94% of Asian private wealth is investing or considering crypto: Report

The attackers used social engineering to defraud the GoDaddy staff. 1045 Total views 11 Total shares Yesterday, security researcher KrebsOnSecurity reported that several cryptocurrency platforms hosted by popular hosting provider Godaddy have been attacked over the past week.According to KrebsOnSecurity, the attacks began on or around November 13th on cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com.Liquid CEO Mike…

Brian Brooks, the chief legal counsel at major United States digital wallet and exchange Coinbase, has responded to concerns that conflicts of interest could compromise the company’s newly-created Crypto Ratings Council.In an interview with crypto media outlet The Block on Oct. 3, Brooks addressed concerns that the Council’s compliance guidance might be affected by the…

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is proud that the TON project is "alive and evolving" despite Telegram terminating TON last year. 139 Total views 3 Total shares Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov has expressed excitement about the Telegram Open Network (TON) technology still developing after Telegram officially abandoned the project last year.“I'm proud that the…

The video conference app will launch its end-to-end encryption in July 2020 in a beta stage for both free and paid users. 421 Total views 18 Total shares On June 17, the popular video conference app, Zoom, officially announced that end-to-end encryption, or E2EE, has finally arrived for their software. It will be provided to…

The Bank of England is trying to bring soaring inflation under control by dramatically increasing the cost of borrowing money. 319 Total views 10 Total shares Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Bank of England, effectively the United Kingdom version of the Federal Reserve, has raised interest rates by the highest rate in 33…

While many nonfungible token (NFT) projects continue to suffer losses due to the bear market, a number of organizations have begun using NFTs to solve real-world problems. In particular, NFTs for subscription/membership-based models, or loyalty programs, are gaining traction. This point was highlighted in Forrester’s 2023 NFT and metaverse predications report, which notes: “Brands will pivot…

Earlier this week, British-American entrepreneur John McAfee, who is currently living “in exile” due to tax-related charges filed against him by the United States authorities, launched his own decentralized exchange (DEX). The expressive crypto advocate’s McAfeedex.com is running on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, and, in McAfee’s own words, it is a “Wild Wild West exchange” that…

Police in South Korea have contacted the country’s leading exchanges to freeze any funds linked to the embattled Luna Foundation Guard. 112 Total views 18 Total shares Crypto exchanges in South Korea have been issued notices from police requesting the sequestering of funds related to the Luna Foundation Guard. On May 23rd, 2022, Korean authorities sent…