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The Australian securities regulator is taking a stand against financial influencers whom they believe to be bamboozling the general public with misinformation about crypto. 505 Total views 32 Total shares New warnings from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on appropriate conduct for financial influencers could have a dramatic impact on the local crypto…

In this week’s newsletter, read about how Google will start allowing games featuring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to advertise and promote themselves using its platform and how a developer stole $1 million in assets from the Milady NFT collection. Check out how an insurance company excluded NFTs from a $20-million policy and how the metaverse is

South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchange Zeniex will soon terminate its services due to a recent government crackdown on unauthorized platforms, a post by Zeniex reveals Friday, Nov. 9.The crypto exchange, a joint project by South Korea and China which opened May 2018, states in the post that due to “recent issues,” they have “come to the…

Auditing giant Deloitte’s latest survey shows that almost 40% of respondents from major technology companies worldwide currently have blockchain in production — and almost nine in ten think blockchain will become more important in the next three years. According to the results of Deloitte’s 2020 Global Blockchain Survey conducted from Feb. 6 to March 3, 2020,…

The World Trade Organization (WTO) released a report on blockchain technology’s effect on international trade today, Nov. 27. Per the study, blockchain’s economic value-add on a global scale could reach almost $3 trillion by 2030.“Blockchain and International Trade: Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for International Trade Cooperation” analyzes blockchain applications and challenges that must be considered…

Bitcoin bulls are finding it increasingly difficult to preserve earlier gains, which came thanks to U.S. inflation numbers.

There is a “huge opportunity” for Ethereum to become a decentralized partner in solving current problems with artificial intelligence platforms, according to a former core Ethereum developer.  Ethereum’s “biggest mainstream moment is waiting in the wings with AI,” said Eric Connor on X on April 15.  While AI is on a fast track to reshape

Japan’s Shinsei Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with blockchain startup ConsenSys to widen its exploration of the technology’s applications for finance, Cointelegraph Japan reports Nov. 8.According to an English-language press release published the same date, the MoU entails a business alliance between Shinsei Bank, Hong Kong-based restricted license bank Nippon Wealth, Singaporean…

Russian social media giant Vkontakte (VK) has launched an internal currency, VK Coin, that can be “mined,” local state-owned media outlet Tass reported on April 1.The move follows recent reports this week that VK was launching a bespoke cryptocurrency. The official information provided on VK Coin, however, does not indicate that the coin is based…