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Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has criticized gold as a decentralized alternative to money. Vitalik called gold incredibly inconvenient, as he indicated it is difficult to use when transacting with untrusted parties. Vitalik also showed how gold does not support safe storage options such as multi-signature. About crypto’s importance over gold, he claimed that gold has less adoption than crypto, so crypto is the better bet. All these statements from Vitalik against gold came in response to Zach Weinersmith, an American cartoonist, who argued about crypto. Zach said the only argument he has heard about crypto…
On the 22nd of October, OlympusDAO’s token OHM was the latest target of a crypto cyberattack. In the early morning, an anonymous hacker stole 30,000 OHM tokens worth $300k, but he returned all the tokens on the same day. It seemed that the hacker had changed his heart, or he could be a white hat hacker who sent back the funds to OlympusDAO some hours later. On Friday, in the early morning on Discord, they first alerted to the exploit to community members. In Discord, it said that this morning, an exploit occurred through which the hacker was able to…
The authorities of Turkey crack down as part of an investigation into illegal gambling and have seized $40 million in cryptocurrency. Turkey, in terms of gambling, is very controlled and regulated. In 1998, Turkey took a ban on casinos, and in 2006, they took a ban over online betting except for one state-owned service. According to a report from The Daily Sabah, the Turkish authorities also issued detention orders for 46 suspects in eight provinces, who were all alleged of taking part in facilitating illegal betting operations. The Chief Public Prosecutor and the Smuggling and Organized Crime Investigation Bureau Office…
Kraken has now become the latest cryptocurrency exchange to restrict accounts of Russian users on its platform. Kraken did this step in compliance with sanctions from the European Union. On the 19th of October, Kraken halted services to its Russian customers by sending out email statements to its Russian clients. According to Cointelegraph, in the email statement, Kraken said that due to the new European legislation, they have to take measures to restrict your Kraken account. They also said that with a request, Russian users would be able to withdraw their funds. Kraken said that they would update their support…
On the 18th of October, from the past 24 hours, DeFi tokens Lido Finance, Maker DAO, and Curve Finance have all gained significant gains of at least 6%. Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange for trading cryptocurrency, was up nearly 7% over the past 24 hours. In the last hour of the 17th of October, CRV, also known as Curve Finance, was the second-leading gainer among the top hundred cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. According to CoinMarketCap, as of the 18th of October, it is now trading at $0.9, with a 116% increase in trading volume to $77.33 million. Despite today’s spectacular…
Over the past several years, there were numerous crypto-related cyber attacks occurred in Japan, and they were unable to find the group behind all this. Now, Japan’s national police have found that North Korea’s Lazarus was behind all those crypto hacks. According to Japan’s government, Lazarus Group used a phishing mode of attack in crypto hacks. It is believed that the group has currently focused more on crypto funds lately. Given these crypto hacks, Japan’s National Police Agency and Financial Services Agency have warned the country’s crypto-asset businesses. On the 14th of October, in a public advisory statement, Japan’s NPA…
“There’s an old Chinese curse: ‘May you live through interesting times.’ The sector is now going through very interesting times indeed,” Fremantle’s Manuel Marti reflected to Variety as Madrid’s 2nd Iberseries & Platino Industria, a TV-film forum, wound down on Friday, running Sept. 27-30. Three large table talk topics were the fall out from the planned merger of HBO Max and Discover+ by Warner Bros. Discovery – with the removal of more than three dozen titles on HBO Max in August alone – Netflix’s reconfiguration of its business model and galloping inflation in Europe, threatening streamer subs, They also played out, if sometimes…
Tara Strong is a pioneer in the world of voice acting. With more than 600 credits, she is the voice behind Raven, Batgirl and Harley Quinn on shows including “Teen Titans,” “Teen Titans Go!,” “Rugrats,” “The Powerpuff Girls” and “My Little Pony.” Later this year, the Society of Voice Arts & Sciences (SOVAS) will honor Strong with the Voice Arts Legacy Award for Arts and Entertainment. Cree Summer will present the award at the Voiceover Career Expo at the Marriott Convention Ctr. on Dec. 15th. Strong spoke to Variety about how she takes care of her voice and the empowering impact of her work as the…
During her career, Elizabeth Olsen has played a broad range of characters, from a damaged cult escapee in 2011’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” to an in-over-her-head FBI agent investigating a murder in “Wind River,” to a narcissistic influencer in “Ingrid Goes West” — and, of course, the tragic, terrifying Wanda Maximoff (aka Scarlet Witch) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Next year, she’ll star in “Love & Death,” an HBO Max limited series about Candy Montgomery, a Texas homemaker who in 1980 had an affair with her friend’s husband — and then murdered her friend, hitting her 41 times with an axe. It’s based…
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Lusail Super Cup – Al Hilal v Zamalek – Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar – September 9, 2022 General view inside the stadium before the match. The match is the first to take place at the stadium, which will host the World Cup 2022 final. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/File Photo/File Photo PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Several major French cities including Lille, Strasbourg and Bordeaux said they will not organise fan zones or put up giant outdoor screens to show Qatar World Cup soccer matches in protest against ecological and humanitarian issues. Leftist and ecologist mayors in…