The Australian government has made moves to refine its crypto strategy and introduce ‘badges of approval’ for exchanges.
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The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Ministry is hoping to see crypto legalized, so it can be used by more young people.
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Several crypto firms warned their customers over the weekend following a data breach at marketing software maker Hubspot.
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Quick Take
- Companies and legal experts are closely watching pending NFT trademark lawsuits.
- It’s not clear yet what kind of legal protection brands will need to prevent copycats in “the metaverse.”
Some industry players say that athough the implications of the bill’s language are worrisome, it’s early to sound the alarm.
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Yuga Labs, creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, dropped a teaser trailer for a new project called Otherside.
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Quick Take
- This weekly series explores the most interesting insights in NFTs, blockchain gaming, and virtual worlds
- The overall NFT market seems to be poised for its second consecutive month of subsiding trading volume
- Sparked by Wolf Game’s early experimentation, several projects have refined the concept of protocol-level risk
A man was convicted for defrauding investors via an organization with supposed closed ties to the United Nations, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced on March 18 that it has taken legal action against Meta, alleging that the company had misled Facebook users by publishing advertisements about crypto scams featuring local public figures unaware of the content.
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Quick Take
- Financial applications built around NFTs need to be able to value such tokens quickly and effectively.
- We investigate why this is so problematic and how some people are trying to solve this challenge.
- This is the second article in a three-part series focused on the financial applications of NFTs.
