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Scammers target the elderly because most have substantial financial resources, are usually very trusting, and are unlikely to report being victims of these scams for fear of being restricted from their financial independence by family members.

Industry watchers and commentators, however, think that it is just "buying the dip," or the market "overreacting" and pointed out that the news is positive for the applications.

Cryptocurrencies are reportedly being used as incentives, particularly by the Donetsk People's Republic, an unrecognized republic supported by Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.

While NFT domains can be used to display content like a traditional website, their applications go far beyond that. They can function as a person or institution's main online identity, which can be used to conduct cryptocurrency transactions, sign into websites, or even interact in the Metaverse.

FTX was once one of the most trusted brands in the cryptocurrency industry, with its co-founder Bankman-Fried even earning the moniker the "golden boy" of crypto. But all the popularity and glory immediately disappeared when FTX filed for bankruptcy last November and skeletons in its closet came out in the open.

A Binance spokesperson said that the exchange could not share details of its conversations with regulators but claimed that it had the "right team and measures in place to continue our discussions with regulators in Germany."

Fundstrat head of research Tom Lee said Bitcoin is "battle-tested."

Melania Trump on Thursday announced the launch of "The 1776 Collection" in time for the Fourth of July.

The new version of the decentralized social media app no longer features the "zaps" feature, which Apple considers equivalent to selling digital content.

Kusama teased that "wen is so last year" and the "real question" right now is "where," suggesting Shiba Inu is going somewhere.

"He [Friedberg] not only settled the complaints for inflated amounts, in some instances he arranged for the FTX Group to retain the whistleblowers' attorneys post-settlement, thereby buying or otherwise ensuring their silence," the complaint read.

The XRP community and the broader cryptocurrency industry eagerly await the court ruling in the ongoing legal battle between blockchain firm Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) despite that many rumored dates in the past turned out to be wrong.

The crypto accounts are believed to be used to finance Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force and the terror group Hezbollah.

At the current rate of Bitcoin, Microstrategy is sitting on an unrealized profit of approximately $120,209,016.96.

BlockFi creditors have moved to liquidate the defunct crypto lender following an investigative report that they said detailed CEO Zack Prince's perpetration of "a fraud on customers." BlockFi is just one of dozens of companies dragged into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

The federal judge said that Bankman-Fried's arguments "are either moot or without merit," underlining that the 31-year-old crypto executive will stand on trial for 13 federal counts on Oct. 2.

By combining a few AI models, namely the deepfake text-to-speech model and a Large Language Model like ChatGPT, we can easily reproduce any kind of person, dead or alive, provided there is enough material available to train the AI.

The report, if accurate, is bullish for the cryptocurrency industry, which, over the past weeks, has experienced market turmoil following the regulatory enforcements executed by the US financial watchdog, SEC.

Shiba Inu has come a long way since it was created by its pseudonymous creator Ryoshi in August 2020.

It is worth noting that the buyback rumor started to surface online recently, with the most recent claim being that Ripple Labs was planning to buyback approximately 10 billion XRPs.

"Super Mario 3: Mario Forever" is not a Nintendo game but it is a popular, long-running fan game that basks in the popularity of the "Mario" franchise.

Apple told Damus that it can either "revise your app to use in-app purchase to pay for this type of transaction or remove these transactions from your app."

Trading app Robinhood is eliminating around 150 roles after two earlier layoffs that affected approximately 1,000 employees. The brokerage firm faced regulatory challenges in recent months and a system failure in February cost the company millions.

Gemini was one of the many crypto businesses that were significantly impacted by the turmoil that rocked the industry following the collapse of FTX.

Swiss authorities reportedly froze the funds at the request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the New York Federal Prosecutor's Office.

The U.S. Department of Justice hoped the latest verdict would serve as a warning to malicious actors and the broader cybercrime community.

Binance immediately responded to the news and claimed that it was in communication with the Belgian regulator and was saddened by the recent development.

FTX Debtors led by CEO John Ray III plan to execute the sales process sometime in Q3 to Q4 of this year and will select a "stalking-horse bidder."

Some of the country's biggest retailers have been the target of ransom bomb threats in recent weeks, WSJ reported. Some callers demand money, others want thousands worth of gift cards, while one caller reportedly asked for Bitcoin. Walmart, Target, Meijer, Kroger, Whole Foods and Kohl's have been targeted.