Global Regulators ‘Going Full Steam’ on Crypto — Official Says ‘Current Structure Is No Longer Fit for the Purpose’
Global regulators are “going full steam” on cryptocurrency regulation. “The current structure is no longer fit for the purpose with the development of cross-border digital market activities,” said the chairman of France’s markets watchdog AMF. Global Regulators Going Full Steam on Cryptocurrency Regulation Robert Ophèle, chairman of France’s markets watchdog, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), and a member of the Financial...
Fintech Specialists Predict Ethereum Price Hitting $6,500 This Year Before Rising to $26,338 by 2030
A panel of fintech specialists has predicted that the price of ethereum will reach $6,500 by year-end. It will then rise to $10,810 by 2025 before more than doubling to $26,338 by 2030. Fintech Specialists Share Ether Forecasts Price comparison portal Finder updated its price predictions for ether (ETH) Tuesday. The company detailed: Ethereum (ETH) will jump to US$6,500 by the end of 2022, according to Finder.com’s panel of fintech...
New Music Industry Takedown Service Targets NFT and ‘Metaverse’ Piracy
There’s a market for pretty much anything digital today and ‘collectables’ in particular sell like hot cakes. The non-fungible token (NFT) rage shows that people are willing to pay vast amounts of money for a digital gimmick, that may or may not retain its value. These digital entries, stored on a blockchain, allow the buyers to prove that they are legitimate ‘owners’ to some underlying asset. While it’s different from a copyright,...
Nintendo ‘Hacker’ Gary Bowser Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison
Hacking group Team-Xecuter has long been a thorn in the side of major gaming companies. The group offered hardware and software solutions that allowed people to install and play games – including pirated copies – on various consoles such as the popular Nintendo Switch. Nintendo had been trying to shut down the group for years but without much result. However, in 2020 the matter escalated when the US Government launched a criminal...
Tame your text with Perl
Although its popularity has been tempered by languages like Python, Lua, and Go, Perl was one of the primary utilitarian languages on Unix and Linux for 30 years. It remains an important and powerful component in many open source systems today. If you haven’t used Perl much, then you may be surprised by how helpful it can be for many tasks. This is especially true if you deal with large amounts of text in your day-to-day work....
