Beeple’s Discord URL ‘hijacked,’ directing users to wallet drainer
Other users in the crypto Twitter Community believe lax security management is to blame for the latest phishing scam aimed at Beeple’s fans and followers.
Month: October 2022
Tether commercial paper exposure now under $50M, says CTO
Tether is also looking to become more transparent, having hired a new accounting firm to conduct regular audit and attestation reports to ensure its stablecoin is properly backed by the USD.
How Crypto Twitter reacted to Kim Kardashian’s $1.26M SEC fine
Some pointed out the regulator’s supposed hypocrisy, others told crypto-influencers to lawyer up, whilst a few poked fun at the reality TV star.
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Covalent CEO: There’s an ‘unresolved backlog’ of unfilled Web3 data roles
The demand for on-chain analysts is set to further increase with Web3 data outgrowing Web2 data over the next 20-30 years, says Covalent’s Ganesh Swami.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back Past $19.5K Amid Fresh Hopes for a Fed Retreat; Binance’s Failed Plan to Boost the Price of Luna Classic
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and ether both spent much of Monday in the green.
Activision Blizzard illegally withheld raises from unionizing workers, labor board finds
Gaming giant Activision Blizzard unlawfully retaliated against workers at Raven Software who formed a union, the National Labor Relations Board found. The quality assurance (QA) department at subsidiary Raven Software, who mostly work on “Call of Duty,” announced that they would form a union in January. Activision Blizzard sought to block the union, reasoning that … Read more
Drowning in trash: Google opens applications for circular-economy accelerator
Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. The effort is Google’s latest to help environmentally focused startups grow, while potentially hooking them on its cloud products in the process. In the broadest of strokes, the circular economy represents a colossal shift in how humanity makes and uses stuff. … Read more
Bessemer backs SaaS platform that automates billing workflows
Zenskar, a startup that is aiming to help SaaS companies automate their billing workflows, has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round. Headquartered in New York and Bengaluru, Zenskar is building a platform for SaaS companies to generate bills for their complex pricing plans — whether they are based on usage-based pricing, subscriptions, nuanced … Read more
Elon Musk steps in it — “F#ck off is my very diplomatic reply to you”
Elon Musk today waded into the Ukraine-Russia war with a peace plan that was . . . not very well-received. It may have been a tactic to distract industry watchers from Tesla’s third-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022, which fell short of analysts’ expectations. But it was a knuckle-headed tactic if so, and … Read more
UK pauses data reform bill to rethink how to replace GDPR
The UK government has confirmed another pause to draft digital legislation under new prime minister Liz Truss’ reshuffled cabinet — saying the data reform bill it had introduced in recent months is on hold while ministers take another look. The paused bill contained a package of amendments to the UK’s data protection regime, which remains based … Read more
Naver agrees to acquire fashion marketplace Poshmark for $1.2B
Naver, the South Korean search giant, today announced it plans to acquire secondhand apparel marketplace Poshmark for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal values publicly-traded Poshmark’s shares at $17.90 — a 15% premium over today’s closing price — and the companies expect it to close by Q1 2023, subject to approval by Poshmark stockholders and … Read more
The SEC is bullying Kim Kardashian, and it could chill the influencer economy
The feds should have tried to work with Kardashian to establish more transparent norms for influencers rather than slapping her with a $1.26 million fine for promoting EthereumMax.
John Curtius is leaving Tiger Global to start his own venture fund
John Curtius, the prolific Tiger Global senior partner who has been at the center of some of the firm’s biggest deals in the last several years, is leaving the firm, TechCrunch has learned. He will be leaving to start his own firm, which will concentrate investments from Series A to Series C. Curtius will stay … Read more
Rare David Bowie NFT Collaboration With FEWOCiOUS Sells for $127,000
The high-value sale on OpenSea continues a trend of celebrity estates minting postmortem memorabilia on the blockchain.
What Is EthereumMax? Inside the Crypto Kim Kardashian Lost $1.2M Promoting
EthereumMax and the EMAX token won investors over with big promises and flashy names. But has it delivered?
Here’s why you couldn’t see anything on House of the Dragon
This still is not from last night’s episode, which is one reason you can see what is happening. | Image: HBO Things got dark on House of the Dragon last night as characters stole dragons and other characters made super incestuous life choices. And all of it was done under the cover of darkness, leading … Read more
Luna Classic, Remnant of Terra Collapse, Drops After Underwhelming Binance Burn Mechanism Data
Binance’s scheme destroyed only 0.08% of the token’s bloated supply, too minuscule to have a lasting impact on the hyperinflated token.
Daily Crunch: Vice Society hackers post 500GB of data stolen from LA school district to dark web
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Oc-flippin-tober? You’ve got to be mock-tobering us. It’s a sobering experience, though, to see the who-ber year fly by like that! Ahem. Forgive the incoherence, we are entering TechCrunch Disrupt silly season … Read more
Max Q: Hubble hubble, toil and trouble
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. I hope all of our Florida readers stayed safe during Hurricane Ian — thinking of you guys. In this issue: How the Space Coast braced for the storm Humans: 1, Asteroids: 0 News from Astra, Firehawk Aerospace and more By the way…We are just a few weeks away … Read more
Court Rules CFTC Legally Served Ooki DAO Through Help Bot
The ruling came the same day a group of crypto lawyers and developers filed to join the CFTC’s case against Ooki DAO.