The Silk Road saga gets more airtime on the latest CBS News documentary Mainstream U.S. media outlet CBS is airing a documentary tonight on the takedown of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. It features an interview with Julia Vie, former girlfriend of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht who claims ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ wasn’t motivated […]
Continue Reading
Crypto exchange Zebpay aims to create an ecosystem for digital collectible fans in India. Cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay, which claims to have a user base of over 3 million users in India, is now exploring broader crypto market opportunities, such as digital collectibles. With its launch of a new marketplace called Dazzle, Zebpay has chosen to […]
Continue Reading
The record-breaking sale is a cherry on top of Axie Infinity’s strong week and even stronger year While a rally in the latter half of the week saw major names across the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem climb upwards of 100%, Axie Infinity — the Pokemon-inspired NFT game — carried the banner for the NFT space, […]
Continue Reading
A crypto fund is buying up Bitcoin at a major discount in a high-risk, high-return game. What are the odds of outperforming BTC itself? Bitcoin has been one of the best-performing assets on the planet since its launch in 2009. The digital coin rose nearly 9 million percent in price between 2010 and 2019. Simply holding or […]
Continue Reading
Regulation can add value by strengthening the reputation of a marketplace and creating the conditions to unlock innovation and enhance it. Regulation is sometimes positioned as the enemy of innovation, an antagonistic force that reduces progress in the name of bureaucracy. However, when implemented sensitively and proportionately, regulation can strengthen a private sector’s reputation by […]
Continue Reading
DLA Piper’s new tokenization platform has already completed its first asset tokenization with a “piece of fine art.” TOKO, a new tokenization platform targeting ‘high-value assets’ has launched as a proof-of-concept by tokenizing a piece of fine art. The platform is a collaboration between international law firm DLA Piper — which operates in more than 40 countries […]
Continue Reading
$2.5 million private funding round will be used to develop first “mass-market” digital collectibles platform. Digital collectibles platform Terra Virtua announced Nov. 4 that it had completed a $2.5 million private funding round, attracting support from funds such as Woodstock, NGC Ventures, and AU21 Capital. The investment raised will be used to further develop what […]
Continue Reading
Ciphertrace speculated the anonymous user made the transactions “to stay up to date with the Bitcoin network,” but it may have been hacked. An anonymous crypto user has just moved 69,370 Bitcoin from an address associated with the Silk Road darknet market, that more recently has become a popular hacking target. According to a Nov. […]
Continue Reading
From owning land to playing games and creating artworks, earning opportunities on NFT marketplaces continue to grow. Nonfungible tokens are not a new phenomenon in the crypto space, as the emergence of blockchain technology has provided a useful base layer to create a sprawling economy for digital collectibles. Amid the growing appetite for digital art, […]
Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Justice has articulated its digital enforcement strategy, putting the crypto community on notice. The United States Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force recently unveiled the result of its months-long effort to evaluate emerging cryptocurrency-related threats and articulate law enforcement strategies for countering them. The resulting guidance leaves the reader with an impression […]
Continue Reading