SEC drops investigation into NFT marketplace OpenSea

According to a new report from Grayscale, the rate of active Metaverse users increased by 10X between the start of 2020 and June 2021. 2510 Total views 22 Total shares Crypto investment giant Grayscale has published a bullish report on the Metaverse, estimating that the “market opportunity” for bringing the Metaverse to the mainstream may…

Apple wants to put an AI in your pocket Apple has been playing its cards close to its chest when it comes to AI. While rival Microsoft has jumped on the ChatGPT bandwagon and is integrating AI into everything despite the bugs and hallucinations, the acronym didn’t even get a mention at Apple’s Worldwide Developers…

Islamic finance is not always compatible with DeFi's focus on risk and yield. A new platform aims to blend the best of both. 5567 Total views 20 Total shares A team based out of Sydney, Australia is building what it claims is the world’s first “Shariah-guided” decentralized finance platform to navigate a course between the…

The founder of Oyster Protocol has been arrested and charged with operating a multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme. 1233 Total views 4 Total shares Amir Burno Elmaani, the founder of the now defunct cryptocurrency scheme Oyster Protocol, has been arrested and charged for what the Department of Justice describes as a “multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme.”On Dec.…

One CFTC commissioner dissented, calling the action “regulation by enforcement.”

Searching for more evidence that self-custody of your cryptocurrency holdings beats a centralized manager? Look to the latest action by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).The agency sent a letter to FTX Exchange this month — along with four other entities — that included a cease and desist order for “false and misleading statements.” Namely,…