Statement on ICO investigation into Department of Health and Social Care CCTV footage
The ICO can confirm it is investigating an alleged data breach. EMCOR Group (UK) plc, which provides facilities management and CCTV services for the
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A Social Platform for All Reliable Crypto-Related Information
Coreto, a reputation-based online social platform for crypto communities has announced the Alpha launch of its product. Set for release on April 12, 2021, the product will be initially tried and tested by a select group of 500 users with another 500 users to be added at a later date. The
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China social media star Bart Baker to drop 8 NFTs with DeFine Art
Bart Baker, arguably the most famous American social media influencer in China, is releasing a series of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in collaboration with DeFine Art.Baker, who has around 24 million followers across multiple Chinese social media platforms, will auction eight unique NFTs as part of the collaboration. One of
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Social Tokens Platform Roll Suffers Attack Leading to $5.7M Loss
By the time of writing, the Roll social token platform has not issued an official statement about the attack, although a representative for Roll confirmed that the project’s hot wallet was the target of the hack.Roll, a platform for minting and issuing social tokens, has experienced a massive attack, leading
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EU appoints major finserv firm to lead blockchain social media project
The executive body of the European Union has appointed a major financial services firm to lead a three-year initiative aimed at boosting the integrity of social media posts using blockchain technology.Dubbed “TruBlo,” the project will oversee a wealth of blockchain development as part of the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet
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Social trading platform eToro ended 2020 with $600M in revenue
Exchange platform eToro is coming off a stellar year of growth, as novice traders seek new pathways into the financial markets, including cryptocurrency. The online brokerage firm ended 2020 with gross revenue of $600 million, with total trading volume surging 40% to $1.5 trillion. Describing his firm as a technology company
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The virtuous cycle of social engagement with crypto
One of the tropes that observers commonly invoke to explain the forces behind the crypto markets’ surge at the end of 2020 and in early 2021 is that the process has been mainly driven by the inrush of institutional investment. While there are many good reasons to believe that the race
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Social media interest in Bitcoin hits all-time high
Twitter analytics data indicates that as Bitcoin continues to post all-time highs well into the $30,000s, social media interest in the digital currency is likewise setting new records across numerous key metrics. In a tweet Saturday night, the official handle for The TIE, a cryptocurrency data firm, showed that the number
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Bitcoin Is Digital Social Justice, feat. Tyrone Ross
The podcaster and CEO of Onramp Invest discusses DeFi, income inequality and the opportunity for bitcoin in 2021.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.The wealth adviser and CEO of Onramp Invest discusses why the Federal Reserve continues to ignore its role in income inequality and what the bitcoin community can do to
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