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Visa invests $150,000 in NFT CryptoPunk Asset

Credit card giant Visa has made a substantial splash on its emergence into the nonfungible token (NFT) space with a $150,000 acquisition of a CryptoPunk, the collective of digital artworks that pioneered the mainstream culture of the space back in 2017.In a blog post announcement released on Monday, Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa and self-proclaimed NFT enthusiast, shared his views on the value of purchasing NFT assets in the digital economy, the vast growth of the market in the past few years, as well as Visa’s commercial incentives in this

Memenopoly Announces Strategic Partnership with Babylons NFT

Atlanta, United States / August 21, 2021 / Memenopoly, a new coming of age gaming NFT solution, has announced a strategic partnership with the first community-owned NFT marketplace Babylon. The partnership would allow Meme-themed Memenopoly NFTs to be auctioned on Babylons NFT marketplace. Memenopoly is a yield generating blockchain “play to earn” game. The platform aims to bring the next evolution of gamified yield generation, leveraging the power of NFTs to reward players and farmers. Memenpoly has made the game of Monopoly more interesting, offering earning opportunities with an NFT

Ethereum Competitor Solana Hits All-Time High As Market Continues to Rise

Having briefly entered the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization earlier this week, Solana has set new all-time highs over the last few days, including today. The SOL token briefly set an ATH of $78.63 in the early hours of this morning UTC, according to crypto data aggregator Nomics. Solana’s price has since retreated a little. It currently sits at $78.17, though this still represents an overnight increase of 8.91%. Solana’s price was under $40 at the beginning of last week, so in the last fortnight SOL has blown up by

Notional Audit

Notional Audit – OpenZeppelin blog Security Audits If you are interested in smart contract security, you can continue the discussion in our forum, or even better, join the team 🚀 If you are building a project of your own and would like to request a security audit, please do so here. related posts Source: https://blog.openzeppelin.com/notional-audit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notional-audit

US Treasury Proposal Applies Travel Rule to Crypto

On Dec. 18, an office within the US Treasury Department released a set of proposals regarding cross-border transfers of digital assets. The US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposal that aims to close loopholes regarding the movement of digital assets. In the announcement on the release, FinCEN also requested input from the public. The measure, called the Travel Rule, affects cross-border transfers. Know thyself The major thrust of the proposal is a change regarding privately owned digital wallets. Virtual Asset Service Providers will now have to require

Saddle Contracts Audit

Saddle Contracts Audit – OpenZeppelin blog Security Audits If you are interested in smart contract security, you can continue the discussion in our forum, or even better, join the team 🚀 If you are building a project of your own and would like to request a security audit, please do so here. related posts Source: https://blog.openzeppelin.com/saddle-contracts-audit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saddle-contracts-audit

Only 22% of Bankers and Financial Investigators Feel Confident Detecting Crypto-Related Payments  

Only 22% of Bankers and Financial Investigators Feel Confident Detecting Crypto-Related Payments   - CipherTrace skip to Main Content Home » Alert » Only 22% of Bankers and Financial Investigators Feel Confident Detecting Crypto-Related Payments   In a December 9 CipherTrace-ACFCS Webinar on “How Cryptocurrency Intelligence Tipped the Scales in 2020 Sanctions Evasion,” over 500 attendees from various Financial Institutions were asked if they felt confident detecting cryptocurrency related payments flowing through their institutions and/or investigations. Over three-quarters—78.2%—of attendees responded that they do not feel confident in detecting crypto-related payments

ALERT: Malicious Crypto Browser Extension—Masked MetaMask

UPDATE: 12/03/2020 The MetaMask phisher continues to buy sponsored ads on MetaMask search results. The company urges users to “use direct links, and if you need to use search, watch out for sponsored links!” Sponsored ads for the fraudulent maskmeha[.]io seem to have been displaced by meramaks[.]io 12/02/2020 Within the past 24 hours, CipherTrace has noticed an uptick of alerts and comments within the online cryptocurrencyA cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset des... More community of users’ funds being stolen via a Chrome browser extension phishing attack posing