The Dark Web Is Teeming With Vaccine Listings Right Now
Vendors are cashing in on people desperate to leapfrog the line—or falsely certify that they got the shot. Powered by...
Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech
The Locus Charter asks companies to commit to 10 principles, including minimizing data collection and actively seeking consent from users. Powered by WPeMatico
Study Finds Cryptocurrency Scams Surged 40% in 2020, Forecasts an Increase of 75% in 2021
A new study revealed that cryptocurrency-related scams almost doubled over the last year. However, forecasts are not optimistic going forward, as the report forecasts another significant increase in the number of cases in 2021. Research Scanned Over 300 Million Websites According to the “Cryptocurrency Scam Report” published by fraud prevention company Bolster and shared with Bitcoin.com News, the correlation with the surge of...
Tidal to Launch Balancer LBP Following 500x Oversubscribed Polkastarter IDO
PRESS RELEASE. Tidal Finance, a high-yield insurance platform, offers the ability to hedge against the failure of a DeFi protocol or asset. While reinventing the way decentralized insurance works, Tidal Finance plans to attract participation from the community through a Balancer liquidity bootstrapping pool on 25th March. The Tidal IDO on Polkastarter was oversubscribed by 500 times garnering massive support from the community. Backed...
Jamaica Plans to Pilot a Central Bank Crypto, CBDC to Work Alongside Notes and Coinage
While a number of countries are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), on Tuesday, the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) announced it will soon be piloting a CBDC project. The BoJ is working with a firm called Ecurrency Mint Incorporated and plans to pilot the cryptocurrency in May. Jamaican CBDC to Pilot this May Jamaica, the island country situated in the Caribbean Sea has plans to pilot a CBDC this May as it has been working with...
