Hong Kong cops clean out alleged $46M deepfake crypto scam

The Middle Eastern restaurant, with three locations across Ontario, announced it would be switching its cash reserves to crypto. A Canada-based Middle Eastern restaurant chain just converted their entire fiat cash reserves into Bitcoin.According to an Aug. 19 tweet from Tahini’s — ‘the best Middle Eastern restaurant in the world’ — the decision to switch…

Despite Twitter releasing 140 NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, Twitter's CEO continues to reject the altcoin as an investment. 992 Total views 3 Total shares Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has again rejected the idea of him buying into Ether (ETH) despite the social media platform's activities with Ethereum-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs).On Wednesday, the social media…

Gold has served as a store of value for thousands of years. Due to this, investors have widely used it as a hedging tool against the effects of recessions and inflation often caused by geopolitical tensions. In light of recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the military crisis between Russia and…

The governance tokens for Uniswap and Compound reached new 2021 highs as altcoins and DeFi tokens pushed higher today. 1263 Total views 6 Total shares On Jan. 30 Uniswap (UNI) and Compound (COMP) both rallied to new all-time highs as the entire DeFi sector continued to heat up. UNI soared to a new all-time high…

Non fungible token (NFT) artist Mike "Beeple" Winkelmann has found himself the target of phishing scammers yet again, warning users that the URL link to his official Discord server was “hacked” — sending unaware new members to a wallet draining Discord channel if they follow the link. In an Oct. 3 post UTC, the NFT artist…

Jessy, the name behind Jessy’s Hacker House, helped organize four rental houses in Denver for "genuine scrappy" individuals looking for networking opportunities and more. 180 Total views 52 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThousands of developers, hackers, and crypto and blockchain enthusiasts descended upon Denver, Colorado in the…

Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor's noteA wise man once said, "there's security and there're securities," and if he didn't, he should've.In modern English, it seems a quaint coincidence that the word "security" refers to both safety and a broad class of…

Four of Brazil’s financial regulatory institutions are collaborating to build a streamlined blockchain-based data-sharing platform to perform background checks on political representatives and corporations.The platform, dubbed PIER, was developed by Brazil’s central bank Banco Central do Brasil (BCB). The platform saw initial participation from the BCB, the Brazilian private insurance superintendent, and the local securities…

The stock price of listed BTC mining companies and other businesses with exposure to cryptocurrency are dropping to yearly lows as the crypto market continues to sell-off. 1040 Total views 11 Total shares Bad news continues to dominate crypto media headlines and May 12's juiciest tidbit was the unexpected collapse of the Terra ecosystem. In…