In a blog post published on February 15, Coinbase announced that to capitalize on the opportunities that lie ahead of it effectively will need further support in scaling up its current products while also producing new ones simultaneously. According to the cryptocurrency trading platform, it intends to hire up to 2,000 more employees in order to do this. Citing “enormous product opportunities” in Web3, the firm stated: Coinbase to expand products In addition, the San Francisco-based company also announced that it is extending its product line to include user-created content, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), on top of improving the platform’s security, simplicity of use, and accessibility over time....

These CBDCs encompass economies that are responsible for more than 90 percent of the GDP worldwide, according to a report published by SWIFT on May 19 regarding its experiments with the Bank for International Settlements. A rising number of these central banks are in the advanced phases of their investigation of CBDC with nine nations already operating with their own digital currency, the most notable of which being Nigeria and The Bahamas....

The company reported a net profit of $5.56 billion with revenues of $18.98 billion for the second quarter. The vaccines scientifically identified as BNT162b2 contributed a share of 41% of the company’s revenue. Notably, between 2016 and 2020, Pfizer’s revenue remained relatively flat, growing by 8.2%. The growth in revenue during the quarter comes after Pfizer signed more deals to supply the vaccine to other countries. The revenue will surge further, considering that the company expects to deliver 2....

A blog, also known as a weblog, is a type of website that displays posts in reverse chronological order. The most recently written post appears at the top of the main page. Blogs can function as an online personal diary or even a marketing tool for a business. Fortunately for you, no technical expertise is needed these days to run your own blog. While you can host your own blogging site on your web server, it is much more cost-effective to host your blog on an established blogging site such as Blogger or WordPress....

After a long period of bearishness, the cryptocurrency market is finally recovering, with most of its assets trading in the green, including one of its largest tokens by market capitalization – XRP, leading the crypto community to predict the further improvement of its price by the end of July. Indeed, the community at CoinMarketCap has projected that the XRP token will trade at a median price of $1.95 on July 31, 2022, according to the latest predictions using the platform’s ‘Price Estimates’ tool that allows users to make crypto price predictions....

Over the last few months, Ethereum (ETH) and the wider cryptocurrency market have operated in an atmosphere characterized by high inflation, in which the Federal Reserve took steps to enforce high-interest rates. Notably, riskier assets like Ethereum have been hit hard as concerns about an economic slowdown have increased, with the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap briefly falling below the $1,000 support zone in June. Notwithstanding the substantial decline in the price of Ethereum since the start of the year, the community over at CoinMarketCap is forecasting that the decentralized currency will trade at an average price of $2,529 by July 31, 2022....

On Saturday, January 22, the global crypto market cap stands at $1.62 trillion, following a 12.02% decrease over the last day. As a result, the crypto market cap saw $356 billion wiped from its value in just a single day as its price went from $1.98 trillion to $1.62 trillion. The overall volume of the cryptocurrency market during the previous 24 hours has reached $131.90 billion, representing a 26.92% gain....

The four links states are as follows: a:link – state of an unvisited link by a usera:visited – state when the user has visited the linka:hover – state when the user hovers over ita:active – state when the link is clicked Link Color You can easily apply different colors to the different states of your links. For example, you may want to apply a blue color for unvisited links, but apply red color for those links that have been visited by the same user....

In 2021, cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion translating to $23.5 million daily, data provided by Chainalysis indicates. The amount increased 30% from 2020’s figure of $6.6 billion. Over the last five years, the highest amount of money laundered was recorded in 2019 at $10.9 billion worth of cryptocurrencies. Over the same period, cybercriminals have laundered a total of $33 billion. The report noted that the amount does not factor in other criminal proceeds like ransomware....

According to authorities, Kwon, whose whereabouts remain unknown, has been ordered to hand over the document within 14 days or be revoked as he faces the possibility of prosecution following the over $60 billion Terra (LUNA) ecosystem crash, South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. Following the crash, a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant against Kwon, requiring him to return to the country. Initially, it was assumed the founder was residing in Singapore....

