Author: Donald Munn
FriesDAO, the new Decentralized Autonomous Organization that wants to create a decentralized fast-food empire, has raised $5.4 million and says it is ready to issue its native FRIES token. FriesDAO and raising $5.4 million to buy fast-foods At the end of last month, the FriesDAO project announced that it had raised an impressive $5.4 million for its mission to create a decentralized fast-food empire. FriesDAO raise closes with $5.4M! $FRIES claiming is expected to be this Tue/Wed. As a Wyoming DAO LLC, a Notice of Intent to issue tokens is being filed this Monday. An Operating Agreement has also been…
Mobile Advertising in Italy will approach €2.4 billion in 2021, more than half (56%) of all Internet advertising sales, establishing itself as the best alternative to the elimination of third-party cookies. This and much more from the report of the Internet Media Observatory of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano on online advertising. Mobile Advertising: €2.4 billion in Italy by 2021 According to the report of the Internet Media Observatory of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano on online advertising, it seems that the not-so-distant scenario will be “cookieless”, i.e. without cookies. Specifically, the report shows…
Tranglo, a cross-border payment hub specializing in corporate payments, foreign remittances and mobile payment solutions, announced that it has enabled Ripple’s on-demand liquidity service for its cross-border payment services. We're thrilled to announce today that we've enabled @Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity across all our payment corridors. This comes after a successful pilot #ODL deployment last September which saw 250k transactions worth USD48M processed in 100 days. https://t.co/MUEUkEsYix pic.twitter.com/Qg6259Fx9l — Tranglo (@Tranglo) February 28, 2022 Tranglo and Ripple strengthen their partnership This announcement strengthens the collaboration between the two companies that culminated in March with Ripple’s acquisition of a 40% stake in…
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has asked cryptocurrency exchanges to freeze the accounts of all Russian citizens. Crypto exchanges are not obliged to freeze Russian accounts Right now, in fact, Russians have problems using fiat currency, especially for international transactions, but in fact, they can still freely use cryptocurrencies. While no one has the ability to block P2P transactions in decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum, it is still possible for centralized exchanges to take action to block their users’ accounts. However, cryptocurrency exchanges are not obliged to intervene or at least limit the activity of their Russian clients,…
One of the two arrested for laundering Bitcoins from the hack at Bitfnex could ask for a plea bargain and avoid trial. That would bring to an early close the legal case that saw the largest Bitcoin seizure in history. Bitfinex hack, one of the arrested will go to plea bargaining Last February 8, the couple composed of rapper and entrepreneur Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein was arrested on charges of laundering BTC from the exchange theft with over 2,000 transactions. Now the woman could ask for a plea bargain, at least according to what CNBC reports. …
Twitter may be about to release a new feature called “Twitter Circle.” Twitter Circle, the rumors That was revealed, right on Twitter, by developer and app researcher Nima Owji, who shared a couple of screenshots with which he claims to have been able to tweet for his Twitter Circle. #Twitter may be about to release the “Twitter Circle” feature. It seems to be complete! I was able to tweet for my Twitter Circle too! pic.twitter.com/OJDXWvy8BJ — Nima Owji (@nima_owji) February 28, 2022 In the screenshot, in fact, you can see a message highlighted in green warning that the tweet can…
At 3:15 AM (CET) on the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute in California and a computer expert, had tweeted that on the basis of data from the live traffic function of Google Maps there was a huge traffic jam in the area of Belgorod in Russia, near the border with Ukraine. According @googlemaps, there is a "traffic jam" at 3:15 in the morning on the road from Belgorod, Russia to the Ukrainian border. It starts *exactly* where we saw a Russian formation of armor and IFV/APCs show up yesterday.Someone's on…
The sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia are having a significant impact also on the crypto markets. A recent G7 memo threatened to impose further sanctions against the country if it continues its invasion of Ukraine. G7 ready to tighten sanctions on Russia At the moment, despite high-level talks between Ukraine and Russia, the Russian army is continuing its invasion campaign, so it is difficult to assume that it will end soon. It could probably only come to a rapid halt in the event of ultimate success, or resounding failure. The current situation seems to be at a standstill. …
The war between Russia and Ukraine is also a cyber-war. The government in Kiev, through one of its senior defence ministry officials, has asked CUT (Cyber Unit Technology) to form an army of hackers and experts in the field in order to defend the country’s interests and counterattack if necessary. Cyber-war between Russia and Ukraine: the call to arms Habits change, people evolve and so the way of waging war is no longer the same. The Internet has revolutionized the world and technology has made great strides since the Cold War. New weapons and new strategic objectives have arisen, and…
The company of Zuckerberg and co., initially conceived as a service platform for Harvard University students, has come a long way. But now Facebook, after almost 20 years, seems to be in crisis. From service to monopoly Following the decision to expand and become a social network open to all, the behemoth has grown by leaps and bounds, thanks also to the lack of adequate competition for at least a decade and the large revenues from advertising, the real lifeblood of the company. The services of geolocation, communication, chat and tags have succeeded in making the world truly smaller and…