Another Stablecoin Depegs From USD Parity, Polkadot-Based AUSD Loses 98% in Value
2022 has been the year of broken stablecoins as a myriad of dollar-pegged crypto assets depegged from their dollar value this year. On August 14, the Polkadot-based stablecoin alpaca usd (AUSD) dropped below a U.S. penny in value, only to bounce back to the $0.95 region hours later. Reports say that the Acala protocol was compromised and an attacker managed to mint 1.2 billion AUSD. Polkadot’s AUSD Stablecoin Slides Well Below the $1...
‘Pirate’ Spider-Man Remastered Steam Keys Sell Out in Sanctioned Russia
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, life in both countries has changed. While Ukrainians fight for survival, Russian citizens are dealing with the effects of sanctions and other restrictions. Russian authorities are playing down the effect of the West’s efforts, but even humble video gamers know that things aren’t the same as before. The thousands of companies that stopped servicing Russia in March include many focused...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/15/2022
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Prey” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on August 15 are: Movie Rank Rank...
Anti-Piracy Group Continued to Send DMCA Notices on Behalf of Indicted Copyright Swindlers
Piracy tracking firm MUSO aims to help rightsholders convert pirates into paying customers. This is a noble goal and the UK-based company doesn’t shy away from taking a stand. Earlier this week, we highlighted how MUSO linked the increased fragmentation of legal streaming services as one of the reasons why piracy is flourishing. Traditional DMCA Takedowns At its core, however, MUSO is still an anti-piracy outfit. This means that the...
Try Asciidoc instead of Markdown
Try Asciidoc instead of Markdown Seth Kenlon Mon, 08/15/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this I’m a happy user of the XML-based Docbook markup language. To me, it’s a precise, explicit, and detailed system that allows me to have contextual and domain-specific metadata in what I write. Best of all, though, it can be transformed (that’s what XML users call it when XML is converted into another...
