Source: @EricTrump/TwitterEric Trump, son of the former US president Donald Trump, wants you to know that the new crypto using the family name, TrumpCoin (TRUMP), is not connected to the New York dynasty -- and is threatening the altcoin’s founders with legal recourse.“This has NOTHING to do with our family, we do not authorize the…...
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Soon after the central bank of Russia announced that it is mulling a ban on crypto mining, reports now point otherwise. The Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, Vladimir Gutenev told the local news wire that crypto mining can continue legally in the country under the regulatory control of the state.…...
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The Trump family has threatened legal action over trumpcoin, a cryptocurrency created in 2016 “to honor Donald J. Trump.” Eric Trump said that the crypto has nothing to do with the Trump family. “We do not authorize the use and we are in no way affiliated with this group. Legal action will be taken,” he…...
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The International Monetary Fund urged El Salvador to strip bitcoin of its status as legal tender because of its large risks to financial stability, the latest twist in protracted talks between the fund and the highly indebted Central American country to secure a $1.3 billion loan. The fund said on Tuesday that El Salvador’s recent…...
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Draft laws on remote working mark an attempt by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar to formalise radical work practice changes that were suddenly introduced when Covid-19 struck two years ago. Back then, the force of the pandemic was such that procedural and legal niceties were swept aside in the rush to protect public health and keep the…...
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It's a change that will undoubtedly be appreciated by cryptocurrency neophytes.Ethereum, considered the second-generation blockchain, has decided to rebrand the Ethereum 1.0 (ETH 1.0) and Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) terminology.From now on, Ethereum 1.0 (ETH 1.) will be referred as as Ethereum's "execution layer", and Ethereum 2.0 as "consensus layer," according to a blog post of…...
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WEBSITE OF THE YEARAPP OF THE YEARWorld25 Jan, 2022 05:29 PM3 minutes to readNew mask mandates, schools prepare for teaching under red and Russia massing troops on the Ukraine border in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ HeraldAuthorities have warned of QR code scams targeting the public.The barcode-style tech has offered a…...
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With “Partygate” still dominating the headlines it was always going to be a tough start of the working week for Boris Johnson. The prime minister’s Monday, however, got even worse when his counter-fraud minister quit over the government’s decision to write off £4.3bn in fraudulent Covid loans.At the dispatch box in the House of Lords…...
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Data theft from the Red Cross, a US Labor Department scam and a new firmware bootkit found.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, January 19th. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.The International Committee of the Red Cross is the latest victim of a supply chain cyber attack. The humanitarian agency…...
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National "I knew he was a real scammer. I just knew he wasn't going to scam me." By Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post January 24, 2022 Jean, a 73-year-old grandmother, was at her Long Island home Thursday morning when she received a phone call from a man claiming to be her grandson. He was in jail…...
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