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Voyager's $1B sale to Binance.US put on hold by US court (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
A federal judge has temporarily halted a proposed deal between Voyager and Binance.US in order to give the government more time to pursue appeals that challenge the deal.
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BlockFi to provide over $100K in refunds to California clients (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
At least 111 BlockFi borrowers had continued repaying loans between Nov. 11 and Nov. 22, even though they didn't need to, according to court documents.
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UK Treasury drops plans for Royal Mint NFT (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
The Economic Secretary of the Treasury told Parliament has confirmed the project has been put on the back burner, but will “keep this proposal under review.”
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Biden's policy on crypto taxation undermines his environmental goals (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
We don’t tax houses while they’re under construction, and we shouldn’t impose taxes on cryptocurrency while it’s staked.
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Breaking: Binance CEO CZ rejects allegations of market manipulation (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Changpeng ‘CZ' Zhao has refuted claims made by the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission in its March 27 complaint against Binance.
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MakerDAO passes new ‘constitution’ to formalize governance process (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The document creates multiple offices tasked with fulfilling various jobs for the protocol, each with their own powers and responsibilities.
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Euler Finance exploiter returns another $37.1M worth of ETH and DAI (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The exploiter originally drained $195 million worth of ETH and tokens from the protocol but has now returned around $138 million.
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Price analysis 3/27: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, MATIC, DOGE, SOL (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The crypto market corrected on news of the CFTC suing Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, but technical charts reveal a silver lining.
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CFTC calls ETH a commodity in Binance suit, highlighting the complexity of classification (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The suit claims Binance used Ether as a commodity in its financial products, experts explained, which says little about the basic nature of the coin.
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Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis take on the ‘digital dollar’: Law Decoded, March 20–27 (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency.
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An overview of fake product detection using blockchain technology (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Blockchain technology can be used for fake product detection, providing secure and transparent records of transactions to prevent fraud and counterfeiting.
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Crypto market rally stalls at the $1.2T level, but bulls are getting positioned (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The total crypto market cap has stalled at the $1.2 trillion level, but derivatives data shows bulls are preparing for the next breakout.
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Traditional finance fears drive digital asset investment inflows to $160M (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
According to CoinShares, crypto investment products experienced weekly inflows of $160 million, the largest since July 2022.
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XRP price: 'sell the news' moment nears after crypto-leading 20% weekly gain (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
XRP whales have been accumulating since February with only days remaining until the SEC vs. Ripple lawsuit could reach its potential conclusion.
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Why is Bitcoin price down today? (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Bitcoin price is down today as "FUD" over Binance consumes market sentiment and BTC/USD drops to ten-day lows.
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Breaking: Binance and CZ sued by CFTC over US regulatory violations (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
The cryptocurrency exchange and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, have allegedly violated trading and derivatives rules.
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Gaming and Web3 outlook, what’s available on the market? Report (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Blockchain gaming is moving fast, are you up-to-speed? Cointelegraph Research’s latest report reviews 20 games of today, and a few to be looking out for tomorrow.
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Polygon’s ‘holy grail’ Ethereum-scaling zkEVM beta hits mainnet (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Polygon has released its zkEVM to mainnet beta, allowing developers to deploy smart contracts with increased finality and lower costs.
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UBS’s acquisition of Credit Suisse brings some good and bad for crypto (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Many in Switzerland have said that UBS’ takeover of Credit Suisse was necessary to avoid a calamitous banking crisis like that seen in 2008.
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To be or not to be: Ethics, democracy and morality in the nascent metaverse (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
If human interactions in digital reality should mimic those of real life, this raises questions as to what and who will dictate important moral judgements and ethical standards.
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Top 7 legal and compliance jobs in the crypto market (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Explore essential skills for top legal and compliance jobs in the crypto market.
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A friend in need: How the crypto industry reacts to recent bank bailouts (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
With a focus on sovereignty and creating an alternative to traditional financial systems, how is the crypto community reacting to government intervention in the recent bank crisis?
