Cynthia Chung

Journalist CryptoSlate

Cynthia is an avid writer who is fascinated by the potential of blockchain tech. She also resonates with Web3 values, especially creative expression and individ…

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Total Articles 54

Since Aug 2022

Last Active Nov 18, 2022

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Parachains

Cosmos, Osmosis to deploy patch on all major public IBC chains to fix potential exploit

Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman announced that a patch will be deployed on all IBC-enabled chains by on Oct. 14, 14:00 UTC as a preventative measure against a potential exploit.

3 years ago

Crime

French cyber-crime authority leverages ZachXBT’s research to apprehend NFT scammers

ZachXBT's investigation into a criminal group who allegedly stole $2.5M worth of NFTs helped French authorities identify and arrest its members.

3 years ago

Scams

CNN’s NFT marketplace shutdown sparks rug pull accusations

Vault By CNN's unprecedented shutdown has done away with thousands of investors' NFT holdings and utilities promised for the future.

3 years ago

Scams

Brazil police, US authorities bust transnational crypto fraud ring led by ‘Bitcoin Sheikh’

Brazil's Federal Police busted the "Bitcoin Sheikh" for defrauding thousands of people worldwide and laundering $766 million illicit crypto funds.

3 years ago

Adoption

Japan to invest in metaverse, NFTs to drive implementation of Web3 services

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made Web3 development one of the pillars of economic revitalization since assuming office in 2021.

4 years ago

Crime

Mastercard launches new product to help banks combat crypto-related crime

Mastercard launched new software "Crypto Secure", powered by CipherTrace to help banks and card issuers to identify and block fradulent transactions via crypto exchanges.

4 years ago

Investments

Lark Davis denies ZachXBT’s accusations of profiteering from his followers by shilling low-cap tokens

Crypto influencer Lark Davis said he did "nothing wrong" when ZachXBT called him out for shilling token projects backed by evidences of his wallet transactions, which showed he receieved money from promoting the projects.

4 years ago

Adoption

Sweden’s central bank tests CBDC for retail and international remittance payments

Sweden's Riksbank teamed up with BIS, along with the central banks of Israel and Norway to test the use of Sweden's CBDC "e-krona", results will be published in a report by the first quarter of 2023.

4 years ago

CBDCs

BIS concludes CBDC pilot with cross-border payments totalling $22M transacted

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) advisor announced the successful completion of a CBDC project involving multiple Asian central banks and a detailed report to follow this October.

4 years ago

Bankruptcy

FTX wins bid to acquire bankrupt Voyager’s assets

FTX will acquire bankrupt Voyager's digital assets and enable Voyager's customers to resume trading and store their crypto holdings on the FTX platform after the conclusion of Voyager's bankruptcy process.

4 years ago

Banking

Former IMF official believes CBDCs need to function offline to gain mass adoption

A new blog post by former IMF official tracked the history of offline CBDCs and why he thinks they should used worldwide to promote financial inclusion.

4 years ago

Regulation

India considering GST on crypto transactions amid evaluation of sector’s legality

The Indian government is working on levying an 18% to 28% GST tax on crypto as they work on determining the asset's legal status in the country.

4 years ago

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Cosmos, Osmosis to deploy patch on all major public IBC chains to fix potential exploit

French cyber-crime authority leverages ZachXBT’s research to apprehend NFT scammers

CNN’s NFT marketplace shutdown sparks rug pull accusations

Brazil police, US authorities bust transnational crypto fraud ring led by ‘Bitcoin Sheikh’

Japan to invest in metaverse, NFTs to drive implementation of Web3 services

Mastercard launches new product to help banks combat crypto-related crime

Lark Davis denies ZachXBT’s accusations of profiteering from his followers by shilling low-cap tokens

Sweden’s central bank tests CBDC for retail and international remittance payments

BIS concludes CBDC pilot with cross-border payments totalling $22M transacted

FTX wins bid to acquire bankrupt Voyager’s assets

Former IMF official believes CBDCs need to function offline to gain mass adoption

India considering GST on crypto transactions amid evaluation of sector’s legality