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5 Reasons Crypto Rug Pulls Will Crash Harder Than Your Favorite DJ Set

5 Reasons Crypto Rug Pulls Will Crash Harder Than Your Favorite DJ Set

• Callout

Look, I get it. You’re out looking for the next crypto moonshot. You don’t want to be the last to know. Only you see those APYs and you hear that hype and FOMO kicks in. Let’s face it, trying out DeFi projects at this point is dangerous. It’s akin to...

Crypto Crime Wave: Rug Pulls Surge to $3.4 Billion in 2024

Crypto Crime Wave: Rug Pulls Surge to $3.4 Billion in 2024

• DeFi

The rapidly evolving cryptocurrency ecosystem, for all of its potential to expand access to finance, has created new opportunities for scammers, specifically rug pulls. In 2024, investors were defrauded by an astounding $3.4 billion in rug pulls—up 22% over last year. This increase is evidence of the growing sophistication and...

Pump.fun's Meme Coin Metaverse: Art, Scams, and the Future of Digital Identity

Pump.fun's Meme Coin Metaverse: Art, Scams, and the Future of Digital Identity

• Callout

Let’s face it, the crypto space is still the Wild West. At the moment, Pump.fun is its wild wild west, dusty, neon-lit saloon. It’s the town where dreams become reality, and fortunes are often made or lost overnight. The boundary dividing art and complete shit becomes an aesthetic no one...

Pump.fun Dominates Solana Meme Coin Launches Amidst Scams and Controversy

Pump.fun Dominates Solana Meme Coin Launches Amidst Scams and Controversy

• DeFi

Pump.fun, a Solana-based platform, has emerged as the leading launchpad for meme coins. By May 2024, it generated more than $700 million in total revenue and at one point held the title of the second-largest DeFi protocol behind Uniswap. The platform facilitates the creation and trading of meme coins, with...

Deepfake Scams Surge, Costing Financial Firms Millions

Deepfake Scams Surge, Costing Financial Firms Millions

• Digital ID

These deepfake-as-a-service operations are making it easier for fraudsters to stitch together synthetic identities by mixing stolen data from various swipes with AI-generated media. This concerning trend has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost research funding to universities around the world.Earlier this year, an employee in Hong...

NFTs: The Digital Shamrocks Promising Gold But Delivering Leprechaun's Luck?

NFTs: The Digital Shamrocks Promising Gold But Delivering Leprechaun's Luck?

• Callout

We've all heard the tales. The whole country gets a shimmering pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, courtesy of that same devious leprechaun. It's a beautiful story, isn't it? A beacon of opportunity, of overnight wealth, of riding the lucky streak. If we’re being truthful, how many...

IRS Scams 2025: The Tech Vulnerabilities You're Ignoring

IRS Scams 2025: The Tech Vulnerabilities You're Ignoring

• Callout

Yet, the IRS continues to warn us about these ongoing scams. Great. Here’s another press release warning us to watch out. Come on, are their “Dirty Dozen” tips really doing the trick in 2025 or doing anything at all? They're talking about protecting your EIN like it's your Social Security...

IRS Scams 2025: Shield Your Business & Identity Now!

IRS Scams 2025: Shield Your Business & Identity Now!

• Writer's Block

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reported that tax scams are on the rise. These scams have now honed in on small business owners. Tax filing season is a time when scammers especially increase their efforts. These fraudsters don’t cease there, they’re at all times developing new methods to steal...

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Navigating the Crypto Landscape Regulatory Shifts and Institutional Embrace

The cryptocurrency industry is currently going through a deep paradigm shift. Regulatory clarity is growing, enforcement actions are changing, and institutional interest is increasing. Recent developments across the globe signal a maturing market, with jurisdictions refining their approaches to digital assets and seeking to balance innovation with risk management. Read...

Navigating the Crypto Landscape Regulatory Shifts and Institutional Embrace

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play