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Bankman-Fried misguides regulators by directing them away from centralized finance
2.11.2022
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried proposed a blueprint for regulators to look into decentralized finance — with nary a word about centralized exchanges like his own
Locate Empty Directories from Command Line
1.11.2022
As a software engineer that lives too much of his life on a computer, I like keeping my machine as clean as possible. I don’t keep rogue downloaded files and removes apps when I don’t need them. Part of keeping a clean, performant system is removing empty directories. To identify empty...
India’s Tax Authority Asks Crypto Exchanges for Details of Coins Traded on Their Platforms
1.11.2022
India’s tax authority has reportedly asked major cryptocurrency exchanges in the country to provide information pertaining to the coins traded on their platforms. The tax authority is also evaluating the taxability of crypto transactions to determine if the goods and services tax (GST) can...
Mercado Pago Launches Cryptocurrency Trading Services in Mexico
31.10.2022
Mercado Pago, the financial wallet division of Mercado Libre, the Latam e-tail giant, has announced the launch of cryptocurrency trading services in Mexico. The company has already launched this kind of service in Brazil, serving one million customers in the country, allowing them to purchase...
Study Finds Nearly 60% of Hong Kong and Singapore’s Super Rich Have Invested in Digital Assets
28.10.2022
According to a study jointly published by KPMG China and Aspen Digital, about 58% of Singapore and Hong Kong’s family offices and high-net-worth individuals have invested in digital assets. Reports suggest the info shows the crypto market downturn has not diminished the super-rich’s...
Marvel Snap Players Who Snap On The First Turn Are Maniacs (And I'm One Of Them)
27.10.2022
Marvel Snap, Disney’s NFT psyop that’s quickly destroying my life, has a bluffing mechanic that’s simple but genius. The card battler allows you to “snap,” except instead of deleting half the world, the mechanic immediately doubles the bet on the game you’re playing. Your opponent then has...
Eswatini Central Bank Partners With German Firm to Explore CBDC
19.10.2022
Eswatini recently became the latest African country to jump on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) bandwagon after its central bank selected Giesecke Devrient, a Germany-based technology firm, as its partner. An agreement signed by both parties aims to enable them to deepen their...
Voyager Digital won’t sue its executives for incompetence, will claim insurance on them
18.10.2022
CEO Stephen Ehrlich and financial head Evan Psaropolous will keep their jobs even though they okayed a huge loan to Three Arrows Capital without sufficient due diligence
Solana-Based Defi Protocol Mango Markets Loses $117 Million in Hack, Exploit Allegedly Revealed in Project’s Discord in March
12.10.2022
According to various reports, the Solana-based trading and lending platform Mango Markets was hacked as a malicious actor was able to siphon $117 million from the protocol. An analysis of the hack published by Certik explains that the attacker manipulated the price of the project’s native token...
Rendering External API Data in WordPress Blocks on the Front End
11.10.2022
There’ve been some new tutorials popping here on CSS-Tricks for working with WordPress blocks. One of them is an introduction to WordPress block development and it’s a good place to learn what blocks are and to register them in WordPress …
Rendering External API Data in WordPress Blocks...
Quik․com Releases Update for Its NFT Domains – Web3 Domains Are Now Minting
11.10.2022
The much-anticipated major update to Quik.com has now been made available to users, bringing them brand-new capabilities like the edit feature and the Quik API, along with more that are scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months. Quik.com is a P2P NFT domain marketplace offering NFT top-level...
Bitcoin․com Announces Public Sale of VERSE Ecosystem Token
6.10.2022
Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, has announced that Sale B, or the public sale of the VERSE utility and rewards token, will begin on November 1, 2022. Verse will support people...
Namibian Central Bank: Virtual Assets ‘Remain Without Legal Tender Status’ but Merchants Can Still Accept Them as Payment
6.10.2022
The Bank of Namibia recently said it has brought virtual assets and virtual asset service providers under its fintech innovations regulatory framework, and that it plans to amend applicable laws and regulations. According to the central bank’s governor, there is an ongoing “battle...
Federal Energy Agencies’ Unwillingness to Act on White House’s Crypto Mining Recommendations Miffs US Lawmaker
5.10.2022
Jared Huffman, a United States lawmaker who advocates for increased scrutiny of crypto-mining entities, has reportedly chastised U.S. energy agencies that he accuses of failing to act on the White House’s call on them to do “reliability assessments of current and projected...
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token Investments
30.9.2022
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has sent a subpoena to Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest exchanges in the country, to inquire about the services the company lends regarding cryptocurrency-related fixed return investments. The company will have to disclose the details...
The CFTC Served Ooki DAO Papers By Posting Them in an Online Discussion Forum
28.9.2022
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) used unorthodox methods to serve a lawsuit against the pseudonymous members of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), according to court documents filed on Tuesday
Erdogan Suggests Turkish-Russian Payment System, Local Media Reports
24.9.2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly pushing for Turkey and Russia to establish a new payment system between them. The initiative comes amid U.S. pressure against the use of the Russian Mir cards in Turkey. Some Turkish banks have been working with them to facilitate payments...
Apex Legends Devs Are Sick Of Players Harassing Them
23.9.2022
Respawn Entertainment took to Twitter this week with a statement condemning the “increased harassment” its employees have faced over the variety of issues plaguing the popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends.Read more
Videogamedunkey, YouTube's Biggest Video Game Reviewer, Now Wants To Sell Them
22.9.2022
The biggest critic in gaming is getting into publishing. Jason “videogamedunkey” Gastrow announced in his latest YouTube video that he and his wife, Leah Gastrow, will run a new indie label called Bigmode dedicated to discovering and evangelizing the best games that haven’t even been made yet. “I’m...
Argentine Airline Flybondi to Adopt NFT Technology for Ticket Issuance
22.9.2022
Flybondi, a low-cost Argentine airline, is introducing blockchain tech in its operations. The company announced recently it will start issuing tickets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), broadening the possibilities of what customers can do with them. Users will be able to sell or transfer the tokens...