How to Guard Against Smishing Attacks on Your Phone
“Smishing” is an attempt to collect logins or other sensitive information with a malicious text message—and it’s on the rise. Powered by...
Gamesta CEO Spencer Tarring Talks About GameFi, Metaverse and How the Guild Fits in the Grand Plan
Gamesta is the smart contract-based guild enabling investors to connect and empower thousands of underprivileged players throughout the world. Gamesta Guild believes the value of any game is created by the network of players playing it. Each player, regardless of their wealth or means, represents the same value in a digital game, investing their time and contributing to an ever-evolving metaverse. Now, through blockchain technology,...
Russia to Allow Foreign Residents to Own and Use Digital Ruble
The central bank of Russia intends to ensure that the digital ruble is convertible to foreign currencies and can be used by non-residents. In a document devoted to the digitalization of the Russian financial sector, the regulator reiterates its concerns over the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and insists that state-issued digital currencies are safer. Bank of Russia to Give Foreigners Access to Its CBDC The Central Bank of the...
Threat of Nested Exchanges and What Binance Is Doing to Combat Them
Nested exchanges are becoming a popular tool for money launderers. Learn all about nested exchanges/services and what we’re doing to combat them as well as how to avoid them and why accounts get blocked or frozen because of them. Main Takeaways: A nested exchange provides crypto trading services through an account or wallet on an existing host exchange. Nested exchanges are attractive crypto platforms for money launderers looking to...
Korean Officials Quit Jobs to Join Crypto Industry, Lawmaker Reveals
Public officials in South Korea are increasingly choosing career opportunities in the cryptocurrency sector. Some of them come from financial authorities which raises ethical questions, according to the findings of a Korean lawmaker, quoted by local media. Former Financial Officials Hired by Major Korean Exchanges A growing number of officials in Seoul are vacating their government posts and moving to the crypto industry, according to...