Where Roads Can’t Reach, Blockchain Drones Just Might Travel

Mar 16, 2020 at 10:25 UTCUpdated Mar 16, 2020 at 10:36 UTCProtestors with ISIS flag. Credit: Shutterstock/Musaib MushtaqA woman from New York State committed various financial frauds in order to fund terrorist organisation ISIS, according the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ).Zoobia Shahnaz has now been sentenced to 13 years in prison by Judge Joanna Seybert…

zkSNACKs has barred U.S. users from Wasabi Wallet indefinitely.The decision is likely due to the recent Samourai Wallet founders’ arrest and the prosecution of Tornado Cash's developers.The developer of privacy-focused Wasabi Wallet, zkSNACKs, has banned U.S. citizens and residents from using the platform.“In light of recent announcements by U.S. authorities, zkSNACKs is now strictly prohibiting

Everyone knows traditional media is broken. Nobody knows how to fix it — not even Jeff Bezos. This week, more than 250,000 subscribers — or about 10% of Washington Post's subscriber digital subscriber base — canceled their subscriptions after owner Jeff Bezos quashed a Kamala Harris endorsement for President to break with decades of precedent

The European Union’s banking regulator held a public hearing on Thursday to discuss its proposed operational guidelines for stablecoin issuers under the upcoming Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework. During the hearing, officials urged the public and industry members to engage with them to get the rules right.The EU made history in 2023 when it

news Canaan Creative, the major bitcoin miner manufacturer, is said to have confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S. According to a report from IFRAsia on Wednesday citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” the Hangzhou, China, based firm is seeking to raise $200 million via the public listing. A report from Bloomberg in January, also…

Dec 25, 2020 at 12:00 a.m. UTCDeFi Christmas: DEX Aggregator 1inch Launches Governance Token to Take On UniswapDecentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch has issued its own governance token. Users of 1inch and the Mooniswap DEX, founded by the same execs, will get rewarded with a Christmas gift of sorts and have a say on matters like…

Oct 12, 2020 at 13:53 UTCBOJ’s Kuroda Says Central Bank Will Start CBDC Experiments in Spring: ReportBank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday that the central bank will begin experiments on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the spring, Reuters reported. The experiments will seek to determine requirements and principles for the issuance…

news A firm part-owned by Overstock’s tZERO is seeking regulatory approval to launch one of the first markets for publicly traded, registered security tokens. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday released a rule change proposal that would allow Boston Securities and Token Exchange (BSTX) to create an automated equity trading platform, with ownership…

Jan 17, 2020 at 09:00 UTCTaxBit co-founders Justin and Austin Woodward, image courtesy of TaxBit2019’s DeFi Boom Creates New Questions for Tax Filing SeasonThe decentralized finance (DeFi) boom of 2019, leading to over $785 million in locked crypto assets, is already making accountants dizzy. If you lock up bitcoin or ether in exchange for a synthetic…