Cryptocurrency hacks shot up in 2022, amounting to almost $4 billion in losses

The massive losses have prompted scrutiny from U.S. officials about how the illicit use of cryptocurrency poses a national security threat. 

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Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined. As many cryptocurrencies crash and the FTX bankruptcy moves into the litigation stage, regulators are likely to scrutinize the cryptocurrency world more than ever before. This presents a perfect opportunity to curb their environmental damage.

The good news is that cryptocurrencies don’t have to be carbon intensive. In fact, some have near-zero emissions. To encourage polluting currencies to reduce their carbon footprint, we need to force buyers to pay for their environmental harms through taxes…

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“GodFather” Hits Banks, Crypto Wallets Apps as Android Trojan Emerges

By Deeba Ahmed
Researchers believe that GodFather could be a successor of another banking trojan called Anubis, which had its source code leaked in January 2019 on an underground hacking forum.
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37xDubai – Morningstar Ventures Launches NFT Art Gallery in Dubai

By Deeba Ahmed
37xDubai is established to promote Web3 technology and focus on Web-3-based education, digital/traditional art, and entertainment.
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Animoca Brands’ Subsidiary TinyTap To Auction Second Set of Publisher NFTs

By Deeba Ahmed
The auctioning will commence on 15 December on OpenSea at 19:00 (EST). Publisher NFTs grant co-publishing rights to a TinyTap course.
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