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Indonesia Suspends Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Project Over Legal Violations

Indonesia has suspended registration for Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project over alleged legal violations and suspicious activity. Authorities say the project used another company’s credentials and operated without proper registration. Officials are now investigating and urging the public to report any violations.

BySama TarekMay 5, 20250Comments

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OKX DEX Relaunches With Stronger Security After Lazarus Group Exploit

OKX DEX resumed operations on May 5 with new real-time abuse detection, announced by CEO Star Xu in an X post. The relaunch follows a March exploit by Lazarus Group and now supports 130 blockchains and 500+ DEXs and dApps. OKX DEX will restart today with realtime abuse detecting and blocking system. OKX Web3 is Chrome…

BySama TarekMay 5, 20250Comments

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Argentine Football Association Teams Up With STEPN to Launch Digital Sneakers With Real-Life Rewards

The world of football is stepping into the future as the Argentine Football Association (AFA), home to one of the most iconic national teams in history, has announced a unique new partnership with STEPN, a blockchain-based fitness and lifestyle app. Together, they’re launching digital sneakers tied to real-life perks for fans. It’s a two-year deal that…

BySama TarekMay 5, 20250Comments

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Kraken Outsmarts Hacker Who Tried to Get Hired

Crypto exchange Kraken caught a North Korean hacker pretending to apply for a job. Instead of rejecting them, Kraken let the process continue to gather intel. The security team uncovered fake identities and ties to state-sponsored cyberattacks. The case shows how attackers now target companies through hiring, not just hacking.

BySama TarekMay 3, 20250Comments

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UK Regulator Eyes New Crypto Rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK has published a discussion paper asking for public feedback on how to regulate crypto activities like staking, lending, and decentralized finance (DeFi). The regulator also indicated it is concerned about using credit to purchase crypto assets. There is an open feedback period until June 13, 2025 and…

BySama TarekMay 3, 20250Comments

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The U.S. Wants to Cut Off Cambodia’s Huione Group Over Crypto Crime Ties

The U.S. Treasury announced that it’s aiming to cut the Cambodia-based Huione Group off from the American banking system. Why? Because it believes the company is heavily involved in laundering billions of dollars—some of it linked to cryptocurrency scams and even North Korea’s notorious hacking group, Lazarus. Read More: Zoom Calls? Beware: North Korea’s Lazarus Group…

BySama TarekMay 2, 20250Comments

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Movement Labs Suspends Co-Founder After Token Turmoil

Movement Labs has suspended co-founder Rushi Manche after a controversial deal with a market maker led to the sell-off of 66 million MOVE tokens and a major price drop. The issue sparked an investigation and prompted Coinbase to delist MOVE for not meeting its listing standards.

BySama TarekMay 2, 20250Comments

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Telegram’s TON Network Makes Big RWA Play With $500M Tokenized Bond Fund From Libre

Telegram’s blockchain ecosystem is taking a bold step into the real world of finance. Libre, a digital asset tokenization firm, has announced plans to tokenize $500 million worth of Telegram-issued bonds into a new on-chain fund called the Telegram Bond Fund (TBF). The fund will launch on TON (The Open Network) — the blockchain originally…

BySama TarekMay 1, 20250Comments

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Sam Altman’s World Launches in the U.S. — Eye-Scanning Crypto, Verified Identity, and a Visa Card to Match

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has officially brought his ambitious digital identity project, now rebranded as World, to the United States. Previously known as Worldcoin, the project is designed to solve a pressing challenge in today’s AI-driven world: how do we prove that someone online is actually a real human? With deepfakes, bots, and AI-generated…

BySama TarekMay 1, 20250Comments

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FIFA Moves Its NFT Platform to a New Ethereum-Based Blockchain

FIFA will develop an Ethereum-compatible blockchain to host its NFT collection, FIFA Collect. The NFT collection will migrate from the Algorand network on May 20. Once the migration is complete, users will be required to leverage popular wallets such as MetaMask to access their NFTs. FIFA noted that the new system will provide better performance,…

BySama TarekMay 1, 20250Comments

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