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U.S. Treasury Department & Israel Form Joint Venture to Combat Cyber Crime

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Time Stamp: November 15, 2021 2:37 PM - Modified On: November 15, 2021 - Published By:
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The U.S. and Israel join forces to combat the growing threat of ransomware attacks that often leave fiscal destruction in their wake for the affected victims.Sponsored Sponsored The U.S. Treasury Department is joining forces with Israel to combat the threat of ransomware. The U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary met with two Israeli officials, the Minister of Finance and the National Cyber Directorate Director-General, to formalize the joint venture launch. The venture seeks to oversee “the development of risk mitigation tools for law enforcement to enhance the efficiency of analytical and enforcement

Toy Companies Hasbro, Funko, and Mattel Turn to Wax as Trusted Partner

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Time Stamp: November 15, 2021 4:38 AM - Modified On: November 15, 2021 - Published By:
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William Quigley loved baseball cards during his pre-teens. As the founder of WAX (Worldwide Asset Exchange), you might think Quigley’s crowning achievement may have been to strike a deal with Topps Baseball Card company, so WAX could manage and create NFTs with the MLB. However, Quigley was able to add another giant feather to his cap as WAX recently completed the rare “hat trick” as the official NFT partner for the toy industry’s “big three” – Funko, Hasbro and Mattel. WAX was already a trusted partner for many, working with

Crypto ETP Provider ETC Group Crosses $2 Billion Worth of AUM

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Time Stamp: November 10, 2021 8:31 AM - Modified On: November 10, 2021 - Published By:
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ETC Group, a provider of institutional-grade digital asset-back securities, now has more than $2 billion worth of crypto assets under management (AUM). The company achieved the milestone for the first time in its history.ETC Group’s Bitcoin ETP alone accounts for more than $1.6 billion worth of AUM. In the last 10 months, the overall value of ETC Group’s AUM increased sharply due to a surge in the popularity of crypto trading products.As part of its expansion plan, ETC Group recently hired ETF expert Tim Bevan as co-CEO, Julian Kelly as

Oly Sport Hits All-Time High of $1.52, up 2,600% Its IDO Price

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Time Stamp: November 8, 2021 11:41 PM - Modified On: November 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Not so long after launching its first IDO, Oly Sport was listed on PancakeSwap and attracted a huge cash flow which made $Oly set all-time high of $1.52.Oly Sport is an NFT game that revolves around horse racing which launched its first IDO on BSC Station on November 2nd. After its IGO on GameFi last week (November 6th), Oly Sport surprised investors by listing $Oly on PancakeSwap, a very popular DEX to new blockchain projects.With the huge attraction that had been built up for a long time, in a few

Defi Hack: “stupid kid” nick name goes viral as BXH hack mystery unfolds

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Time Stamp: November 2, 2021 6:01 AM - Modified On: November 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The latest update in the $130 million Defi hack of the BXH protocol unveiled that the exploit took place due to a modification in the network’s administrative privileges, which led the attackers to use this privilege to transfer project assets. According to the Chinese Journalist, Colin Wu, BXH protocol irresponsibly consigned the authority of fund management to the attackers which further led to the most convenient hack in recent history. This has triggered the nickname “stupid kid” in the Chinese community for the protocol since BXH has the same initials

Bitcoin Records Highest Monthly Close Ever, What’s Next for BTC?

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Time Stamp: November 1, 2021 10:52 AM - Modified On: November 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin closed the month of October at $61,343, which is its highest monthly close ever recorded. As Bitcoin Archive notes on Twitter, all-time high monthly closes are quite often a sign of more strength to come.  Bitcoin’s closing price was roughly 3% away from analyst PlanB’s floor price prediction of $63,000, though that level was already hit earlier in the month. PlanB is now shooting for $98,000 in November, or about a 58% gain over the next 30 days.  Some analysts are looking to previous bull markets to forecast what’s

Burger King partners with Robinhood Crypto to give away cryptocurrencies.

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Time Stamp: November 1, 2021 8:07 AM - Modified On: November 1, 2021 - Published By:
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According to a press release, fast-food chain Burger King is partnering with Robinhood Crypto to give away a range of cryptocurrencies. The rewards on offer are 20 bitcoin, around $1.17 million, 200 ether $800,000, and 2 million Dogecoin ($472,000). The odds of winning a bitcoin prize, according to the release, are 100,011 to 1. Earlier, Robinhood reported a 35 percent yearly surge in its revenue. The cryptocurrencies will be given away to Burger King’s Royal Perks members. The cryptocurrencies will be given away to Burger King’s Royal Perks members, a

Can a Convicted Art Forger Become Next Big Thing in NFTs?

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Time Stamp: October 8, 2021 3:18 PM - Modified On: October 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Wolfgang Beltracchi is a well-known and previously convicted art forger. Beltracchi is also the most recent member of the non-fungible token (NFT) creators club. The German faker of fine arts has previously served prison time for his crimes but is putting his skills to good use with a digital art collection. Sponsored Sponsored Artist Wolfgang Beltracchi has a long history of creating paintings for high-end clients worldwide. But, not the way most artists do. The notable difference is that Beltracchi spent decades forging works from history’s greatest artists and collected an

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano – How did these cryptos fare in the ETP market

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 5:30 AM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum have seen a stellar rise in terms of adoption and user base over the past few months. However, the month of September did not contribute much to this growth. In fact, last month broke some trends and created history in some other ways. Bitcoin’s dominance dropped and altcoin favoritism rose. Ergo, the question – What can we expect from the market in Q4. The fall of digital assets Assets under Management (AUM) in September failed to see the same hike witnessed back in August

Powers On… Don’t worry, Bitcoin’s adoption will not be stopped

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Time Stamp: September 30, 2021 9:08 AM - Modified On: September 30, 2021 - Published By:
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In a series of  recent interviews and speeches, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has called the cryptocurrencies market the “Wild West” due to its unregulated and allegedly fraud-filled atmosphere, predicting that the coins were doomed to fail. Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches

White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee

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Time Stamp: September 30, 2021 8:55 AM - Modified On: September 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Belt Finance, an automated market maker (AMM) protocol operating a yield optimization strategy on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), claims to have paid the largest bounty in the history of decentralized finance (DeFi) to a whitehat hacker who averted a $10 million bug crisis. Industry whitehat programmer Alexander Schlindwein discovered the vulnerability in Belt Finance’s protocol this week and reported the news to the team. For his efforts, Schlindwein received a generous compensation of $1.05 million, the majority of which ($1 million) was granted by Immunefi, with the additional $50,000 offered by