NFTs, payments and conferences: Crypto in Latin America in 2021
Between the bull market, the NFT craze and DeFi taking off, 2021 was an interesting year for Latin America. In 2021, Latin America saw a soaring rise in crypto adoption…
We are all going public: Privacy rules, tax shelters and the future history of art
Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, exchanges will need to navigate conflicting aims for the required transparency and the desired anonymity. After a banner year of 2021 for individual object sales through…
Can Bitcoin break out vs. tech stocks again? Nasdaq decoupling paints $100K target
Bitcoin’s growth has quickly outpaced Nasdaq’s in the past ten years. A potential decoupling scenario between Bitcoin (BTC) and the Nasdaq Composite can push BTC price to reach $100,000 within…
Motorcycle expert turns passion project into sports analytics platform on blockchain
Scott Robinson, the founder of Apex146, found new opportunities for his sports analytics platform by integrating blockchain technology. Skill sets gained from working on trading strategies, technology, data science and…
OpenSea Admits Phishing Attack On Its Platform, 32 Users Affected
Leading Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has confirmed that the platform recently suffered a phishing attack. According to the report, the attack has so far affected 32 users who lost…
Bank Of Jamaica Says It’s Ready To Roll Out The Jam-Dex CBDC
The Jamaican government says it is getting everything ready before launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC), called Jam-Dex. The Bank of Jamaica, in a press release this week, announced…
Chainalysis Says More Crypto Criminals Are Becoming Crypto Whales
Crypto analysis firm Chainalysis, in a recent report, noted that criminal cryptocurrency “whales” held more than $25 billion worth of assets last year. This represents about 3.7% of the amount…
Bitcoin price dips below $38K as crypto sentiment nears ‘extreme fear’
It took a matter of days for Bitcoin to fall to two-week lows, but sentiment managed to fall much harder. Bitcoin (BTC) saw its first dive below $38,000 in over…
SafeMoon pump and dump lawsuit targets Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and others
The new proposed class action alleges that SafeMoon recruited a number of celebrities to lure investors in with misleading promotions. A new class-action lawsuit demands a jury trial against A-list…
Report: Blockchain and Crypto VC Investments Grew Almost Tenfold During 2021 in Latam
A new report issued by LAVCA, the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America, has found that the venture capital (VC) investment in the region has grown immensely compared…
Despite Recent Threats From Canadian Officials, ‘Real Crypto’ or Decentralized Assets Cannot Be Frozen
Over the last week, there’s been a lot of discussion about Canada ‘freezing’ digital currency accounts that are associated with the Canadian trucker’s Freedom Convoy. Amid the topical conversation, it…
BTC helped us unseat a 20+ year incumbent: Aarika Rhodes on Bitcoin Day
Rhodes highlighted the difficulty for grassroots candidates like herself to compete against established members of the US Congress. Aarika Rhodes, an elementary school teacher-turned congressional candidate, recently featured in the…
Want to weed out ransomware? Regulate crypto exchanges
Ransomware will remain a major threat moving into 2022, and to counter it, the crypto ecosystem must come to terms with more regulation. Just between July 2020 and June 2021,…
OpenSea planned upgrade stalls as phishing attack targets NFT migration
OpenSea announced a new smart contract upgrade with a one-week deadline yesterday. However, the urgency and short deadline opened up a small window of opportunity for hackers. Just yesterday, OpenSea…
Exec at Composable Finance allegedly doxed as Omar Zaki
Omar Zaki settled with the SEC over allegations related to misrepresentation three years ago and is allegedly behind two other crypto projects which suffered devastating hacks. Late Friday afternoon, decentralized…