November 08, 2021
Legitimate Online Gambling Sites Bet on Digital ID and Data...
Online gambling has had big payoffs for legitimate operators thanks to pandemic boredom, growing from a $64 billion market in 2020 to roughly $72 billion in 2021. Hidden within those...
October 31, 2021
Glitches, Fraud and High Fees Upset El Salvador’s Bitcoin Chivo...
The use of cryptocurrency as legal currency has been in force in El Salvador since Sept. 7, and in that period, user complaints continue to pile up. According to the...
October 13, 2021
Wirex: Mastering the Global Cryptocurrency Payment Opportunity
Cryptocurrencies are gaining more attention from consumers and businesses today, with businesses analyzing how virtual currencies could address their payments needs. Businesses looking to go global are particularly interested in them as they search for solutions that...
October 10, 2021
FCC Takes on SIM Swapping With More Stringent ID Security...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking action to put a stop to SIM swapping, a form of fraud in which bad actors can take control of peoples’ cellphone accounts...
October 06, 2021
Berlin-Based Firm Swarm Markets Targets the Masses of DeFi Skeptics
Traditional banking and DeFi are often at loggerheads with many who doubt the ability of decentralized, permissionless platforms to provide the same level of consumer protection as is available on...
September 20, 2021
Bitcoin Daily: El Salvador Buys Bitcoin as Price Drops; DeFi...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter Monday (Sept. 20) that the country has bought the bitcoin price dip to exchange dollars for bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported. We just...
August 16, 2021
Hackers Reportedly Selling Data On 100M T-Mobile Users
T-Mobile is investigating claims that sensitive information from 100 million users is being sold on the dark web, Motherboard reported, citing contact with the seller and having seen data samples. ...
August 09, 2021
In B2B Payments Fraud, All Roads Lead Back To The...
There is more than one way to commit B2B payments fraud. But in this week’s B2B Data Digest, a roundup of the latest cases reveals all roads lead back to...
August 01, 2021
Robo-Lawyer DoNotPay Hits $210M Valuation
DoNotPay’s company description is that of a “robot lawyer” trying to “beat bureaucracy,” and the company just more than doubled its valuation to approximately $210 million after a round of...