How long can the country’s affairs be dictated by an organization dedicated to the interests of a foreign state? by Neville Teller On October 27, 2020, a year after former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri was dismissed from office, he was reappointed by President Michel Aoun. Despite Hariri’s previous inability to manage Lebanon’s growing […]
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Source: iStock/pressureUA 22-year old Kerem Albayrak, a London-based IT analyst, has admitted to blackmailing tech giant Apple in March 2017 after releasing a YouTube video of himself hacking into iCloud accounts, the Daily Mail reported. By paying the ransom, Apple was to prevent Albayrak from selling the personal data of the service’s 319 million users. […]
Continue ReadingSource: iStock/Reimphoto Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news Nordea Bank is free to prevent its employees from investing in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies in their own time, Bloomberg reported, citing a verdict by a […]
Continue ReadingSource: iStock/skodonnell ‘The best’ bitcoins are the ones from the Silk Road, the first modern darknet market, because they’ve got through the U.S. Marshalls and have been ‘blessed’ by the U.S. government – ‘those are very clean,’ Matt Walsh, Partner at Castle Island Ventures, a U.S.-based venture capital firm, joked while discussing so-called “virgin bitcoins” […]
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Source: Instagram, Binance Major crypto exchange Binance has continued its seemingly relentless acquisitions drive with the purchase of analytics service DappReview, an information resource for blockchain-powered decentralized applications (dapps). In a Binance blog post, the company said that it intends to “support DappReview to further develop the dapps ecosystem and foster greater blockchain adoption.” After […]
Continue ReadingSource: iStock/jsmith 36-year old Ethereum (ETH) developer Virgil Griffith, who’s facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly helping North Korea avoid sanctions, is now represented by Brian Klein, high-stakes trial attorney and partner at Los Angeles-Based law firm Baker Marquart. Brian Klein. Source: bakermarquart.com “I now represent Virgil Griffith and am very pleased […]
Continue ReadingThe green-ess was short-lived for the majority of the market, as is so commonly the case. The comparison between November and October proves once again how quickly the color of the crypto market changes. Bitcoin (BTC) too failed to see a rise in its price for the month of November. And though there are certainly […]
Continue ReadingBritain’s financial markets watchdog said on Thursday it had put UK-registered firm Financial.org on an investor alert list, warning investors from dealings with the company. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warning is the latest from regulators around the world about the company, a sponsor of Formula One team Williams (WGF1G.DE). Earlier financial regulators of Malaysia, […]
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