Norway indicts four over alleged $80M crypto scheme
Authorities in Norway allege that the creators of a crypto scheme laundered $62 million through the accounts of a local law firm.
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New Australian crypto legislation likely in 2022, Senator Bragg tells NFT Fest
Talking about a digital asset plan being cooked up by a Senate inquiry, Senator Andrew Bragg said, “We will want the major parties, including my party, to adopt these policies as part of their election manifestos.” 1038 Total views 15 Total shares Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has told a local industry event that Australia’s digital…

Decentralized science meets AI — legacy institutions aren’t ready
Opinion by: Sasha Shilina, PhD, founder of Episteme and researcher at Paradigm Research Institute Science has always been about pushing boundaries, yet today, many of those boundaries are artificial — walled-off journals, slow-moving institutions and research funding locked behind bureaucratic doors. The system is designed for gatekeepers, not explorers. But what if we could tear

Tether commercial paper exposure now under $50M, says CTO
Tether is also looking to become more transparent, having hired a new accounting firm to conduct regular audit and attestation reports to ensure its stablecoin is properly backed by the USD. 307 Total views 14 Total shares Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) has nearly completely slashed its commercial paper holdings, with less than $50 million worth…

Crypto gaming sucks — but devs can fix it
What we have today in terms of Web3 gaming is not working. Play-to-earn has not worked and neither will play-to-earn or any X-to/and-earn. On top of that, traditional gamers view nonfungible tokens (NFTs) with suspicion. They dunk on expensive apes and are skeptical of large game publishers applying the lipstick of NFTs for further monetization.Nobody…

FTX collapse may boost ‘further trust’ in crypto ecosystem — Nomura exec
Jez Mohideen, co-founder and CEO at Laser Digital, argued that traditional financial companies entering the crypto space will help to regulate the industry. 313 Total views 5 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTThe winds of crypto winter may be still blowing, but it doesn't seem to be stopping venture…

Italian Financial Regulator Issues Cease and Desist Order to Crypto-Related Project
The financial regulator of Italy has barred a cryptocurrency-related project from operations for the provision of allegedly unauthorized investment services, according to an official statement published Dec. 14.Founded in 1974, the Italian National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange — or Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) — is the government…

Competitors want to ‘kill Tether,’ most altcoins ‘won’t make it’ in 2025: Finance Redefined
Tether’s competitors are exerting increasingly more pressure to push the world’s largest stablecoin issuer out of the crypto market, including political pressure aimed at reducing the firm’s leading market share. In the wider crypto markets, analysts are suggesting that most cryptocurrencies won’t see a widespread “altcoin season” rally in 2025, and only select tokens with

Casa Releases Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallet Focused on Privacy
Crypto custody firm Casa unveiled a new wallet that offers access without a seed phrase and gives users a way to check on their private keys. 761 Total views 28 Total shares New York-based crypto custody startup Casa has released a new wallet for Bitcoin newbies and long-term HODLers. In a Casa blog post on June…