Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors
    29 Apr 2023
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    Mastercard’s new solution revolves around providing “secure transactions between users, verified according to standards” set by the company. Global financial services giant Mastercard has launched a new Web3 solution aimed at enhancing user verification standards and “reducing the opportunities for bad actors” in the digital asset space. The solution is dubbed the “Mastercard Crypto Credential”…

    Ex-CFO that stole $5M to trade crypto and ‘meme stocks’ gets 3 years prison
    28 Apr 2023
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    Cooper Morgenthau embezzled $5 million from three different companies and lost almost all of it trading cryptocurrencies and “meme stocks.” The former CFO of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) was sentenced to three years in prison after embezzling $5 million that was used to trade cryptocurrencies and “meme stocks.” An April 27 press release from the…

    UK Treasury seeks input on taxing DeFi staking and lending
    28 Apr 2023
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    The proposed regulatory changes seek to simplify how DeFi returns are taxed and reduce the “administrative burden” for taxpayers. The tax treatment of lending and borrowing on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols could soon be changed in the United Kingdom as the taxation arm of the Treasury is seeking input on a possible new regime. An…

    Phantom Wallet CEO explains why wallets must move to be multichain
    28 Apr 2023
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    Phantom Wallet CEO Brandon Millman argues airdrops may not be worth the hype and self-custody wallets are not off the hook regarding regulation. Wallets have always been a key topic in the cryptocurrency industry because of their essential role in adoption. As the crypto world evolves and enters the multichain phase, wallets may need to…

    Web3 social media protocol launches ‘layer 3’ to provide instant posts
    27 Apr 2023
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    The new layer relies on Bundlr, a decentralized storage platform built on Arweave, for mass storage of social media data. The team behind Lens, a Web3 social media protocol, has announced the launch of a new “layer 3” network to scale blockchain social media apps. Called “Bonzai,” the new network processes and stores posts, comments…

    Metaverse division’s $4B loss drags on positive first quarter for Meta
    27 Apr 2023
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    Zuckerberg expects Reality Labs operating losses to increase year-over-year in 2023. Meta suffered a nearly $4 billion loss from its metaverse unit with Reality Labs in what was otherwise a solid first quarter for the Mark Zuckerberg-led social media empire, which posted a final profit of $5.7 billion. While the $4 billion loss follows a…