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Techmeme

A look at Meta's "spirit of the policy" exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency (Rest of World) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Rest of World: A look at Meta's “spirit of the policy” exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency  —  An Oversight Board case from Sri Lanka shows the power of Facebook's “spirit of the policy” exception
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Sources: Disney eliminates its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and ceases work on an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+ and other Disney platforms (Wall Street Journal) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Disney eliminates its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and ceases work on an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+ and other Disney platforms  —  The unit, once seen as developing a new form of storytelling, had about 50 employees  —  Mickey Mouse has left the metaverse.
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An interview with Roblox Studio Head Stefano Corazza on Roblox's new AI tools, generative AI's impact on AR/VR, building a more contextual moderation, and more (Scott Stein/CNET) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Scott Stein / CNET: An interview with Roblox Studio Head Stefano Corazza on Roblox's new AI tools, generative AI's impact on AR/VR, building a more contextual moderation, and more  —  Two new creative tools are the start of possibly a lot more.  —  The world's biggest metaverse may, arguably, be Roblox.
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Uber Eats is removing 5K virtual brands to declutter the app and introducing new guidelines to stop restaurants from listing multiple brands with the same menu (Wall Street Journal) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Wall Street Journal: Uber Eats is removing 5K virtual brands to declutter the app and introducing new guidelines to stop restaurants from listing multiple brands with the same menu  —  Company plans to stop allowing restaurants to list multiple brands with the same menu  —  Delivery-Only Ghost Kitchens Are Reshaping the Restaurant Industry
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Snap's head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the company in May after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap's head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the company in May after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner  —  Snap's head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the social media company after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner.
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Elon Musk says only verified accounts will be recommended in Twitter's For You tab and be able to vote in polls to address "AI bot swarms", starting April 15 (The Verge) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
The Verge: Elon Musk says only verified accounts will be recommended in Twitter's For You tab and be able to vote in polls to address “AI bot swarms”, starting April 15  —  Twitter users will need a “verified account” to get recommended on the platform's For You page starting on April 15th …
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Documents: Twitter has a list of ~35 accounts which it monitors and offers increased visibility to, including AOC, Biden, Marc Andreessen, Musk, and @catturd2 (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: Documents: Twitter has a list of ~35 accounts which it monitors and offers increased visibility to, including AOC, Biden, Marc Andreessen, Musk, and @catturd2  —  Congratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron?  —  Last week, Twitter began notifying users who were verified under …
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Filing: a federal judge grants the US government's request to temporarily halt Voyager's bankruptcy plan, putting its proposed ~$1B sale to Binance.US on hold (Jeremy Hill/Bloomberg) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: Filing: a federal judge grants the US government's request to temporarily halt Voyager's bankruptcy plan, putting its proposed ~$1B sale to Binance.US on hold  —  A federal judge granted the US government's request to temporarily halt Voyager Digital Ltd.'s bankruptcy plan …
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Binance CEO CZ says CFTC's complaint contains "incomplete recitation of facts" and Binance does not agree with "characterization of many of the issues alleged" (Binance Blog) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Binance Blog: Binance CEO CZ says CFTC's complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged”  —  Today, the CFTC filed an unexpected and disappointing civil complaint, despite our working cooperatively with the CFTC for over two years.
