Binance founder faces possible three-year jail term over ‘wild west’ business model
Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering charges
March 2024
James Blake’s music subscription model is a fantasy that disadvantages fans and musicians
Tom Vek
With unrealistic costs, the inability to share music and the pressure of consumer expectations, the producer’s collaboration with Vault doesn’t add up, writes Tom Vek
February 2024
Victoria police were asked to look at HyperVerse information in 2020 – but sent case back to Asic 22 months later
Australian financial regulator says it referred crypto scheme to police for alleged ‘possible fraud’ and believed matter was under ‘active consideration’
January 2024
Chief executive of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse does not appear to exist
Steven Reece Lewis was introduced to investors with an impressive list of qualifications and achievements, but no organisation cited can find any record of him
September 2023
What were NFTs? An understandable internet fad, and the next one is just around the corner
Joel Golby
We only loved non-fungible tokens in a pandemic peak of online loneliness, says the writer and author Joel Golby
April 2023
Akshata Murty to get almost £6.7m in Infosys dividends
Income of Rishi Sunak’s wife from Indian tech firm to reach £13m for financial year
February 2023
The networker
Crypto is intended to be hard to regulate, but at least the Treasury wants to have a go
John Naughton
The government’s consultation document on cryptocurrency highlights the challenges that must be faced in the regulatory process
December 2022
Nils Pratley on finance
Bitcoin has rallied. What are crypto’s true believers still smoking?
Nils Pratley
Boris Johnson hails blockchain ‘possibilities’ at Singapore conference
November 2022
Boris Johnson to be keynote speaker at blockchain conference in Singapore
Former PM will address meeting to discuss global ‘migration to the digital economy’
September 2022
How does ethereum’s ‘merge’ make the cryptocurrency greener?
Ethereum cryptocurrency completes move to cut CO2 output by 99%
August 2022
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: How a major change to ethereum could change cryptocurrency forever
In this week’s newsletter: Ethereum turning off its mining rigs and slashing the currency’s carbon emissions should be good news. But not everyone agrees
Hacking attack drains £5m from 8,000 wallets linked to Solana crypto network
Solana Foundation, supporter of blockchain network, says ‘malicious actor’ has taken funds
Sales from the crypto: Muse NFT album to become first new chart-eligible format in seven years
Industry figures hail ‘the future of music’ as rock band announce first album of its kind to qualify for official UK charts
May 2022
The networker
How Russia and Ukraine are finding new ways to use tech in the war
John Naughton
Facial recognition and crypto-savviness are just some of the strategies being deployed by both sides in the conflict
NFTs: the great rush may be over – but are they in actual decline?
Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for $2.9m in 2021 then could not get past $14,000 at auction last month. But some projects have thrived
Will Tennessee become the next tech hub for Web3 entrepreneurs?
A new law recognizes ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ and could help the state attract blockchain-based businesses
April 2022
Hack on Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs leads to $3m simian oblivion
Beanstalk cryptocurrency loses $182m of reserves in flash ‘attack’