Delivery indicators are turned on by default. If you don’t want to feel the need to respond to people’s messages right away or if you don’t want them to know that you ignored their messages, make sure to turn it off before you go through your LinkedIn messages and check what people are saying. Let’s talk about that in more detail. Does LinkedIn Show When You Read a Message? When we send a message to someone we want to connect with on LinkedIn, we want to know if they read our message because it gives us hints....

The privacy of the information you share on social media has raised many questions. Many users have been curious if Messenger will inform you when a person screen records your messages. If you are looking for such details, read this post! Does Messenger Notify When You Screen Record? Many social media platforms have had plans to implement more features like notifying users when a person screen records messages, but we are yet to enjoy the features....

The dot-com bubble definition Unfortunately, things started to change in the late 2000s once investors realized many of these companies had business models that weren’t viable, ushering in a bear market that would last around two years and affect the entire stock market. The crash saw the Nasdaq index plunge 76.81%, from a peak of 5,048.62 on March 10, 2000, to 1,139.90 on October 4, 2002, culminating in the majority of dot-com stocks going bust and evaporating trillions of dollars of investment capital in its wake....

Speaking with Kitco News, the economist and founder of HS Dent Publishing, Harry Dent, discussed his market outlook for gold, Bitcoin, and the equity markets. According to Mr. Dent, and his current situation in the cryptocurrency market, he warned that Bitcoin could go down as low as $3,000 before shooting to $500,000 in a future market boom. Dent was of the opinion that the current crisis, after the “biggest bubble in history,” would demonstrate that it is not possible to just print money, and it will also demonstrate that countries want a new standard—something genuine and something for the digital domain....

The suspect, identified as 27 years old, Aaron Daniel Motta reportedly transferred the digital assets while setting up the victim’s security system, WFLA reports. Particulars of the case indicate that Motta stole the client’s Trezor hardware wallet and accessed the password before transferring the funds to his own wallet. Interestingly, on Linkedin, Motta describes himself as a “certified ethical hacker” and “CyberSec analyst” operating the Motta Management & Mitigation Services....

This comes after the token plunged by over 90% following a dump from a crypto wallet linked to Shkreli. The wallet offloaded its holdings for 239 ETH, approximately $450,000. Interestingly, the dump occurred after the token had attained a weekly high. According to blockchain transactions tracker, Etherscan, a crypto wallet account dubbed 0xshkreli.eth transferred over 160 billion tokens to an unidentified wallet on August 12 before the MSI crashed....

In particular, the token has sustained a buying pressure that propelled the FTT’s market capitalization to hit $588.57 million, adding about $109.26 million within 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data. By press time, the FTT token was trading at $1.80, having made gains of about 25% in the last 24 hours. In this line, FTT has emerged as the most trending cryptocurrency. It is worth noting that despite the gains, the FTT token at some point plunged over 80% after the extent of the FTX crisis hit the limelight....

The member states fronted the idea of a policy consensus following the growth of digital asset’s popularity with the implication on the economy and monetary system, India’s federal economic affairs secretary Ajay Seth said on December 14. Furthermore, the consensus seeks to look into the role of cryptocurrencies in the banking sector. The regulatory plan was announced during the G20 intergovernmental meeting of finance and central bank deputies held in India....

Speaking to Kitco news, Wagner noted that investors should be on the lookout for the consumer price index (CPI) because gold as a hedge will also surge in value with the projected continued rise in inflation rates. According to the technical analyst, gold is equipped to preserve wealth in an environment of inflated currency. Weak dollar impacting gold Furthermore, Wagner noted that the relationship between the dollar and gold is influencing the metal’s value....

As the world shifts toward the digital era, cybersecurity becomes an integral aspect for companies, governments, organizations and individuals. However, millions of people around the world fall victim to scams annually. Many of the scamming operations are run from criminal call centers where teams of fraudsters work around the clock. ‘Jim Browning’ an online vigilante decided to fight the scammers. He hacks into the scammers’ computers and exposes them online....