Playboy Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Blockchain Startup

news CasperLabs, a startup building an open-source blockchain platform aimed to achieve scale without sacrificing decentralization, has raised $14.5 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by financier Terren Piezer – known as the “Zelig of Wall Street” – via his personal holding company, Acuitas Group Holdings. Arrington XRP Capital, Consensus Capital, Axiom…

In the beauty and fashion worlds, creative collaborations are everything. Look no further than New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which through the years has partnered with several iconic beauty brands — including the time it released a custom-designed Estée Lauder eyeshadow palette for the art institution’s 150th birthday.A good collaboration in any industry pushes…

Web3 app store Magic Square is dedicating $66 million worth of its native SQR token for grants to projects listed on its platform.The Ecosystem Grant Program consists of 120 million SQR, equivalent to 12% of the token's total supply, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Wednesday.The grants will help to finance the

NEWS Sep 12, 2018 at 18:05 UTC The Republic of India may be taking a deeper look at how it can use blockchain technology. India's Union Cabinet – an executive decision-making body composed of senior government officials and led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi – said it would allow the nation's Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) to…

Dec 9, 2019 at 16:45 UTCUpdated Dec 9, 2019 at 16:37 UTCNvidia Battles Shareholders in Lawsuit Over Crypto Miner ClaimsChip making giant Nvidia has been making its case for why a court should throw out a lawsuit alleging it misled investors over cryptocurrency mining demand for its graphics cards.At a hearing over Nvidia's motion to…

news Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade has just been delayed after a critical vulnerability was discovered in one of the planned changes. Smart contract audit firm ChainSecurity flagged Tuesday that Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1283, if implemented, could provide attackers a loophole in the code to steal user funds. Speaking on a call, ethereum developers, as…

news The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), often described as the bank for central banks, has issued its annual report for 2019, expressing concerns over the expected disruption as big tech firms like Facebook enter the financial space. While titled “Big tech in finance: opportunities and risks,” the report looks at the risks and challenges…

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the…

Jan 24, 2020 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Jan 24, 2020 at 14:01 UTCUK Cricket Club Will Issue this Season’s Tickets Over a BlockchainA county cricket club in the U.K. is to use blockchain-based ticketing for all domestic and international fixtures played at its home ground in 2020.According to a report Friday from industry magazine, TheTicketingBusiness, Lancashire…