Unstoppable Domains (UD) has launched an instant messaging system for owners of Web3 usernames, according to an Aug. 23 announcement from principal engineer Aaron Quirk. Owners of .crypto, .wallet, .polygon or other UD-registered usernames can now message each other across most apps that use XMTP, including the UD iOS app and website, Coinbase Wallet, and Lens protocol apps such as…
Spain has created the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA). The agency, announced in a royal decree on Tuesday, will be the first AI regulatory body of its kind in the European Union. The body, which will work to develop an “inclusive, sustainable and citizen-centered” AI, is in line with the country’s National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence.…
Chinese police may have busted Multichain in a money laundering investigation, but many questions remain, including its CEO’s alleged fake ID. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/app/public/index.php/news/multichain-victims-search-for-answers-in-billion-dollar-exploit-as-new-evidence-emerges
The U.S. Department of Justice hit the founders of Tornado Cash with money laundering charges today, arresting one while the other remains at large. In a Wednesday indictment, the feds alleged that Roman Storm and Roman Semenov laundered more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds, and charged them with conspiracy to commit money laundering, sanctions violations, and conspiracy to operate…
A London jury has found two teenagers responsible for numerous high-profile hacks as members of the Lapsus$ group, which carried out various attacks on Grand Theft Auto game publisher Rockstar Games, tech giant Nvidia, ride sharing service Uber, and British telecommunications company EE, among others. Both 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj and a 17-year-old male—who was not identified due to his age—were…
A federal judge is allowing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, access to his legal team outside of jail provided he gives sufficient notice. In an Aug. 23 order filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan said SBF would be allowed access to discovery materials in his criminal case in…
Chinese police may have busted Multichain in a money laundering investigation, but many questions remain, including its CEO’s alleged fake ID. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/multichain-victims-search-for-answers-in-billion-dollar-exploit-as-new-evidence-emerges
Crypto exchange Bitstamp will discontinue staking services for customers based in the United States. In a message shared with Cointelegraph, the exchange announced the ending of Ether (ETH) staking as of Sep. 25. “Customers will continue earning staking rewards up until September 25, 2023, and after that, all staked assets will be unstaked. Rewards, along with the principal, will be…
The PlayStation Portal, a handheld device that can play PlayStation 5 (PS5) games via a Wi-Fi connection to the console, will release later this year at a price of $199.99, Sony announced Wednesday. First revealed as “Project Q” in May, the PlayStation Portal is unlike the previous PlayStation handhelds, the PSP and PlayStation Vita. It requires users to own a…
E-commerce giant Shopify has added Solana Pay to its pool of options for payment, allowing millions of merchants to use the platform to accept crypto transactions, kicking off with USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin payments. According to TechCrunch, Solana plans to add other altcoins to the platform in the coming months, including its native token Solana (SOL) and the meme token…
