Sony Music Goes After Piracy Portal ‘Hikari-no-Akari’
Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) is one of those specialized pirate sites that has managed to build up a dedicated audience over the years. The music download portal, which links to externally hosted files, has been operating for well over a decade and currently draws more than a million monthly visits. In addition to the public-facing part of the site, HnA also has a private forum and Discord channel. These have been notoriously difficult to...
DoodStream’s Traffic Takes a Battering as Hollywood Lawsuit Takes Its Toll
In 2022, it was public knowledge that the MPA had its eye on video hosting and streaming service DoodStream. When the MPA’s top lawyer called the site out a year later, DoodStream’s operators may have underestimated how significant that was. What followed was a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed at the Delhi High Court in India, DoodStream’s home turf. DoodStream Ordered to Remove All Content Owned By The Plaintiffs The details of...
Orbital Analysis: Emerging Markets Overwhelmingly Embrace USDT Payments on TRON
Orbital, a provider of blockchain-based payments, has published a blog post highlighting the importance of USDT payments on TRON in emerging markets. The company processes millions of on-chain transactions each year, valued in the billions of dollars. The post explains that while developed markets have little motivation to adopt crypto payments, the situation is different […] Powered by...
Ordinals Explorer Ord.io Introduces Rune-Gated Chats
Ordinals explorer Ord.io has announced the launch of ‘Degen Chat’, a new feature that introduces Rune-gated live chats for every Rune. This platform allows users to connect their wallets and start chatting instantly. The Degen Chat also introduces unique features such as Holder rank flairs and Mint count flairs. Ord.io founder, Leonidas, emphasized that every […] Powered by...
Hong Kong Professor: China’s Crypto Mining Ban Shifts Businesses to US
Professor Wang Yang, vice president for institutional advancement and chair professor at the Department of Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), criticized China’s cryptocurrency mining ban during a panel discussion in Hong Kong last week. He called the decision “very unwise” because it shifted businesses to the U.S., boosting American […] Powered by...
