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

Primary Beat Adoption

Scams

Canadian Crypto King’s assets confiscated as investors try to recoup millions entrusted to him

Aiden Pleterski and his cryptocurrency company AP Private Equity Limited allegedly cheated $35 million out of 140 investors while living in luxury.

4 years ago

Scams

The Better Business Bureau warned about crypto investment scams on TikTok

The Better Business Bureau published a blog post that shows how crypto scams are carried out on TikTok and how to deal with them.

4 years ago

Adoption

Australian senator releases draft bill to push for crypto regulation

Australian liberal senator Andrew Bragg introduced a draft bill for regulations on digital asset exchanges and Chinese banks provisioning digital e-Yuan.

4 years ago

Adoption

Valkyrie raises $73.6M for crypto-focused trusts

Valkyrie's Tron Trust and Avalanche Trust adds new capital on top of the firm's $1.2 billion in Assets Under Management at the close of the second quarter.

4 years ago

Banking

Old Mutual Wealth appointed to manage cash reserves of rand-backed stablecoin ZARP

ZARP, the only bank-approved stablecoin in South Africa, is enlisting Old Mutual's help to enhance its project's trust and attest to its token's credibility.

4 years ago

Crime

Dutch police arrest suspected Bitcoin thief by tracing transactions on blockchain

Dutch authorities' investigations revealed that the alleged thief laundered Bitcoin with the use of malicious software from the open-source Electrum wallet.

4 years ago

Adoption

Ethereum Proof-of-Work fork set to launch 24 hours post-Merge

The ETHW team announced the PoW mainnet will start at the block height of the Merge "plus 2048 blocks" to ensure the chainID switches successfully.

4 years ago

Adoption

Fireblocks records over $100M in annual recurring revenue, solidifies unicorn status

Fireblocks justifies its new unicorn status with its growing multi-party computation and treasury mangement services.

4 years ago

CBDCs

India’s central bank plans CBDC launch in 2022 with help from fintechs, public banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is currently consulting fintech companies and asked four public sector banks to pilot India's CBDC project later this year.

4 years ago

Merge

Bellatrix upgrade goes live, sets stage for Ethereum’s Merge

The Bellatrix hard fork has just been activated on the Beacon chain and now only the Paris event remains before Ethereum's switch to proof-of-stake.

4 years ago

CBDCs

World Economic Forum weighs in on CBDC adoption and DLT use cases

WEF aims to inform and help central banks realize the potential of CBDCs and DLT as interest in the technologies gain traction.

4 years ago

NFTs

Hackers’ plan to sell stolen passport of Belarusian leader as NFT on OpenSea fails

Hacktivist group Belarusian Cyber Partisans listed NFTs of Belarusian President Lukashenko passport information for sale on OpenSea only for the collection to be promptly delisted.

4 years ago

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Canadian Crypto King’s assets confiscated as investors try to recoup millions entrusted to him

The Better Business Bureau warned about crypto investment scams on TikTok

Australian senator releases draft bill to push for crypto regulation

Valkyrie raises $73.6M for crypto-focused trusts

Old Mutual Wealth appointed to manage cash reserves of rand-backed stablecoin ZARP

Dutch police arrest suspected Bitcoin thief by tracing transactions on blockchain

Ethereum Proof-of-Work fork set to launch 24 hours post-Merge

Fireblocks records over $100M in annual recurring revenue, solidifies unicorn status

India’s central bank plans CBDC launch in 2022 with help from fintechs, public banks

Bellatrix upgrade goes live, sets stage for Ethereum’s Merge

World Economic Forum weighs in on CBDC adoption and DLT use cases

Hackers’ plan to sell stolen passport of Belarusian leader as NFT on OpenSea fails

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