Joseph O’Connor, alias “PlugwalkJoe,” was given a five-year jail term in the United States for his part in a SIM swap assault on a cryptocurrency exchange executive in April 2019 that resulted in the theft of $794,000 worth of cryptocurrencies. O’Connor was apprehended in Spain in July 2021. and eventually
On Friday, a federal court in Manhattan accepted Hermes’ plea to permanently stop the sale of “MetaBirkin” non-fungible tokens by artist Mason Rothschild, after a jury found that the tokens infringed on the French luxury house’s trademark rights in its famous Birkin handbags. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said that
After publicly criticizing XRP and its community, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson denies rumors of previously collaborating with Ripple. When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) classified Cardano as a “Security” being sold via non-compliant crypto exchanges, however, he attempted to make peace with the XRP community. Charles Hoskinson tweeted
NORDEK, a leading blockchain technology startup, will attend the prestigious Point Zero Forum to demonstrate its ground-breaking blockchain infrastructure for payment processing. NORDEK, with its plethora of revolutionary features, is set to revolutionize payment processing in the digital era. NORDEK is powered by a fast and low-cost EVM-compatible network blockchain.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., a major financial services provider, has taken a significant step towards incorporating blockchain technology into conventional banking by launching euro-based payments using its JPM Coin for business customers. Similar to actions in 2021 when the cryptocurrency market was booming, traditional financial institutions are exhibiting substantial interest
South Korean cryptocurrency investment platform Haru Invest reportedly fired off more than 100 employees. On June 23 the layoffs will be formalized. Several days after suspending deposits and withdrawals owing to a problem with one of its service suppliers. The firm made this decision. Recent reports state that Haru Invest
In the rapidly evolving world of technology, top Fortune 100 companies are making bold strides. Since the advent of 2020, a significant 52% have initiated projects related to cryptocurrency and blockchain. This intriguing statistic comes from a recent joint report by Coinbase and The Block Research. Unearthing the Digital Gold
Postal service in the Faroe Islands has been modernized with the introduction of a new series of digital “crypto stamps,” each of which has a digital counterpart recorded on the blockchain as a non-fungible token (NFT) that can be used as postage. The Faroe Islands are a series of islands
An AI-powered platform for digital art Atriv has teamed up with Layer 1 blockchain Flare. As a result of the arrangement, Atriv will introduce its NFT platform, which generates no-code prompts, to the Flare network. By using artificial intelligence (AI), Atriv’s all-in-one NFT platform aims to realize the full potential
To encourage the enduring expansion of its sharing economy, World Mobile has announced the official launch of a token buyback program. World Mobile’s treasury will acquire its native utility token, World Mobile Token (WMT), on the open market as part of the token repurchase program. On May 29, the first
