Day: October 18, 2021

More Than $200M Lost to Crypto Fraud in the UK This Year

Crypto fraud has accounted for losses of over £146 million ($200 million) in the U.K. this year, according to the City of London Police. The figure is 30% higher than for all of 2020, the City of London Police said Monday. The U.K.’s national reporting center for fraud and cyber crime, Action Fraud, has received 7,118 reports of crypto fraud since the start of the year, equating to an average loss of over £20,500 ($28,000) each time. Detective Chief Inspector Craig Mullish described the significant increase in crypto fraud over…

A decade of ass-whoopin’ and skullduggery in a single NFT  – Cointelegraph Magazine

Lushsux’s street art is celebrated by Banksy and Beeple; his NFTs have made millions; and he has a landmark auction planned for a “major auction house” next March — but he’s still very much a man of the people. The artist is showing me around his studio warehouse in inner-city Melbourne but gets concerned when I point my camera in the vague direction of his beaten-up old Ford. The anonymous artist is worried that I’ll inadvertently expose his location to other graffiti crews who hate him. “Do me a favor…

Cardano Subsidiary Emurgo in Partnership With Pan-African Venture Studio – Announcements Bitcoin News

Emurgo, the investment arm of Cardano, has partnered one of its subsidiaries with Adanian Labs, a pan-African venture studio that is focused on building a platform where African tech start-ups can thrive and access all key resources that allow them to grow sustainably. Financial and Educational Empowerment via the Blockchain According to a statement issued by Adanian Labs, the goal of this partnership arrangement is to bring financial and educational empowerment via Cardano’s blockchain platform to the billions who lack these opportunities. “This investment is part of EMURGO Africa, a…

Tedarik Zinciri Süreçlerine Blockchain Çözümü: VeChain | VET Kripto Paralar Arasında Neden Değerli?

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Hayatımızı değiştirebilecek ve teknolojisiyle farklı deneyimler sunacak blockchain tabanlı projeleri anlatacağım yeni bir seriye başlıyoruz. İlk olarak tedarik zinciri süreçlerinde teknolojisiyle fark yaratan ve bir çok firma ile hali hazırda çok başarılı işlere imza atan VeChain bu videonun konusu. Soru : Vet coin sizce en iyi altcoin midir? İyi seyirler. ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

Indonesia leads global surge in interest in crypto

Amid the ongoing growth in cryptocurrency adoption worldwide, countries like Indonesia and Chile have seen a significant influx of public interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), according to new data. According to an Oct. 15 report by Australian blockchain education startup Coinformant, Indonesia has been leading the world in crypto interest dynamics in 2021. The fastest growing crypto hotspots. Source: Coinformant In Coinformant’s report, Indonesia achieved the highest crypto interest score of 5.73 out of 10, beating other counties in a combination of four factors like the number of Google…

Blockchain brings the sharing economy to real estate investing

Fractional ownership of buildings and property developments is becoming one of the adoption areas for blockchain technology in the real estate business. From democratizing access to real estate investment to improving liquidity in the market, there is an argument to be made for tokenization being a net positive for the real estate space. Tokenization via fractional real estate investment is also another example of the emerging “sharing economy” that seems to be encouraging crowdfunded ownership, a trend that could help to decentralize the global asset market across several sectors. With…

The First ‘Move-to-Earn’ NFT Game Just Raised $8.3M

Genopets, a Solana-based non-fungible token (NFT) “move-to-earn” game where players are rewarded for the steps they take in real life, has raised an $8.3 million seed round, the company announced Monday. The round was led by Konvoy Ventures and Pantera Capital with investment from Alameda Research, Old Fashion Research, Solana Capital, Xoogler Ventures, Mechanism Capital and Animoca Brands. The game pulls data from users’ phones and wearable fitness devices to convert steps taken in the physical world into rewards within the game. Genopets CEO Albert Chen said in a press…

Bring Your Competitive Edge to the AMM Experience – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. CoinFLEX, a crypto futures exchange, is the first centralized exchange to launch a hybrid Automated Market Maker called AMM+. CoinFLEX will be hosting an ‘AMM+ Arena’ competition where users will be rewarded based on their ranking and weekly trading volume. The past two years have been an enormous period of growth for AMMs. While the AMMs are a crypto-native innovation born out of decentralized finance, CoinFLEX is the first centralized exchange (CEX) to launch an AMM for the futures market. The AMM, called AMM+, trades directly…

How to make DeFi easier for newcomers, explained

The increased development and investment in DeFi means that there is a constant stream of new products and ways for users to engage with the DeFi community.  This also means more research is required into what protocols are offering and what services are available. One such aggregator, Feeder Finance, offers a user-friendly interface that supports smart contracts, attracts new users and maintains an ever-growing DeFi community. As a leading aggregator with a community of over 10,000 monthly users, the platform offers an efficient front end and focused user experience that…

Ethereum Risk Against Bitcoin

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io It is time for an update on the risk metric of the valuation of Ethereum against Bitcoin. Sometimes, the relative moves of one cryptocurrency against another may be somewhat unintuitive compared to against the USD. In this video we talk about various strategies for navigating a position in Ethereum and Bitcoin and how you could theoretically manage your risk. Where do you think the ETH/BTC valuation is headed? Let me know in the comments! Premium List : LIFETIME OPTION: Alternative Option: Merch:…