Darknet Markets Generated $1.7 Billion in Crypto Revenue in 2020 — Set a New Record
Darknet market revenues hit a new all-time high in 2020, despite declining individual purchases from marketplaces. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis…
Aung San Suu Kyi charged after Myanmar coup
Authorities in Myanmar on Wednesday filed charges against civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for illegally importing and using walkie-talkies…
Amazon’s next act: The Bezos culture will live on
As big as Amazon looks at any given time, it is always bigger than anyone outside the company can see,…
Swiss Companies Issue First Tokenized Asset for Trading Under New National Blockchain Rules
New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) went into effect on Feb. 1 in Switzerland. After the implementation, two…
Scott Morrison gives Craig Kelly the rounds of the kitchen
A frustrated Scott Morrison has been forced to publicly slap down Craig Kelly, after the Liberal backbencher got into a…
AdGram Helps Brands Leverage Cryptocurrencies in the Advertising Market
PRESS RELEASE. The AdGram service was founded a year ago and is currently the largest advertising exchange in Telegram. AdGram…
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans think Black people, women will gain influence under Biden
A new Pew Research survey provides insight into how Americans anticipate power and influence in Washington, D.C., will shift under…
Chamber warns Biden not to submit to progressive wish
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the Biden administration not to go around Republicans to pass the president’s $1.9…
If we’re to defend our borders from the pandemic, what do we mean by borders?
Before COVID-19 hit New Zealand’s shores last year, most people’s understanding of defending a border would have come from watching…
I Love This Story About Two Nashville Bros That High Five Each Other Every Sunday
iStockphoto Man, this Steve Hartman story from CBS Sunday Morning is what it’s all about. Pretty much the perfect human…
Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Files to Publicly Trade Bitcoin Fund
On February 2, the crypto asset manager, Bitwise Asset Management, announced it had filed a Form 211 with the U.S.…
Ten Years On, Tunisia Still Seethes With Anger, But at What?
It’s been 10 years since uprisings swept the Arab world, and many countries are in a demonstrably worse position…
Social influencers: new advertising code addresses hyper-sexualisation, but not where it’s needed most
You may have had heard of Vanessa Sierra, the Instagram model and reality TV contestant who adeptly used her time…
By jailing Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin may turn him into an even more potent opposition symbol
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was today sentenced to two years, eight months in a prison colony for violating the…