Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby
Cryptocurrencies tied to national soccer teams have failed to keep the attention of 2022 FIFA World Cup fans, with many soccer-linked fan token prices plummeting since the tournament began. Between Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Argentina, the associated digital fan tokens have fallen between 60% to 88% percent in price...
Joseph Longo, the chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is calling for a regulatory loophole to be closed that allowed FTX to acquire an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) in the country without the full suite of checks.According to a Dec. 5 report from the...
Social media users are swirling around rumors that Twitter is looking at introducing its own native asset called “Twitter Coin” to be used for payments and tipping on the platform. Some are citing the initial reports from sources such as Nima Owji, who runs an app-focused information leak...
A recent photo of what appears to be former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison in a Manhattan coffee shop in New York has been making the rounds on Twitter. On Dec. 4, two photos began circulating on Twitter, appearing to show Ellison ordering a coffee at the Ground...
Front-running scam bots are significantly gaining traction on YouTube, with the number of dubious videos increasing six-fold in 2022 according to a new report from blockchain security firm CertiK.In the firm's Dec. 1 report, CertiK explores how a wave of front-running bot scams are promising free returns as high...
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has submitted a proposed change in state laws that would allow it to charge licensed crypto companies for regulating them. While that may seem like an odd proposition, under Financial Services Law (FSL) it is common practice for the...
Porsche to launch 7,500 NFTs for use in a ‘virtual world’German luxury car manufacturer Porsche has suggested it will be significantly ramping up its Web3 efforts after unveiling an upcoming NFT project consisting of 7,500 customizable tokenized vehicles. In a Nov. 29 announcement, Porsche stated that the NFTs...
The firm behind the decentralized content platform LBRY said its days are likely numbered following its recent loss against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in court.It is specifically LBRY Inc that must die, the LBRY protocol and blockchain will continue. pic.twitter.com/SWwbqTq9In— LBRY (@LBRYcom) November...
Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu believes nonfungible token (NFT) games are only scratching the surface of what’s possible and predicts completely new models of gaming will be developed as a result of digital ownership.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Siu likened the potential growth of NFT gaming to mobile phone gaming,...
United States Acting Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Michael Hsu has expressed concerns that regulators are spending “too much time on crypto," rather than more pressing issues, such as technology and banking. The crypto skeptic OCC head made the comments during an interview with Reuters on Oct. 13, as...
