Rising crypto crimes in Australia prompt call for tougher regulations

ESPN’s first NFT collection is based on its "Man in the Arena: Tom Brady" documentary and magazine issue. 135 Total views 2 Total shares ESPN and Autograph, the nonfungible token (NFT) platform co-founded by Tom Brady, announced a multi-year partnership on Wednesday that kicks off with a documentary release and an NFT collection. A 10-part ESPN+ documentary…

Junior Minister for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation in the Government of Malta Silvio Schembri announced that the nation’s business registry (MBR) will employ blockchain, local financial service firm Zeta reports on July 31.First blockchain-based government agency?Per the report, when making his remarks at the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat’s inauguration of the new…

A new U.S. law grants the president unprecedented authority to block access to digital assets, sparking significant concerns about its broad implications and potential impact on users.

Bitcoin (BTC) has rapidly corrected its monthly losses Friday, September 21, after markets rallied to send prices above $6,700 for the first time in two weeks.Data from Cointelegraph’s price tracker and Coin360 confirms a strong performance for Bitcoin, which had seen a week of flat trading closer to $6,200.Market visualization from Coin360The move upwards, which…

Cryptocurrency mixing services are a divisive subject in the industry. Some advocate for the privacy-enabling features of these protocols while others maintain that they are mainly used for illicit means.For platforms like Tornado Cash, the mainstream verdict is “guilty as charged.” The infamous decentralized mixing protocol was sanctioned by the United States Office of Foreign Assets…

Bitcoin (BTC) continued trading sideways on Dec. 27 after spending the Christmas period broadly free of volatility.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360BTC “relaxes” this ChristmasData from Coin360 showed BTC/USD hovering practically in the middle of its monthly range between $6,500 and $7,770. At press time, the pair hovered at $7,180, having barely moved over the past…

“Art is not a thing, it is a way,” said American writer Elbert Hubbard. For Bitcoin (BTC) artists, the way is inspired by Bitcoin, its code, its philosophy and its imagery. In some cases, it’s even inspired by memes. Bitcoin has become a “lifestyle,” for some Bitcoin artists, that inspires their way of doing business,…

Crypto exchange Seed CX — a Chicago-based licensed platform targeting institutional clients — has launched a digital asset wallet solution with on-chain settlement, according to a press release published Jan. 10.  Seed CX has reportedly developed the new wallet solution together with its settlement subsidiary, Zero Hash — a crypto and fiat currency custodian providing…

Twitter plays defense with its patents, Square has launched a consortium — which includes Coinbase — to pool crypto patents and Alibaba is well on its way with its mission to overtake IBM in the blockchain patent wars. Many startups don’t take the necessary steps to protect their innovations, and that’s a big mistake. Particularly in…