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One side effect of the blockchain industry’s explosive growth is an outburst of different scams, frauds, and other economic crimes “tied” to cryptocurrencies. The risk of running into shady characters in this area is now higher than in any other. It is why we decided to launch a series of articles on cryptocurrency scams and…

PureStake is the company behind Moonbeam and Moonriver chains. Both are highly sought after: On June 30, Moonriver won the parachain slot and is now running on the Kusama network, deploying its Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform. And due to the efforts of the Moonbeam Foundation, the crowdloan campaign raised 206,000 KSM tokens worth $ 45…

A few months ago, El Salvador became the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as a legal tender. Everyone understood at the time that it would be a kind of experiment to show all the pros and cons of such a “financial revolution” in practice.  Today, we can take a look at the…

…was unexpectedly taken by Mastercard, which announced the integration of cryptocurrency payments. Mastercard partners, including merchants and banks, will be authorized to add support for digital assets to their products. The company customers will be able to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies. The news, though long-awaited, still came as a surprise. Mastercard is getting ready…

Among the platforms for creating various blockchain projects, including in the DeFi segment, there are quite unusual initiatives associated with the Telegram messenger. More precisely, with the bold attempt of its creator Pavel Durov to turn an ambitious messenger into a whole separate world, an independent operating system with its own cryptocurrency on the blockchain….

The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has recently called cryptocurrencies a “threat” requiring “urgent action” to address it. It is not the first sign that the UK may become a firm outpost for crypto-skeptics. Jon Cunliffe, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, claimed that cryptocurrencies pose threats to the entire financial…