The anonymous Bitcoin whale is up over 600,000% from their 2011 purchase of BTC at $4.92. A dormant Bitcoin (BTC) wallet holding over 1,037 Bitcoin — worth $31 million at current prices — has suddenly awoken after an 11-year slumber, transferring out its entire stash. The 1037 BTC was transferred amid a Bitcoin price of $29,956 and…
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The new developer environment aims to drive privacy-first, cross-chain DApp development for the Ethereum ecosystem and smart contract blockchain networks. Decentralized applications could tap into improved privacy features as blockchain firm Oasis launches its confidential EVM-compatible blockchain Sapphire. Sapphire and the Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) are now live, allowing existing decentralized applications (DApp) on Ethereum…
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Paul Brody’s “Ethereum for Business” gives a basic overview of enterprise Ethereum, while providing real-world use cases of how EY clients leverage the technology. The cryptocurrency market has encountered its share of ups and downs over the past year, but blockchain technology continues to see impressive growth as businesses seek digital transformation. Recent findings from…
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Several members of the House of Lords voiced concerns about children’s online activities in legislation aimed at regulating “anything communicated by means of an internet service.” Legislation aimed at regulating certain internet services in the United Kingdom should cover activities in the metaverse, according to members of the House of Lords. In a July 12…
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A week after Google updated its privacy policy to allow data scraping for AI training purposes the company is now facing a class action lawsuit. Google is now facing a lawsuit in the follow-up to its recent privacy policy update that accuses the tech giant of misusing large amounts of data, including copyrighted material in…
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Blockchain analysis platform Arkham has found itself in hot water after it was revealed that the company had leaked its own customers’ private information. The issue stems from Arkham’s weblink referral program, where users can invite others onto the platform by sharing their unique referral URL. While these URLs appear to be a random sequence of characters,…
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In the last half-year, there has been a remarkable surge in the value of crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum. BTC has skyrocketed by 77%, while ETH has experienced an impressive 44% leap. On the other hand, the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency, monero (XMR), has displayed a rather unimpressive performance during the initial six months…
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The latest updates to Google’s privacy policy reveal that Google may use any public information available to train its various AI products and services. Google has made updates to its privacy policy which now allows it to take any publicly available data and use it for artificial intelligence (AI) training purposes. The update to the…
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The network previously allowed users to post on-chain messages but only in an unencrypted, completely public way. The Open Network (TON) has released an on-chain encrypted messaging feature, according to a July 3 announcement from the network’s developer, TON Foundation. The new feature allows for private messages to be sent between TON users. TON Foundation…
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Social media giant Twitter has imposed limits on user accounts due to “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation,” said Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk. The billionaire “has no idea the DARPA rattlesnake he just stepped on by doing this,” a censorship expert stressed, revealing that the U.S. censorship industry needs to…
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