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Web hosting company NameCheap detected the misuse of one of its third-party services for sending some unauthorized emails — which directly targeted MetaMask users. 205 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPopular crypto wallet provider MetaMask warned investors against ongoing phishing attempts by scammers attempting to…

“This will create an entirely new set of digital network effects that will attract new customers and be accretive to existing customers in our core retail stores,” said interim CEO Howard Schultz. 321 Total views 27 Total shares Global coffee store franchise giant Starbucks is looking to launch a new Web3 rewards program to attract…

Three cryptocurrency experts expressed diverging views towards United States crypto regulation at a panel during the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Business of Blockchain event on May 2.Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long argued that digital assets are property and thus should be regulated at the state level, with the approach that “states control property…

In this week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news from Japan, a new association promoting crypto assets in antiquing was born, a well-known cryptocurrency trader was arrested and the Kyoto University started participating in the XRP ledger.Here is the past week of cryptocurrency and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan.Crypto Antiquing Association…

Olumide Osunkoya, who operated a network of crypto ATMs without regulatory permission, has been sentenced to four years in prison. 456 Total views 1 Total shares An illegal crypto ATM operator has been sentenced to serve four years in prison for operating them — in the UK’s first criminal sentencing for unregistered crypto activity.  Olumide

Ripple’s legal battle with U.S. regulators continues. 907 Total views 1 Total shares Ripple has scored another win in its ongoing legal battle against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as the court has denied the SEC access to Ripple’s legal advice.Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn of the District Court for the Southern District of…

Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, shares his critical views on the two leading cryptocurrencies in an exclusive Cointelegraph interview. 448 Total views 7 Total shares

OKCoin donated funding to a Bitcoin payment processor, tallying its second independent developer grant allocation. Completing its second independent developer grant, crypto exchange OKCoin has donated $100,000 to open-source crypto payment processor BTCPay Server. In addition to its worldwide fiat on-ramp/off-ramp focus, the OKCoin exchange sees the importance of furthering the industry's framework, OKCoin CEO Hong Fang…

Acting SEC chair Mark Uyeda said he’s asked his staff to look at possibly withdrawing a proposed crypto custody rule for investment advisers. The US Securities and Exchange Commission could change or scrap a rule proposed under the Biden administration that would tighten crypto custody standards for investment advisers, according to the agency’s acting chair