New class resources will help empower young people to take control of their online privacy
The UK’s data protection regulator is helping children and young people understand the power of their personal data as they learn, play
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Ledger faces class action from phishing scam victims
Ledger and Shopify have been hit by a class action lawsuit over a major data breach that saw the personal data of 270,000 hard wallet customers stolen between April and June 2020,Phishing scam victims John Chu and Edward Baton filed the lawsuit in California against the crypto wallet provider and
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US Banks on Verge of Accepting Bitcoin as Legitimate Asset Class
A move by US banks to adopt Bitcoin could be a huge call to legitimize the entire crypto industry and is likely to influence other global banks. As the cryptocurrency market capitalization almost tops $1.5 trillion, US banks are feeling the pressure from within Wall Street to accept Bitcoin and other
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Class Action Filed Against Listed Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Over Fraud Allegations
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company Bit Digital following recent allegations of fraud.According to a court document filed in the Southern District Court of New York on Thursday, the class action seeks to recover damages for Bit Digital investors who made stock purchases between Dec.
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Ripple Partially Wins Class Action Lawsuit in California Court
In the ruling, Judge Hamilton agreed that the lead plaintiff Bradley Sostack had failed to support two claims relating to a series of allegedly fraudulent statements made by Ripple and Garlinghouse in 2017.Blockchain payment company Ripple Labs Inc has won the part of the fraud lawsuit filed against it in
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Ethereum Is the Best-Performing Asset Class of 2020
The average performance across Ethereum (ETH)-based assets has been a nearly 130% year-to-date (YTD) gain, according to data published by market data aggregator Messari.The data provides an overview of the 178 assets that currently exist on Ethereum, totaling a combined market capitalization of $63.7 billion — just shy of 20%
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Comparing Apple to Bitcoin? Crypto Occupies a Class of Its Own
A recent article by a Cryptox Markets contributor proclaimed that “Bitcoin is the ‘new’ Apple,” explaining just how Bitcoin’s (BTC) price could reach $60,000 by 2023: “Bitcoin hangs near the chasm of the adoption curve, and its price looks similar to Apple’s stock in 2008 before it broke out with
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Blockchain Bites: DeFi and DEXs Surge, Bitcoin’s Negligible Adjustment and an ICO Class Action
DeFi’s agricultural revolution is spurring growth in decentralized exchanges. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin network experienced its lowest difficulty adjustment in 10 years, clocking a negligible change in mining difficulty today, while a novel legal strategy is bringing an initial coin offering project to court. Here’s the story: You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of
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Nvidia Files Motion to Dismiss $1B Class Action Over Crypto GPU Sales
Major manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and computing hardware Nvidia has filed a motion to dismiss a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the firm misrepresented more $1 billion in sales during 2017 and 2018.In addition to its popular ‘GeForce’ and ‘GTX’ products — favored by both gamers and crypto
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Judge Certifies Investor Class in $70m Pot ICO Lawsuit
A Californian federal judge has certified an investor class in a lawsuit alleging that the cannabis crypto firm Paragon Coin Inc violated securities laws in its 2017 initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $70 million.Paragon Coin promoted their ‘PRG’ tokens as comprising a currency for the cannabis industry and hired
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