Thursday's House Committee hearing focused very little on social media's role in the GameStop squeeze and instead focused on Robinhood's influence
Can't Stop, Won't Stop, GameStop!!!! — Stonks for the long run. Tim Alper / Cryptonews : BitMEX Founder Arthur Hayes Returns to Tout The Crypto Game Steve Muchoki / coinspeaker.com : Congress Brands...
As Americans flock to payments apps from PayPal, Square, and Zelle, rates of fraud are also rising according to app reviews, often with little support
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimes , @dgwbirch , @flitteronfraud , and @danawrey Tweets: @nytimes : “Fast payments equals fast fraud.” People are getting defrauded as they turn to S...
Sources: US believes another teen, age 16, was involved in the July 15 Twitter hack and conducted a search of his home; warrant and other docs are under seal
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Research: in 2019, payments to release files from ransomware attacks averaged ~$84K in Q4, more than double the Q3 average, and jumping to $191K in December
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Highlights from the Senate hearing with Facebook's David Marcus on the proposed Libra cryptocurrency, and what was left unanswered
’ Adrian Zmudzinski / Cointelegraph : ‘Libra Is so Screwed’ — Should Have Used Bitcoin, Says Samson Mow Martin Young / Bitcoinist.com : Congress to Hold Second Hearing on Libra and Crypto Marko Vidrih...
Low fees and high interest rates are allowing VC-funded “neo-banks” like Chime, Aspiration, Empower, and Varo to compete with the big consumer banks in the US
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Charlie Shrem, who spent a year in prison for helping people buy drugs online, is being sued by the Winklevoss twins for allegedly spending bitcoin he owed them
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Profile of cryptocurrency millionaire Jeffrey Berns who says he has spent $300M to build an experimental community based on blockchain in Nevada
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How projects like Ocean Protocol, Oasis, Enigma, and SingularityNET use blockchain for AI research hoping to curb the dominance of big tech in the field
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How small countries like Bermuda, Malta, and Liechtenstein are racing to become the go-to destination for cryptocurrency firms by passing friendly legislation
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