Justin Sun has offered $1 million to the person who finds those responsible for the recent Twitter hacks. After a massive number of Twitter accounts were hacked on July 15, one of the affected, Tron founder Justin Sun, put a bounty on the heads of those responsible. Tron’s founder will give $1 million to the…
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A private key management startup, Torus, enables social media users to send crypto using Twitter and GitHub handles. Torus, a Singaporean crypto key management platform, now allows users to send cryptocurrencies through social media platforms such as Twitter. With Torus’ latest update, v1.7.2, users can now send tokens to any Twitter or GitHub account, even if…
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Tron becomes the fourth blockchain project to be assigned branded hashtags, outspending competition with five hashtags at once. Tron (TRX) becomes the fourth blockchain project to receive a custom Twitter emoji hashtag. Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, unveiled the new emoji in a tweet on Friday. As customary in Tron’s marketing campaigns, the new emoji comes…
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The Ethereum co-founder cites an unlikely source to explain blockchain in-fighting. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that TRON (TRX) sympathizers within the Bitcoin (BTC) community are a “perfect example” of German Nazis aligning with Japan during the Second World War. Vitalik drew the questionable comparison in a reply to Bitcoin activist and independent developer…
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Binance Coin is now the third crypto to receive a branded hashtag on Twitter, which appears to be in preparation for its three year anniversary. Binance and its eponymous cryptocurrency, Binance Coin (BNB), is the third entity to receive a branded emoji hashtag following Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto.com. This was announced by Binance’s CEO, Changpeng…
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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he still sees Bitcoin the same as he did in 2017. Barstool Sports’ millionaire founder, Dave Portnoy, recently re-tweeted his 2017 video on Bitcoin, saying his view on the asset has not changed. “For everybody trying to get me in the Bitcoin game, I made this video in 2017,”…
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The suicide of Alexander Kearns prompted Robinhood to take additional measures to improve its platform. Alexander Kearns, a 20-year-old customer of stock and cryptocurrency trading platform, Robinhood, committed suicide on June 12. This tragedy reportedly occurred after an erroneous negative balance of more than $730,000 appeared in Kearns’ account. This error has prompted the platform…
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao recently restricted the ability to comment on his Twitter posts, but only partially. Known for his social media-involved leadership of crypto exchange giant Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, said he disabled Twitter comments on his posts to weed out the scammers. “To better respond and engage,” CZ told Cointelegraph he partially…
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Binance’s founder said Twitter is not part of some broader goal, but a way to interact with the crypto community. Active Twitter user Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, CEO of crypto exchange giant Binance, explained his use of social media, which has played a key role in his exchange’s community engagement. CZ said his Twitter activity…
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently announced his planned actions to fight racism. Alexis Ohanian, a millionaire tech entreprenuer and co-founder of online social platform Reddit, recently publicized plans for his personal fight against racism. These include his desire to see a member of the black community replace him at his current board position. “I’ve resigned…
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