May 10, 2022
Today in Crypto: Crypto Assets Lose $800B in Market Value...
Crypto assets have lost almost $800 billion in market value in the past month, a report said. The crypto assets have touched a new low of $1.4 trillion as of...
May 05, 2022
Today in Retail: Lightspeed Commerce Launches Lightspeed Retail; Etsy Looks...
Today in retail, the steel industry is ripe for digital transformation while 5G helps retailers launch contactless shopping experiences. Plus, U.S. retail sales are up 7.2% year over year as...
May 04, 2022
With Growing Support in Congress, SEC Commissioner Criticizes Expansion of...
It’s not particularly common for a commissioner of a federal agency to say it needs less staff, but when Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce criticized the addition of 20...
April 25, 2022
Aku’s Nightmare: $34M Locked Forever as Flaw Highlights Danger of...
The thing about middlemen is that they can correct mistakes. Virtually all of blockchain and crypto, from Bitcoin on, is cutting them out for reasons that range from cost and...
April 24, 2022
Today in Crypto: Binance Denies Sharing Client Info With Russia;...
The National Bank of Ukraine clarified restrictions on cross-border transactions on Thursday (April 21), hoping to stop crypto purchases in local currencies. According to its guidance, individuals will be able...
April 21, 2022
Tackling Money Launderers Means Shutting Down Financial Crime-as-a-Service
First comes fraud, then comes money laundering. Ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), phishing and bitcoin as a vehicle to hide illicit gains — ferrying stolen funds across borders is no...
April 18, 2022
Beanstalk’s Dollar Peg Collapses After $180M Hack, Highlighting Regulators’ Fears
At 8:19 a.m. on Sunday (April 17) the BEAN stablecoin was $1.01, well within the norm for its dollar peg. At 9:19 a.m., it was at 21 cents; an hour...
April 14, 2022
North Korea Hack Nets $625M on Heels of Crypto Developer...
Less than two days after a well-known crypto developer was sentenced to more than five years in prison for teaching North Korean crypto conference attendees how to avoid sanctions, the...
April 14, 2022
Today in Data: Crypto Is at the Center of the...
Today in data, Ark Invest sells its PayPal stake because it believes in Cash App’s cryptocurrency-focused future. Plus, Ethereum Foundation developer Virgil Griffith gets a 63-month prison sentence and $100,000...