Frances Haugen, Facebook whistleblower at large, has now turned her focus to the Metaverse. She is worried about how Meta will handle privacy and intensely sensitive information. Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has taken aim at Meta in a new interview, suggesting that its version of the Metaverse will simply repeat all of its past mistakes....Continue Reading

Ripple Labs was able to gain a victory against the SEC in its ongoing securities fraud case. The judge on the case denied the SEC’s motion to review certain documents that may not be material to the prosecution. Ripple Labs has struck a blow against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case after the presiding...Continue Reading

Chris Dixon has topped the Forbes “Midas List” as the most successful venture capital investor in 2022. Crypto venture capital firms have been investing at unprecedented rates recently and Andreessen Horowitz is one of the industry’s leaders making huge returns on their investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) general partner Chris Dixon has topped the Forbes “Midas...Continue Reading

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead expects the $1.3 billion blockchain fund to close over the next “three or four weeks” once the due diligence from large institutions has been wrapped up. Crypto hedge fund giant Pantera Capital is set to close a blockchain fund next month that is backed by around $1.3 billion worth of...Continue Reading

The company has decided to begin accepting PoS crypto again after an outcry against Bitcoin forced it to suspend such donations earlier this year. The company behind the Firefox internet browser Mozilla is attempting to appease its environmentally-conscious community by accepting only Proof-of-Stake (PoS) crypto donations. The company initially halted all crypto donations in January,...Continue Reading

Nonfungible token platforms incorporating Web3 and the metaverse continue to attract sizable investments from venture capital firms. Nonfungible token (NFT) startup Genies has secured $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of $1 billion, making it the latest crypto-focused platform to attain “unicorn” status.  The funding round was led by California-based private equity...Continue Reading

The network also pledged $20 million to offsetting their carbon footprint and fostering an industry wide movement. The Polygon network announced on Tuesday its commitment to going carbon neutral and climate positive this year by releasing their “Green Manifesto: A Smart Contract with Planet Earth.” They also made a $20 million pledge to offset their...Continue Reading

BTC price tumbled back under $40,000 as on-chain metrics indicate dwindling demand from new investors and long-term holders largely dominate the market. Extreme fear is once again the dominating sentiment across the cryptocurrency community after Bitcoin (BTC) faced another day of trading below the $40,000 level and the United States grapples with the highest Consumer...Continue Reading

“In these circumstances we can no longer continue to serve our clients from Russia,” said Vitalii Kedyk, CEO of Currency.com’s Ukraine arm. Crypto trading company Currency.com has announced it halted operations for clients based in Russia following the country’s “violence and disorder” imposed on the people of Ukraine. In a Tuesday announcement, Currency.com said Russian...Continue Reading

The researchers from BIS and the World Bank identify common factors across nine central banks that face a variety of different challenges. The Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, released a paper Tuesday on central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, and how they can be used to meet policy goals for financial inclusion. The paper...Continue Reading