gradual shift in consumer behaviors as more people came online across the globe. Now valued at over $100 billion, the creator economy is witnessing staggering growth as the worlds of e-commerce, social media and online communities converge.

19.02 / 04:21

Blockchain Citi FIVE Platform Solana Based Exotic Markets To Launch First Dual Currency Notes and Accumulators on Defi

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19.02 / 04:21

Blockchain Digital Strategy Bitcoin Deflationary Mechanisms: Generating Value Behind the Coin

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19.02 / 03:31

Blockchain Digital CEO Parke Crypto to decouple soon from stock prices? Pantera CEO explains the ‘correlation’ picture

As fears of the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance on inflation intensify, the rising correlation between stock and cryptocurrency prices has also emerged as a worrying trend. However, the CEO and founder of blockchain investment firm Pantera Capital, Dan Morehead, believes crypto continues to remain an efficient store of wealth, especially in the face of interest rate hikes plummeting stocks.

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