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Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning tech for displays in AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu) (Tue, 28 Mar 2023)
Fiona Alston / Tech.eu: Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning tech for displays in AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others  —  The German firm's ultra-compact MEMS-based laser beam scanning projection display systems for AR glasses has come into focus as tech giant Sharp invests
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Regulators are choking the crypto industry in the US, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials (Katie Haun/Wall Street Journal) (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Katie Haun / Wall Street Journal: Regulators are choking the crypto industry in the US, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials  —  The effort would stifle American innovation and competition—and that seems to be the objective.  —  WSJ Opinion: Congress Hammers TikTok
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Many of the top VPN services and apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices while disguising their ownership, like ties to China (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Many of the top VPN services and apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices while disguising their ownership, like ties to China  —  SAN FRANCISCO — As Congress weighs an unprecedented ban of the wildly popular Chinese-owned TikTok over supposed security concerns …
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A fifth defendant plans to plead guilty to the DOJ's charges in 2020 regarding a conspiracy to bribe Amazon staff to give sellers unfair marketplace advantages (Annie Palmer/CNBC) (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Annie Palmer / CNBC: A fifth defendant plans to plead guilty to the DOJ's charges in 2020 regarding a conspiracy to bribe Amazon staff to give sellers unfair marketplace advantages  —  - A well-known consultant for Amazon sellers admitted to bribing staffers employed by the retail giant for information to help his clients.
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A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, with video sites easily accessible via top Google search results and some accepting Visa and Mastercard (Kat Tenbarge/NBC News) (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, with video sites easily accessible via top Google search results and some accepting Visa and Mastercard  —  The nonconsensual deepfake economy has remained largely out of sight, but it's easily accessible and some creators can accept major credit cards.
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Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer plan to step down as CEO on April 17 and president on June 30; ex-Amazon executive David Risher is set to be CEO (Rohan Goswami/CNBC) (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer plan to step down as CEO on April 17 and president on June 30; ex-Amazon executive David Risher is set to be CEO  —  - Lyft's cofounders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, will step back from their day-to-day roles as CEO and president, respectively.
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Securitylab.ru

Трагедия, которой никогда не было: как нейросети могут использоваться для распространения фейковой информации (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Пугающие изображения из Midjourney, которые практически невозможно отличить от настоящих фотографий.
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Новый вредонос MacStealer использует Telegram как канал эксфильтрации данных с устройств на MacOS (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Инфостилер использует поддельные диалоговые окна для усыпления бдительности пользователей.
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Neuralink вопреки запретам регуляторов готовится к испытаниям на людях (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Компания Neuralink активно ищет партнеров среди ведущих нейрохирургических центров США для проведения клинических испытаний на людях.
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NVIDIA: криптовалюты не приносят пользы, в отличие от вычислительных мощностей для ИИ (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Главный технический директор NVIDIA рассказал о важности ИИ-систем для общества
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Группировка Vice Society атаковала пуэрто-риканскую водопроводную компанию (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
К официальному расследованию уже привлечены агентства ФБР и CISA.
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Новая программа-вымогатель «Dark Power» уже поразила свой первый десяток жертв (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Довольно скромные злоумышленники требуют за расшифровку данных всего $10 000.
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Euler Finance получила часть денег после крупнейшей кражи в этом году (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Хакер вернул 58 737 ETH в протокол DeFi .
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Новая угроза для бизнеса: ФБР предупреждает об участившихся VEC-атаках (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Как киберпреступники обманывают продавцов и проводят оптовые закупки товаров совершенно бесплатно?
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Хакеры выложили на GitHub часть исходного кода Twitter (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Интересно, как инцидент повлияет на безопасность пользователей соцсети.
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Microsoft наконец-то выпустила исправление для критической уязвимости Outlook (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
По словам компании, дырой в безопасности успели воспользоваться российские хакеры.
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Законопроект о "белых хакерах" застрял на стадии обсуждения из-за позиции ФСБ (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Введение понятия bug bounty в правовое поле может быть отложено.
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Секреты на свободе: компрометация платформы GoAnywhere привела к утечке данных Procter & Gamble (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
Хакеры получили доступ к данным сотрудников компании, используя уязвимость Fortra GoAnywhere.
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Трижды взломана: Ubuntu Desktop стала главной целью на третий день Pwn2Own (Sun, 26 Mar 2023)
Команда Synacktiv забирает $530 000 и Tesla Model 3 как победители хакерского конкурса.
