Famous Economist Gets Hit With Crypto Scam
Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman told his followers on Twitter that he has been receiving suspicious emails about his ‘blockchain wallet.’ The problem is, he doesn’t have a blockchain wallet. “OK, this is extremely weird. I received an email saying that a payment has been received into my blockchain wallet. But I don’t have a blockchain wallet. Presumably, there’s some kind of fraud going on, but what?”
SEC Pressures English Courts To Take On Telegram
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked the High Court of England and Wales to force Telegram’s former chief investment advisor John Hyman to testify in the case over the firm’s Grams tokens offering. The SEC’s request was revealed by documents filed by the regulator with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday.
Social Media Platform Voice Launching Blockchain In 2020
Voice, which is the social media platform first unveiled by EOS creator Block.One in June announced that it will launch in beta on Feb. 14 in 2020. The firm promises that it will share its progress with the community as the development goes on. Voice also claims that thousands have already signed up to take part in its beta testing. The firm also admits that the initiative is still plagued by regulatory uncertainty and that it is still working with regulators to ensure compliance
Italian Publishers Are Using Blockchain To Manage Systems
The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) has teamed up with Algorand to develop a new ecosystem for copyright management, based on Algorand’s recently launched blockchain platform. The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers had already started to develop the project – with the help of “La Sapienza” the University of Rome and consulting company Blockchain Core. The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers has now decided to focus on the Algorand platform for its by design public nature and its high performance.
Ethereum Istanbul Hard Fork Complete
Moving into big news with Ethereum which is now at block number 9,069,000, with the systemwide upgrade which is the network’s third in 2019, following February’s St. Petersburg and Constantinople hard forks. The months-long process culminated in the last 24 hours. Istanbul is the network’s eighth hard fork overall with the first code changes being approved in June 2019, Eth 2, the network’s major transition to proof-of-stake (PoS), is expected in 2021.