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⁠Cybercrime Up 75% During COVID-19, Congressional Hearing Details A recent U.S. government hearing showed a significant uptick in online crime since COVID-19 took over in 2020.

⁠Chinese Tech Group Behind TikTok Looks to Enter Finance Chinese multinational tech group ByteDance is seeking a virtual banking license in Singapore as a means of entering digital finance.

⁠Phishing Sites Use Trick Letters in Domain Names to Steal XRP Experts from Xrplorer say that a fake XRP giveaway scam emerged in January 2020 and remains alive.

⁠Bitcoin Ponzi Scammer Arrested by Jakarta Police for Sexual Assault Russ Albert Medlin — co-founder of alleged crypto Ponzi scheme BitClub — was arrested in South Jakarta for sexual assault on minors.

⁠Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles: Craig Wright is 'Either a Thief or a Fraud' Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles insists that the 80,000 Bitcoin that Dr. Wright claims were stolen from the exchange, citing expert support.

⁠Six Nigerian Citizens Added to the US Sanctions List for Cybercrimes The U.S. Treasury added six Nigerian individuals to its sanctions list for alleged cybercrimes.

⁠$300 ETH? Ethereum Looks to Be Next Major Crypto to Follow Cardano Ethereum price is set for a major breakout and hitting as high as $330 next shouldn’t be ruled out.

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⁠SIM Swap Hackers Target Crypto Investors — Cell Services Not Available Civil lawsuits against telecom providers such as AT&T are becoming commonplace as the number of SIM swap hacking scandals rises.

⁠UK Watchdogs Launch Ad-Scam Alert System to Crack Down on Online Fraud The Advertising Standards Authority and the Internet Advertising Office joined forces to launch a system to remove scam ads.

⁠Copycats and Copyright: Empowering Content Creators in the Digital Age One of the greatest challenges for digital content creators is the ability to maintain copyright over their works, and blockchain tech can help them…

⁠Fed Chairman: Inflation Not a Threat Long-Term Despite Massive Balance Sheet The chairman of the Federal Reserve sees no issues with the massive expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet and believes that inflation will stru…

​​Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchange Champions Africa in Online Sessions Africa has the opportunity to become a world leader in cryptocurrency adoption. Now, a peer-to-peer crypto exchange is educating the public about its pot…

⁠Exclusive: Gitcoin and Polkadot Cooperate to Bring New Developers to Blockchain Polkadot will now have representation on Gitcoin, a developer-focused platform that uses a mix of crowdfunding and foundation grants to gro…

⁠Researcher Refutes ‘Blackmail’ Theory Behind Mysterious Ether Transactions The abnormal transaction fees from last week may not be blackmail after all, according to Alex Manuskin, a blockchain researcher at wallet compa…

⁠Cointelegraph Talks Recap: Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Diversity and Inclusion in Crypto Women experts from the World Economic Forum, Stellar Development Foundation and Avandis Consulting discussed issue…

⁠Indian Crypto Exchange Launches Blockchain Education Platform Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX launched a learning platform dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

⁠Kazakhstan Seeks to Attract $740 Million Crypto Investment in Three Years Kazakhstan is aiming to attract nearly $740 million dollars in investment through various crypto industry-related activities over the next three…

⁠BitMEX Report Points to More Consolidation in Bitcoin ASIC Mining The Bitcoin mining ASIC manufacturing industry is expected to further consolidate, as is the wider mining farm operating sector.

⁠Craig Wright Denies Hacking Mt. Gox, Says He Bought Those Bitcoins The controversial Satoshi Nakamoto candidate says he bought Bitcoin stored in the 1Feex address.

⁠Samsung-Backed Blocko to Build Blockchain-Based Credit System for Arab Bank The Islamic Development Bank’s research organization has partnered with Blocko to build a blockchain credit management system.

⁠Search Interest for Bitcoin Highest in Africa and South America Google Trends data compiled by Blockchaincenter.net shows search interest in Bitcoin is highest in Kenya and Brazil.

⁠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.

⁠Survey: Japanese Crypto Holders Prefer XRP Over ETH A survey by Japanese crypto exchange BitMax shows 25% of traders prefer XRP, compared to only 9% in ETH and 26% BTC.

⁠Bitcoin Whale Population Approaching September 2017 Levels The number of Bitcoin whales with the ability to affect the BTC price is approaching 2017 levels, when the token was ascending to $20K.