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Themeisle Blog

Here Are the 7 Best AI Tools for Website Building Available in 2023 (Mon, 27 Mar 2023)
As the fortunate generation that has been caught up in the AI storm, we have the opportunity to learn how to take full advantage of artificial intelligence for use in web design and development, domain registration, website branding, and site auditing. Follow along as we explore the best AI tools for each of these aspects of building a website. The post Here Are the 7 Best AI Tools for Website Building Available in 2023 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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Need a WooCommerce Tabs Plugin? 5 Best Options Available (Fri, 24 Mar 2023)
WooCommerce product pages come with a standard set of tabs. However, adding custom tabs requires editing your theme files, which is not a simple task if you're not a developer. In this article, we're going to introduce you to five WooCommerce tabs plugins that will allow you to add custom tabs without touching a line of code. The post Need a WooCommerce Tabs Plugin? 5 Best Options Available appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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What Is Post Slug? (Fri, 24 Mar 2023)
If you’ve ever created a blog post in WordPress, you may have noticed a field labeled “post slug.” What is post slug? This seemingly small detail plays a significant role in optimizing your website’s URLs for search engines. The post What Is Post Slug? appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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What Is Apache? (Fri, 24 Mar 2023)
As you begin to learn more about website hosting and related topics, you may encounter terms like “web server” and “Apache.” What is Apache? It is a web server and one of the most popular such server software of its kind today. The post What Is Apache? appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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Shopify WordPress Integration: How to Make Them Work Together (Thu, 23 Mar 2023)
Shopify is good at ecommerce, but so-so at content management. WordPress is good at content management but many people prefer Shopify to WooCommerce for online selling. If you’re adamant about using Shopify for ecommerce, but WordPress is a crucial part of your content management process, it’s essential to learn about the Shopify WordPress integration. The post Shopify WordPress Integration: How to Make Them Work Together appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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4 of the Best Squarespace Alternatives and Why Use Them in 2023 (Wed, 22 Mar 2023)
Squarespace is a highly popular website builder used all around the world to create online stores and customizable blogs and sites. But is it really the best option out there? In this article, we will review some other favorite website builders and whether they can be good alternatives to Squarespace. We will also explain what makes each best for which type of project. The post 4 of the Best Squarespace Alternatives and Why Use Them in 2023 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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7 of the Best WordPress RSS Feed Plugins for 2023 (Tue, 21 Mar 2023)
WordPress RSS feed plugins are essential to display content from other sources on your website. From blog articles to social media posts to podcasts, there are plugins you can use to pull any type of content from other sites into yours. In this post, we’ll review some of the best WordPress RSS feed plugins available on the market, to help you decide when and how to choose a suitable one for your site. The post 7 of the Best WordPress RSS Feed Plugins for 2023 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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What Is Infinite Scroll? (Mon, 20 Mar 2023)
If you’re wondering what is infinite scroll, the answer is in this post. Also known as endless scrolling, infinite scrolling is a design technique that allows your web visitors to view more content as they scroll down a single page. The post What Is Infinite Scroll? appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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What Is Custom Post Type in WordPress? (Mon, 20 Mar 2023)
What is custom post type in WordPress? WordPress comes with only a few types of built-in content types, and the most popular ones are posts and pages. These are quite useful in most cases, but you might want something more to extend the functionalities of your website and appeal to more audiences. The post What Is Custom Post Type in WordPress? appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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How to Host Your WordPress Images Externally (Mon, 20 Mar 2023)
Lots of media files on your website can drain your server resources and lead to slow loading times. This may result in a poor user experience (UX) and keep your site out of the top search results. Luckily, you can extend WordPress and host images externally to prevent this. In this post, we'll take a closer look at why you might want to spare WordPress and host images externally instead. Then, we'll show you how to do this in three simple steps. The post How to Host Your WordPress Images Externally appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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