FEMA Advisory Board Proposes Blockchain to Speed ‘Disaster Dividend’ Payouts

Which Crypto Projects Are Based on Ethereum?According to the crypto app tracker, State of the Dapps, there are nearly 3,000 decentralized apps (also known as “dapps”) currently running on the Ethereum blockchain. These apps differ from regular mobile and web-based apps because they aim to hand users more control over the data the apps manage.…

news A form of malware that replaces victims’ cryptocurrency wallet addresses has been discovered for the first time in an app on Google Play Store. Security firm ESET published a blog post on Friday, saying that the malware, known as a “clipper,” intercepts the content of the clipboard and, if it finds the addresses of…

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feature The Takeaway Florida regulators are investigating Karatbars, a German company that’s been promoting a token tied to a Miami “crypto bank” without any banking license in the state. Karatbars previously issued a cryptocurrency purportedly backed by gold, but CoinDesk has been unable to verify the existence of the mine the company says produced the…

Police in Hong Kong and Macau have arrested four further people in a probe linked to the JPEX crypto exchange, the South China Morning Post reported Friday.The arrest of people who the police say are "relatively close to core" of the scandal brings the total number of detentions to 18, and a number of other

Jul 3, 2020 at 17:11 UTCUpdated Jul 3, 2020 at 17:15 UTCFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence SummersFormer US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Expects ‘A Ton of Innovation’ Around StablecoinsFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers praised stablecoins, but said he would be surprised if a global digital currency became a reality in his lifetime. During a…

On 25 May 2023 we published a story headed “Alameda-Backed ‘Samcoins’ CEO Alex Grebnev Sued by Coin Telegraph Owner Gregory Fishman.” Those individuals are engaged in a lawsuit (a claim and counterclaim) in the High Court in London relating to the meaning and effect of a 2020 US$750,000 option agreement. Our account of Mr. Fishman’s…

May 27, 2020 at 12:00 UTCUpdated May 27, 2020 at 12:13 UTCPierre, South Dakota (Credit: Shutterstock)‘Focus on Retirement’: Crypto Custodian Rolls Out Hybrid IRA OfferingDigital asset custodian Kingdom Trust is offering investors a single retirement account for traditional and digital assets.  Called Choice, the South Dakota-based custodian is offering a self-service retirement platform where investors…

Shaurya is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Data & Tokens team, focusing on decentralized finance, markets, on-chain data, and governance across all major and minor blockchains.Fees on the Bitcoin blockchain have surged to two-year highs as the ‘Bitcoin Request for Comment’ (BRC-20) tokens and the rising popularity of the Ordinals protocol drives demand for…