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It has become clear that celebrities haven’t learned a darn thing from Matt Damon and his appearance in a commercial for Crypto.com. The Oscar winner has taken a lot of guff for his participation, and now Larry David – the millionaire television mogul behind “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” – is experiencing a similar level of antagonism from social media users after he appeared in the FTX exchange’s most recent ad during the Super Bowl. Larry David Follows in...

The Seminoles – a Florida state softball team – have entered a partnership with FTX, a new and popular cryptocurrency exchange. Several members of the team are now allowing the exchange to use their names, images, and likenesses for ads and other promotional campaigns and getting paid in crypto. FTX Just Keeps Getting Bigger FTX is only about three years old, but the company is already one of the biggest and most powerful digital currency trading platforms in the world....

The Justice Department has arrested a couple in New York for their alleged participation in a crypto scam that occurred roughly six years ago. Ilya Lichtenstein – age 34 – and his wife Heather Morgan, age 31, have been charged with laundering funds garnered through a massive $3.6 billion cryptocurrency hack that targeted popular digital currency exchange Bitfinex in 2016. The Crypto Space Still Sees Its Fair Share of Hacks Cryptocurrency hacks and thievery in the world...

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is one of the newest digital currency platforms out there, but its size, scope, and popularity just keep growing. It’s been announced that the exchange now bears a valuation exceeding $32 billion at the time of writing thanks to a new funding round that occurred earlier in the week, suggesting investors continue to pour their money into this industry despite the regular price dips we’ve been witnessing. FTX Is Headed to the Top of the Ladder...

It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto hack is in the books and a lot of money has been stolen. This time, the victim is a digital currency platform known as Qubit Finance, a defi trading arena. The company is reporting losses of approximately $80 million at the time of writing. Qubit Finance Has Lost Quite a Bit of Money As we have seen from recent reports, crypto crime is growing like crazy, and it makes sense when one looks at how well some of the leading digital...

The price of bitcoin has taken another large stumble. So much so that the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has fallen below $40,000. At the time of writing, bitcoin has fallen to a price of roughly $38,000 per unit, and now Huobi – one of the world’s largest and most important crypto exchanges – sees bitcoin experiencing a bear year in 2022. Huobi Predicts a Rough Year for Bitcoin Bitcoin has been falling into oblivion since last November. The currency...

Coinbase – one of the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – has announced it will be giving each of its employees approximately four weeks each year (one per quarter) to fully recharge and rest up, as executives realize the workplace can be quite stressful. Coinbase Is Handing Out a Lot of PTO Coinbase chief people officer L.J. Brock explained in a company blog: This year, we’re experimenting with four recharge weeks (roughly one per quarter),...

Sam Bankman-Fried – the man in charge of popular and fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange FTX – says there is likely to be more institutional adoption of cryptocurrency in the year 2022 granted regulation becomes a solid thing. Sam Bankman-Fried On What Will Attract Institutions Regulation has been a controversial topic in the crypto space for many years. For some, the idea of bringing regulation into the mix goes against everything crypto stands for. After all, it was...

Abu Dhabi – the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – has stated that it is looking to become one of the biggest crypto hubs in the world. The region is looking to reduce its reliance on standard gas and oil while boosting its investments in the crypto space. Abu Dhabi and Crypto… A Solid Match? The UAE was one of the first nations to establish regulation for the growing crypto space, having done so in 2018. Since then, many new digital currency trading platforms...

The worlds of sports and crypto are now only separated by a very thin, blurry line. Both arenas are finding more ways to become connected, with the most recent example coming in the form of the Alabama women’s softball team and its new partnership with popular cryptocurrency exchange FTX. FTX Is Blurring the Line Between Sports and Crypto The trading platform has recently announced a new NIL offer that was made to the team. This is the second partnership of this kind to...