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Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has announced the development of a “decentralized protocol,” which, in technical speak, means the company is moving its operations to blockchain technology. The crowdfunding site will make use of the Celo blockchain for this purpose. In a blog post by CEO Aziz Hasan and co-founder Perry Chen on Thursday, the crowdfunding platform…

Those looking forward to the emergence of central bank digital currencies in developed countries may be up for a very nasty surprise. The long-awaited CBDCs are likely to become one of the worst tools of mass surveillance. Have you noticed how the development of central bank digital currencies happens really slowly? Typically, we attribute it…

Payments giant Visa is launching new crypto consulting and advisory services aiming to help its clients navigate the world of crypto assets. Visa’s Global Crypto Advisory Practice will sit in its Visa Consulting & Analytics division, Visa said in a press release Wednesday. The payment company said that its advisory group will be for financial…

Hackers are imitating popular pirating tool KMSPico to spread malware, which could steal data from various crypto wallets. The attack is particularly dangerous because using KMSPico often requires people to disable antimalware software. According to a report by Red Canary from December 2, 2021, fake versions of KMSPico have been utilized to get malware onto…

After a consistent drop in the overall market dominance in the last 11 months, BTC has seen a sharp decline in its crypto market dominance during December’s correction. With a market cap of $930 billion, Bitcoin is still the most valuable digital asset, but on December 9, its dominance stood at around 37.2%, which is…

Dubai-based the Cherry Project has revealed it raised $2.9 million from leading VC firms to launch Cherry Network, a decentralized storage blockchain with smart contracts. The Cherry Project announced on December 4 the successful completion of its private token sale. The funding round raised a total of $2.9 million, securing investments from some of the…