A cybersecurity expert claimed the affected users would be targeted online and in person now that their personal information had been made public. The hacker that breached hardware wallet provider Ledger’s marketing database earlier this year has released personal data for thousands of users, prompting many to threaten the firm with a class-action lawsuit. According […]
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The Australian crypto ecosystem has flourished despite the pandemic, with a booming DeFi sector, a five year blockchain roadmap and the embrace of the technology by banks and the finance sector. For a country of 25 million people, Australia punches well above its weight both economically and in the world of blockchain. Australians have long […]
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Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative. What can contests be used for? Grants are normally reserved for developing infrastructure, apps and other tools, but Free TON says this means other important areas are overlooked. The network’s mantra is to […]
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“I’d be a billionaire now if I hadn’t sold the 55,000 bitcoins I mined on my laptop in 2009-2010 way too early.” Martti Malmi, one of the earliest Bitcoin developers and also known as Sirius, has explained what happened to his once massive crypto holdings since 2009. According to a Friday Twitter thread from the […]
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When NFTs and crowdfunding meet, game developers and players can both win On December 6th, just two days after the start of a NFT-backed “card pack” sale for their blockchain-based video game Alien Worlds, the 15-man team behind development studio Dacoco sold out of packs after having successfully raised $250,000. While a quarter million might […]
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Decentralization can trigger a transition to a post-scarcity, post-capitalist crypto economy of abundance, while solving species-threatening negative externalities. Decentralization is not a luxury; it is a necessity. In a prescient article in The Atlantic back in 2012, science fiction writer Bruce Sterling referred to the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google as “The Stacks,” predicting […]
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Large-cap altcoins are attempting to rally higher but first bulls need to flip $24,000 to support. When the price of an asset hits a new all-time high, momentum traders plow in as they sense an opportunity to ride the trade higher. The same was seen after Bitcoin (BTC) price broke above the $20,000 mark on […]
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Michael Saylor took to Twitter on Sunday, offering Bitcoin advice to the SpaceX founder ‘from one rocket scientist to another.’ Michael Saylor, the CEO who made a $425 million bet on Bitcoin earlier this year, is offering to advise Elon Musk on how to get started investing in crypto. According to a tweet posted today, […]
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In a promising sign for the DeFi space, another project devotes itself to complete user compensation following an exploit In a blog post on Saturday night, Warp Finance — the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to suffer a smart contract exploit — announced promising strides towards recompensating users following a nearly $8 million flash loan […]
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The biggest names and strongest voices cheering on crypto throughout 2020. For much of 2020, it wasn’t exactly a hard year to be a cheerleader for cryptocurrency. Emerging from a brutal macro bear market, the space once again proved doubters wrong and attracted a new batch of converts as money-printing efforts across the globe turned […]
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