On April 14, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Southern District of New York revealed that the hacker responsible for the Silk Road marketplace breach had been sentenced to a year in prison for wire fraud charges. James Zhong stole more than 50,000 bitcoin from the darknet marketplace (DNM) in September 2012. DOJ…
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“Brave of them… maybe fortune favor them,” said one Redditor in response to an artist’s rendering of the renovations. Despite announcing it would cut its staff by roughly 5% in June and the recent market downturn, cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has continued to move forward with an agreement to rebrand the Los Angeles-based venue formerly known…
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Cointelegraph caught up with Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu at NFT LA to learn more about DAOs, Web3 and why NFTs are critical. The rise of Web3 has paved the way for new business models that could shape the next phase of the internet. For instance, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will play a large part in…
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According to a California-based real estate technology company called Propy, a four-bedroom home in Gulfport, Florida, will be tokenized leveraging non-fungible token (NFT) technology and sold for $650K. In addition to the Gulfport home, another blockchain project has launched aiming to purchase The One Bel Air 105,000-square-foot megamansion by creating a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).…
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The estate was formerly owned by Ellen Bronfman Hauptman, the daughter of billionaire Seagram’s heir Charles Bronfman. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States — reportedly made a multi-million-dollar real estate purchase at the end of 2021. Armstrong bought a $133-million Los Angeles property from Japanese entrepreneur Hideki…
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Over the last few weeks, furious debates over Covid-19 and vaccine mandates have divided people into two classes. On December 21, one individual from Argentina explained in a forum that “banks in Argentina are not letting unvaccinated people inside.” The person said that whether people are for or against vaccines, the mandate was “nuts” and…
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The exchange said the partnership was aimed at encouraging “financial education, independence and financial empowerment” for women. Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has inked another deal to expand its brand recognition in the United States with the professional women’s sports team Angel City Football Club. In a Tuesday announcement, Crypto.com said it had partnered with the Los…
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“We are always gonna call it Staples Center no matter what lil name you slap on the building,” said writer and professor Roxane Gay, who owns a home in Los Angeles. Residents of Los Angeles, sports fans and social media personalities are making light of Crypto.com’s plans to rename the city’s Staples Center for its…
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A recent study conducted by the online invoicing company that works with small businesses Skynova explains that the city of Los Angeles (LA) is the “most crypto-friendly city in the United States.” Skynova surveyed close to 600 small business owners and top-level executives from the U.S. in order to get their perception of the cryptocurrency…
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London Crowned World’s Leading Cryptocurrency Hub, According to Study
According to research from Recap, a cryptocurrency tax software company, London has become the world’s leading hub for cryptocurrencies. The researchers analyzed eight indicators, including the number of cryptocurrency businesses and the quantity of cryptocurrency ATMs in each country. Key Findings of Recap’s Study on Global Cryptocurrency Hubs Crypto tax firm Recap released a research…
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