Hacker attacks in the cryptocurrency sector not only continue but are also on the rise, further hurting the beleaguered industry that has seen its market capitalization drop by more than 50% this year. In particular, the hacker loot in the first seven months of 2022 amounted to $1.9 billion, up 60% compared to the corresponding […]
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Chainalysis: Cryptocurrency Hacker Rush Soars In Seven Months – $1.9B Lost
Hacker attacks in the cryptocurrency sector not only continue but are also on the rise, further hurting the beleaguered industry that has seen its market capitalization drop by more than 50% this year. In particular, the hacker loot in the first seven months of 2022 amounted to $1.9 billion, up 60% compared to the corresponding […]
Cryptocurrencies: ApeCoin owners vote against abandoning Ethereum blockchain
The owners of ApeCoin have decided to keep the digital currency, which is considered a “key” factor for exclusive products and deals in the “meta-universe” space in the Ethereum blockchain, despite the high transaction fees on the network. About 54% voted against leaving the Ethereum network, according to Snapshot, according to Bloomberg. Holders of about […]
Cryptocurrencies: ” Thousands of digital currencies are collapsing ”
Thousands of cryptocurrencies are likely to collapse, and the number of existing blockchains will also decline in the coming years, several cryptocurrency executives have said. Today, there are more than 19,000 cryptocurrencies and dozens of blockchain platforms. A blockchain platform, such as Ethereum, is the technology on which many of these different cryptocurrencies are based. […]
Durov couldn’t do that. Users have raised and donated over $1 billion to develop the TON ecosystem
The TON Foundation was formed by members of the blockchain community who wanted to keep the project alive after it was announced by Telegram in August 2020 following a lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Donations were made in TON, the native cryptocurrency of the ecosystem. In the 10 days since April […]
A. Gerekou: Blockchain technology offers security and transparency in tourism
The contribution of blockchain technology to the development of “Smart Tourism” (Blockchain technology: A bridge to “Smart Tourism”) was the subject of a special session held on Saturday, March 26 with the online participation of the President of EOT, Angela Gerekou, in the Global Tourism Forum, Dubai. In the introduction of her speech, the President […]
NFT Collector Demands Return of Half a Million Dollars for Art With "Pepe the naked frog"
Late last year, Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie decided to hold an NFT auction offering an image of the controversial character in which he was waist-deep in a pool with his buttocks peeking out above the surface of the water. Pepe the Frog appeared in the early 2000s in the independent comic book Boy’s […]
Many users are willing to quit their jobs to play NFT-enabled games instead
32% of blockchain gamers see gaming as a potential full-time job, according to a new survey by gaming platform NFT Balthazar The study involved 1103 respondents. Some of them already play NFT games, and some of them are not yet familiar with this phenomenon. As a result, every third participant answered that they would leave […]
KPMG: Investments in Fintech exceeded $ 210 billion last year
According to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech Semi-Annual Report for the Second Half of 2021 on Fintech Global Investment Trends – Fintech total global funding through M&A, PE and VC reached US $ 210 billion through a a record 5,684 deals in 2021. Fintech funding in the second half of 2021 was US $ 101 billion […]
The first “NTF clubs” are coming
Maxwell Tribeca is a social club in New York, which differs in many ways from traditional nightclubs. Located in a well-known area (Watts Street), it has luxurious décor, privileges for its members and a founding team with many connections. It should be noted that social clubs are a fashion of recent years in New York. […]