Decentralized social networks aren’t immune to botnet-driven spam, as a recent spam attack on Bluesky demonstrates. Earlier this month, a flood of posts reading “remember to always vote […]
FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interest
Bankruptcy lawyers representing customers impacted by the dramatic crash of cryptocurrency exchange FTX 17 months ago, say that the vast majority of victims will receive their money back […]
Jack Dorsey has left Bluesky
Twitter/X co-founder Jack Dorsey left Bluesky’s board of directors and is funding a different decentralised network protocol.
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS
The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, […]
TechCrunch Minute: Where CZ’s sentencing leaves the state of crypto
Four months behind bars and a massive fine, that’s what CZ is getting from the government for his crypto exchange’s misdeeds. Regardless of how you view the verdict […]
Haun Ventures is riding the bitcoin high
The firm invested $5M in Agora, a front-end solution for Dao governance, this week Marina Temkin 7 hours Blockchain startups were red-hot when Katie Haun left Andreessen Horowitz […]
After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin
Stripe, the fintech giant, continues to inch its way back into the cryptocurrency market. On Thursday the company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency […]
Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’
Paystand has acquired spend management software startup Teampay to create what the companies describe as a “no-fee B2B digital payment and spend powerhouse.” Financial terms of the deal […]
Block lets Square merchants convert a part of their daily sales to bitcoin
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and other services, announced a new program today allowing merchants using Square’s solutions to convert a percentage of their daily sales […]