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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’ Leary Partners With FTX in Ambassador Role

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2021 9:45 AM - Modified On: August 11, 2021 - Published By:
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Kevin O’Leary, investor and co-host of Shark Tank, announced yesterday his new partnership with the powerhouse crypto exchange FTX. Sponsored Sponsored In the announcement, O’Leary and FTX stated they’re in for a long-term investment and spokesperson relationship. It will center around equity stake in both FTX Trading Ltd. and West Realm Shires Services Inc., as well as O’Leary acting as an ambassador for the exchange.  The ambassadorship is a multi-year deal in which the investor will promote FTX and its accompanying brands to his international audience. For his services as an

Malaysia Launches Enforcement Action Against ‘Illegally Operating’ Binance

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Time Stamp: July 30, 2021 6:59 AM - Modified On: July 30, 2021 - Published By:
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In brief Malaysia's financial services regulator has taken enforcement action against Binance. The Securities Commission has said Binance is still operating illegally despite being listed on an alert list since July 2020. The Malaysia Securities Commission (SC) has today taken enforcement action against Binance for allegedly operating illegally in the country. The SC claims the crypto exchange is operating illegally as a Digital Asset Exchange, without the requisite registration requirements found in Sections 7(1) and 34(1) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007.  “Accordingly, the SC has issued a public

Amazon Is Hiring For Digital Currency and Blockchain Expert

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2021 7:10 AM - Modified On: July 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Blockchain News Amazon is hiring for an experienced Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead. This indicates that the company is now taking a serious look at cryptocurrency usage these days. The Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead expert must have experience in cryptocurrencies, central bank currencies, and more. According to a recent job posting, an online marketing giant Amazon is looking to hire a Digital Currency and Blockchain expert. Of note, the company intends to add the new hire to its payment team. Based on the report, this showcases that

Craig Wright Won’t Need to Pay Hodlnaut $60K Until Appeal Is Over, Says Counsel

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 8:56 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) creator, is apparently not required to pay legal fees for a failed libel suit against the Twitter crypto enthusiast known as Hodlonaut.In an Aug. 14 email to Cointelegraph, Wright’s legal representative argued that he is not obliged to pay legal costs in the defamation suit until the Norwegian Supreme Court considers an appeal.The spokesperson said, “Craig has appealed to the Norwegian Supreme Court. Craig’s Norwegian lawyers say that there is no obligation on Craig to pay the costs until that appeal is dealt with.”The

The Scam and Fall of YFI Clones

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 11:44 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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After the success of yEARN finance (YFI), a yield farming token which saw a rise in price from $35 to over $4000, a number of cryptocurrencies are trying to copy its success. These include the likes of YFFI, YFII, and Asuka, however, they’ve all witnessed 100% drops and a conspicuous exit scam. Encouraging Words Fueled by DeFi platforms where any token with an address can be traded for anything else, these are the days of Wild West token swaps. To clone the YFI token, developers only had to copy code

Most of China’s DLT Firms That Closed in 2019 Were Scams or Poorly Planned

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 6:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Most of the blockchain firms that closed in 2019 were cryptocurrency scams or had deficient business models, according to recent research.Research sent to Cointelegraph by Chinese market research firm EqualOcean on March 26 suggests that most blockchain-backed Chinese businesses that halted their activity last year had major flaws.Short-lived companiesThe report found over 70 blockchain projects that shut their doors last year. Among them over 70% of the projects reportedly did not survive their first year and 30% did not last 6 months. The research reads:“A considerable number of which were

Quarantined Gamers Are Straining Microsoft Azure-based Blockchain Platform

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Time Stamp: April 4, 2020 10:04 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Microsoft has acknowledged that the quarantined gamers are putting a strain on its Azure cloud platform which is a backbone of the company’s Blockchain As a Service (BaaS) offering.In the SEC filing, Microsoft addresses the impact of “the global health pandemic” on its Azure cloud services. The company admits that in certain regions “deployments for some compute resource types (...) drop below our typical 99.99 percent success rates”. Furthermore, Microsoft confirms that “Xbox Live [is] putting a strain on overall Azure capacity”:“As a result of the surge in use over

As Malta Delays Regulatory Clarity, Fewer Firms Remain on ‘Blockchain Island’

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 11:31 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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It seems that Malta is becoming both less popular among and less populated with crypto firms. The European Union country attracted dozens of industry players in 2018 on the back of the “blockchain island” agenda championed by the local government, but the relevant framework has not yet proven to be effective. Meanwhile, the official rhetoric apparently started to shift away from the blockchain sector, as the government now aims to consolidate it with “other niche sectors.”Meanwhile, the Malta Financial Services Authority, continues to pluck out non-registered crypto agents — be

Top Crypto Exchange Binance Hints at Launching Bitcoin Options Trading

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 6:37 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Top crypto exchange Binance has hinted that it plans to launch Bitcoin (BTC) options trading. Two tweets — via the exchange’s official handle and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) — posted on April 3 revealed “testflight leaks” and a screenshot of an apparent prototype for trading BTC/Tether (USDT) options contracts:Source: @cz_binance official Twitter handle, April 3“Notice anything new”?Binance’s performative social media “leak” revealed options trading support as one of the items on a “what to test” list, which included other products that have previously been officially announced, such as the Binance Card