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Nintendo's Big Piracy Case Is A Very Sad Story

7.6.2022
Back in February, Gary Bowser—who in most media reports has been described as a ‘hacker’—was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in selling cheat and modification devices for Nintendo hardware. Being a court case, most of the reporting dealt only with names on a page and cold facts, but...

RBI Official: Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Kill Cryptocurrencies

4.6.2022
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar says central bank digital currencies could “kill whatever little case there could be” for cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin and ether. RBI’s Deputy Governor Discusses Impact of CBDCs on Cryptocurrencies RBI Deputy Governor...

OpenSea ‘insider trading’ case see NFTs labeled securities: Former SEC lawyer

3.6.2022
Former SEC lawyer says OpenSea insider trading case could end with NFTs labeled as securities

CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017

2.6.2022

Crypto's One Unassailable Use Case: Helping Human Rights Activists

27.5.2022
The Oslo Freedom Forum was heavy on bitcoin and stablecoin discussions, underscoring that this technology is a tool for political dissidents, not just a get-rich-quick scheme

The Curious Case of Coinbase's India Communications Strategy

27.5.2022
It is unclear who was behind the communications strategy of Coinbase. Was it a CEO or Founder speaking his mind? A strategic advisor who gave advice that was ignored or was the advice simply faulty

Russian Court Recognizes Cryptocurrency as Means of Payment, Prosecutors See Precedent

24.5.2022
The City Court of St. Petersburg has recognized a large amount of cryptocurrency handed over by the victim in an extortion case as a means of payment, Russian media reported. The prosecutor’s office in Russia’s second-largest city describes the ruling as a precedent. Two Men Sentenced...

Digital Dollar Would Undermine Banks, No Compelling Case for It, US Bankers Argue

24.5.2022
The purported benefits of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States are “uncertain and unlikely to be realized,” and there is no compelling case for it, the American Bankers Association (ABA) has said in a letter to the US Federal Reserve (Fed). The letter also warned that...

First Look At The CSS object-view-box Property

23.5.2022
Ahmad Shadeed — doing what he always does so well — provides an early look at the object-view-box property, something he describes as a native way to crop an image in the browser with CSS. The use case? Well, … First Look At The CSS object-view-box Property originally published...

Russian Appellate Court Cancels Decision to Block Tor Project’s Website

23.5.2022
A court of appeals in Russia has overturned a ruling by a regional court which allowed the blocking of the Tor Project’s website in the country. Due to violations during the initial proceedings, the case has been returned to the court of the first instance for another review. Roskomsvoboda...

Dvision Network Announces New LAND Staking Feature to Help Bolster Virtual Plot Utility

20.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Dvision Network has recently announced the new ‘LAND Staking Feature’ in their Dvision Metaverse, with the development being finalized to present a new use case to the virtual plot owners. According to the official statement, users who possess Dvision LAND NFT...

SEC can't confirm if video of Bill Hinman is actually Bill Hinman in Ripple case

20.5.2022
“After reasonable inquiry, the information known and currently available is not sufficient to enable the Commission to admit or deny this request,” the SEC stated in court documents

Freedom Protocol Has Become the Project With the Largest Amount of IDO in the Ecology of Binance Smart Chain

20.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Binance is a curious company. the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, it also has no official headquarters and operates outside regulatory control. But that may not stop its step. Binance.US raised funding at a $4.5bn valuation this month, providing a new case for Binance...

SEC’s Gensler Uses Crypto Oversight Needs As Case for Higher Budget

18.5.2022
Gary Gensler, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, made a pitch for a higher budget Wednesday, telling lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives that he wants to do more as a cop on the cryptocurrency beat. He cited the collapse of TerraUSD (UST) as evidence for the need...

DOJ Files First Criminal Complaint Against US Citizen Allegedly Using Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions

18.5.2022
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed its first criminal complaint against an American who allegedly used cryptocurrency to circumvent U.S. sanctions. “The payments platform advertised its services as designed to evade U.S. sanctions, including through purportedly untraceable virtual...

US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands Share Crypto Criminal Leads, Including a Potential $1B Ponzi Scheme

15.5.2022
Officials from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands have shared data and identified more than 50 crypto-related criminal leads, including one case that could be a $1 billion Ponzi scheme. Officials Share Data on Global Crypto Crime The heads of tax enforcement from the Joint...

PlayStation Boss Asks Staff To Respect All Abortion Opinions In Email About Cats

13.5.2022
An internal email from PlayStation president Jim Ryan contains several paragraphs about cats, but doesn’t contain a hard stance in support of his staff’s reproductive rights, and even asks employees to “respect” anti-abortion views and opinions, leaving many PlayStation staff angry and upset.Read...