An Airbnb host, Ashley, shared her experience on Tiktok about guests who accumulated a $1,500 electricity bill by setting up an electric vehicle station and mining cryptocurrency during their three-week stay. Despite leaving the property in excellent condition, the guests’ excessive energy use, captured on external security cameras showing them bringing in 10 computers, prompted…
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Mainstream cryptocurrency adoption is well underway according to recent findings from a Crypto.com report that show global cryptocurrency ownership increased by 34% last year. According to the report, 432 million people owned crypto in January 2023, a number which rose to 580 million by the end of last year. While notable, digital assets may soon…
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Younger investors are more likely to take part in copy trading or social trading and take advice from social media influencers, according to the crypto exchange. Generation Z crypto investors are more likely to engage in copy trading or social trading, an investment method that involves mirroring someone else’s trades, according to a report from…
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BEUC, the European Consumer Organization, has urged Brussels to clamp down on the promotion of crypto assets on social media. The umbrella group calls for implementing stricter advertising rules on major platforms like Twitter and Tiktok as well as preventing influencers from misleading investors. BEUC Complains About Promotion of Risky Crypto to European Consumers on…
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The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has released a report accusing leading social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube of enabling scams related to digital assets. In a 20-page report, the watchdog categorized digital assets as highly risky and prone to scams, highlighting the impact cryptocurrencies have on consumers as well as the role of…
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Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________… Read More: Today in Crypto: US Court Issues a Summons for Binance’s CZ, EU Targets Instagram, YouTube, TikTok & Twitter Over Crypto Ads, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limits Customers’ Ability to Send Money…
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Cryptocurrency and technology proponents have recently been discussing a new bipartisan bill called the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT)” Act. In addition to targeting firms such as Kaspersky, Huawei, and Tiktok, opponents of the bill believe one of its provisions will punish ordinary Americans for leveraging a…
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With TikTok facing the prospect of removal from the United States, users should realize that traditional tech companies are far less reliable than the decentralized web. With a recent proposal by a member of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ban TikTok, influencers are scrambling. If the FCC makes good on the ban,…
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A group of hackers have taken advantage of typing mistakes in order to introduce malware to Android phones and Windows-based PCs. Using a technique called typosquatting, which consists of registering domains that are dramatically near to the ones of official brands of organizations, hackers are getting data and private keys from unsuspected users, according to…
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The younger generation doesn’t have disposable income now, but they’re financially savvy thanks to short-form videos on social media In July 2021, TikTok hit three billion downloads. The social network boasts more than one billion active monthly users. And, in the United States, TikTok is now more popular with Generation Z than Instagram. Over the…
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