Crypto needs to increase defenses against 654% spike in deepfake scams

Oscar Franklin Tan, the chief legal officer of NFT platform Enjin, told Cointelegraph that it’s very problematic to imply that all NFTs are securities, as it could hold back creators. 189 Total views 1 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) first enforcement action on a nonfungible token (NFT) project triggered responses…

A crypto analyst is eyeing Ether’s funding rate rising above 0.015 to see if “the calm before the storm breaks.”

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it is about to launch a new futures product tracking crypto asset NEO.Per the announcement published on Feb. 16, the NEO/USDT futures will be launched on Feb. 17 and traders will be able to select leverage between 1x and 50x. The fees that the exchange imposes on trades of…

Blockchain is no longer just the backbone of Bitcoin (BTC) or cryptocurrencies. It is more than that. Its application in various industries is as wide as the seas. And despite the technology’s limitations and challenges, demand for blockchain engineers increased by more than 500% between 2018 and 2019. Many engineers are wanting to jump on…

The poll seems to indicate that crypto investors skew younger and more male than the population as a whole. 101 Total views 4 Total shares A survey released by the Pew Research Center on Thursday found that roughly 16% of Americans have invested, traded or used some form of cryptocurrency. The number jumps to 31%…

On Sept. 30, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had reached a civil settlement with EOS parent company Block.One following an investigation into violations of the SEC’s security offering regulations. The decision has sparked a new conversation around blockchain, and whether the sector’s apparent flaunting of regulations is brashness or simply…

Bitcoin held in long-term holder wallets has topped $10 billion amid its price falling below $60,000.

San Francisco-based incubator for the blockchain Ethereum Classic (ETC), ETC Labs, has announced that it has partnered with cryptocurrency firm Metronome to create a solution for Ethereum (ETH)/ETC interoperability, in an official blog post on June 27.Per the announcement, blockchain interoperability—also referred to as “chainhopping”—is a property of a blockchain asset meaning that it can…

The SEC hit back at Richard Heart’s bid to dismiss its lawsuit, claiming it has sway over him as his alleged illicit securities sales targeted the US.