NY Attorney charges 3 tied to 'Evolved Apes' NFT scam

Active decentralized finance (DeFi) users woke up yesterday to yet another “airdrop” of governance tokens, this time courtesy of self-described “multi-service platform” Stake DAO — but, due to the unique distribution method and some bugs in the rollout, eligible users might want to claim their tokens sooner rather than later. In an introductory post to the…

Sonne Finance halted operations after a hack drained $20 million in cryptocurrencies, including WETH and USDC. Efforts to recover the funds are ongoing.

Iran is rewarding people who turn in crypto miners operating without a license. Whistleblowers helped Tavanir, Iran’s power company, shut down 1100 crypto mining farms that were allegedly operating without the proper licenses. Although Tavanir says that some of the miners were using “high levels” of subsidized electricity, their report clarified that no significant changes were…

The search engine giant becomes the latest company to support blockchain development in the emerging areas of NFTs and gaming. 3438 Total views 26 Total shares Search engine giant Google is joining forces with Canadian blockchain studio Dapper Labs to help support the development of new Web 3 products and services, including the wildly popular…

While the exact reason for the investigation hasn’t been revealed, it has been reported that the New York regulator plans on upping its efforts to protect consumers this year. 337 Total views 9 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPaxos Trust Company — the New York-based stablecoin issuer behind…

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority of Dubai has previously given approval for Crypto.com, OKX and FTX subsidiaries to offer crypto-related services in the emirate. 381 Total views 46 Total shares Blockchain wallet and cryptocurrency exchange platform Blockchain.com has reportedly secured regulatory approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, or VARA.According to a Friday report from…

Bitcoin maxis went to town on Greenspan after he called it a ‘crypto conference’. 2205 Total views 2 Total shares The Miami Bitcoin 2021 conference officially kicks off on June 4 and with it has resurfaced controversy over crypto tribalism involving some of the industry’s leading figures.Organizers expect attendance exceeding 50,000 for the Mana Wynwood…

The feature could be very useful, but privacy analysts have raised concerns over its reach. 

Since white paper’s release in June 2019, Facebook’s Libra has continued to rely on blockchain architecture, vice chair Dante Disparte says. 1218 Total views 52 Total shares Despite existing concerns that blockchain is not mature enough to bring the new era of payments, the technology is being increasingly explored by global central banks. Blockchain technology…