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Lack of US Crypto Regulations Drives Away Market Participants as Revolut to Shut Down Crypto Service
The clock is ticking for US regulators as options for customers looking to get involved with cryptocurrencies are dwindling amid regulatory uncertainty. Following the news earlier this year that crypto exchanges Binance […]
UK police data breach leaks personal information of 1,230 people – JURIST
Norfolk and Suffolk Police forces announced Tuesday that the personal data of 1,230 people was leaked between April 2021 and March 2022. The data breach included personal identifiable information on victims, witnesses […]
China’s deepening property crisis threatens trouble
Households across China have been thrown into panic over the past week. The company building their flats, Country Garden, missed $22.5m in coupon payments on August 6th. Now the firm, one of […]
Russia sailors board neutral cargo ship in Black Sea after firing warning shots – JURIST
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) posted a video on Tuesday showing Russian Navy personnel boarding a Palau-flagged cargo vessel traveling to Izmail, Ukraine in the Black Sea. This comes amid Ukraine’s announcement […]
How Anti-Gambling Regulations Indirectly Boosted Crypto in South Korea: Tiger Research Report
Despite a small population of around 50 million in South Korea, the region has drastically taken control of a significant proportion of the global crypto trading volume. But why has the sector […]
London’s UK FinTech Growth Partners announces new fund to support growth-stage fintech startups in UK
FinTech Growth Fund aims to provide post-seed financing to help startups scale up. | Image credit: FinTech Growth Fund London-based UK FinTech Growth Partners announced on Tuesday, August 15, that it will […]
AGI is Approaching – Fast! An Interview with Bob Muglia, CEO of Snowflake
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical level of AI that has superior intelligence to a human being in a general context. While some believe that AGI is still many years away, […]
Coinbase Officially Expands into Canada Following Interac E-Transfer Integration
Backed by the integration of Interac payment rails, Coinbase has officially entered the Canadian market, to enable seamless fund transfers and introduce ‘Coinbase One’, its crypto subscription service. In partnership with a […]
Iran human rights report: Sunni religious leaders persecuted for protesting state violence – JURIST
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a special report on Tuesday saying that Iranian authorities are targeting, arresting and persecuting Sunni Muslim religious leaders for their opposition to the […]
Ecuador political activist assassinated less than one week after killing of presidential candidate – JURIST
A political activist for the Revolución Ciudadana (RC5) party in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province was assassinated on Monday, as confirmed by RC5’s presidential candidate Luisa González. Few details about the death activist Pedro […]
Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST
The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]
Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST
Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]
Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST
The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]
Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST
Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]
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