Author: Donald Munn
Craig Wright, also known as Faketoshi, has been claiming for years that he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. However, few people believe him, as he has yet to provide conclusive proof that he is the creator of Bitcoin. British court denies it This time it is a British court that is claiming that he is lying. It all stems from an ongoing lawsuit between Craig Wright himself and Peter McCormack, who was sued by Faketoshi for daring to publish a tweet claiming that Wright himself is not Satoshi. The case has reached the UK High Court, where Judge Martin Chamberlain…
Twitter’s ongoing lawsuit against Elon Musk is expanding. Twitter’s clash with Musk getting more heated The company has also subpoenaed Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and others, who are being asked to hand over documents in their possession regarding bot statistics before the trial on 17 October. The issue revolves specifically around bots, in other words, the determination of the number of real active users on the platform net of bots. In fact, only real users, i.e., individuals, are monetizable users, while bots only pollute the statistics in this respect. Musk fears that there are far fewer real users than…
A thousand ways to lose everything and just as many ways to gain, what would investing 1,000 dollars 10 years ago have gotten us? Placing a bet today and holding the investment for ten years is not for everyone, but there are times when the outcome might be surprising. From an analytical point of view, by analyzing the fundamentals of a security rather than an asset or currency it may make sense to hold an amount allocated in a particular investment. So-called safe haven assets such as precious metals, gold, the dollar (which tends to be in the long run)…
On 27 July, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) announced that it will support an initiative with Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab (LIL) called the “Democratizing Open Knowledge” program. With FFDW’s support, LIL plans to explore decentralized technologies that can preserve digital information. Filecoin and Harvard collaborate to improve preservation of digital information The blockchain company, Filecoin, which in 2017 achieved an all-time record for an ICO, raising over $200 million, on 27 July announced a major project with Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab to preserve digital information through decentralized technology. Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web Boosts…
The NFT industry boomed during the late 2020s and early 2021s. This development has also awakened the interest of hackers, who have exploited system vulnerabilities to steal large sums of money. Growing NFT theft by hackers Approximately $ 86 million stolen from the NFT ecosystem since 2020 A market that continues to grow, both in ecosystem and in numbers, becomes more attractive to investors, but also to hackers. Despite the strong bear market phase crypto just went through, the NFT sector continues to evolve and innovate, finding interesting applications straddling the real and digital worlds. Non-Fungible Token technology, however, is…
Global coffee shop franchise giant Starbucks is looking to launch a new Web3 rewards program to attract and retain customers, details of which will be announced next month. Starbucks enters the NFT world At the beginning of the year, the company hinted that it would enter the NFT world within the year, without specifying well the details of the program, which is expected to help build customer loyalty. So @Starbucks wants to come into web3 well I just hit every popular drink and Starbucksmenu.eth pic.twitter.com/1c2wRbl02U — Jay (@BitBoyJay) August 4, 2022 During the company’s third quarter data presentation, CEO Howard…
Registration ends at 2 PM (CET) today, 4 August, for people interested in playing with Cryppo’s NFTs in the Crypto Heroes tournament to win up to 1 Ethereum, 2,000 Noku tokens and 5 copies of The NFT Magazine. You can only participate if you hold NFTs from the Cryppo collection, launched in December by cryptodailynews24.com and ArtRights. You must hold the NFT in your wallet until the end of the tournament or you will be disqualified. A reminder about the @CryppoNFT tournament: you have to hold the NFT in your wallet till the end of the last match. Selling it…
Recently, Game Space, the first GameFi as a Service platform in the industry, joined Polygon and announced the launch of an NFT airdrop event for one billion Steam players. All Steam users can receive an exclusive Game Space badge of different levels according to the registration time, and the badge cannot be resold. Game Space also stated that it now supports the deposit and withdrawal of NFT assets on Polygon. Game Space enters the Polygon ecosystem The new NFT airdrop on the Polygon network This means that Polygon will become the third blockchain network Game Space supports after Ethereum and…
Telepass, among Italy’s leading mobility companies, announced a few days ago that it will launch its own NFT collection. Telepass makes its way into the world of NFTs Telepass also enters the NFT world with new features for buyers The collection consists of 1,000 artworks created using the ERC1155 standard on the Ethereum blockchain. Buyers will be entitled to various events and discounts and cashback on fuel, electric charging, skipass, car washing, and sharing, i.e., the five categories Telepass deals with. The project was developed entirely in-house by the Telepass Digital division in order to bring the company into the…
A bottle of champagne from the Avenue Foch company was sold for $2.5 million as an NFT, setting the record for the world’s most expensive bottle. Record for the purchase of a champagne bottle paired with an NFT Avenue Foch Magnum 2.5 sold for $ 2.5 million The bottle, or rather the NFT attached to the ownership of the bottle itself, was purchased by Italian entrepreneurial brothers Giovanni and Piero Buono, who participated in an auction to win the champagne. Specifically, it is a 2017 magnum of Premier Cru made from Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay and produced at the…