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WallStreetBets Subreddit Targeted By Scammer Who Is 'Buying Lambo' After Raking In $2.25M
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 12:35pm | 354Read More...Members of the trading subreddit WallStreetBets fell victim to a targeted scam. What Happened: According to a Tuesday's Bloomberg report, a scam targeting WallStreetBets could have left its victims with at least $2 million in losses. A Telegram group named “WallStreetBets...
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Fintech Focus For April 13, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 7:23pm | 2278Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has kicked off its review of WisdomTree’s bitcoin ETF application, starting the countdown...
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Facebook Suffers Brief Outage Across Platforms Including WhatsApp, Instagram
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 9:15pm | 274Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and its social-media subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a brief outage for thousands of users on Thursday but are mostly back up since then, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. What Happened: According to Downdetector, which tracks outages by...
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Telegram App Attracts $150M Abu Dhabi Fund Investment: Reuters
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 10:00am | 306Read More...Abu Dhabi state fund, Mubadala Investment Co invested $75 million in five-year, pre-initial public offering (IPO) bonds of Telegram messaging app, while Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, part-owned by Mubadala, invested a further $75 million, Reuters reports. Telegram and Signal messaging apps...
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UK Payments Firm Bottlepay Enables Bitcoin Payments Via Twitter, Reddit, Discord, More Apps
Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 7:33pm | 505Read More...U.K.-based payments platform, Bottlepay, has enabled Bitcoin payments via social media app Twitter. What Happened: The company said users would be able to directly send Bitcoin to others on the platform by linking their Bottlepay and Twitter accounts. True story. And here's how:@bottlepay...
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Facebook Users' Phone Numbers Are Going Out For $20 Each On Telegram: What You Should Know
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 1:01am | 306Read More...Private phone numbers of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) users are available through a bot on the rival Telegram messaging service for $20 a pop, Vice's Motherboard reported Monday. What Happened: The database contains information on 500 million Facebook users, a person advertising the service...
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Apple Sued Over Not Taking Down Telegram After Capitol Hill Riot
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 2:34am | 528Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been sued in California over allegations it failed to take action against messaging app Telegram in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riot even as the platform was used to promote violence. What Happened: The Coalition for a Safer Web, a Washington D.C.-based non...
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WhatsApp Delays Roll-Out Of New Privacy Rules, While Telegram Gains 25M Users In 3 Days
Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 11:20am | 426Read More...Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp messaging service says it is delaying a new privacy policy update. What Happened: WhatsApp announced in a blog post on Friday that it is postponing its new privacy policy following widespread criticism and millions of users of users fleeing...
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Fintech Focus For December 28, 2020
Sunday, December 27, 2020 - 2:06pm | 1613Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Source: Winston Churchill One Big Thing In Fintech: Gangti Zhu, a Maryland retiree, says he put almost his entire life savings into a Robinhood Markets account this year, only to lose about $300,000 in a hack. He describes...
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Fintech Focus For October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 5:57pm | 2271Read More...Quote Of The Day: We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus. - David Nabarro Fintech Movers: Hackers have stolen $22 million from users of the popular bitcoin wallet Electrum by enticing people to install fake software updates. -...
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Telegram Adds Video Calls To Its Messaging App
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 1:04am | 454Read More...Messaging app Telegram announced Friday it had launched a video call feature on its apps for both Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) mobile operating systems. What Happened The Berlin-headquartered company said in a statement the video calls...
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Apple Faces Fresh EU Antitrust Complaint Filed By Messaging App Telegram
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 4:05am | 483Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is facing a new antitrust complaint filed against it in the European Union — this time by messaging platform Telegram, the Financial Times reported Thursday. What Happened Telegram said that the Cupertino, California-based smartphone maker raised...
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Fintech Focus For June 29, 2020
Monday, June 29, 2020 - 10:17am | 1810Read More...Daily Perspective: The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Nelson Mandela Fintech Movers: Ally Financial and CardWorks are terminating their planned $2.65 billion merger, the companies announced Wednesday in a press release. The companies cited...
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US Investors Forced Out Of Telegram Cryptocurrency Project Due To Regulatory Hurdles
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 9:25am | 388Read More...Telegram is looking to buy out the United States-based investors in its blockchain network immediately, CoinDesk reported Monday. US Investors Cannot Extend Investments The launch of the "Telegram Open Network" was delayed to another year after the London-based company missed the...
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Every Company Exposed To The CIA Cyberhacking Scandal, So Far
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 10:58am | 970Read More...WikiLeaks is at it again, exposing the skeletons in the CIA's closet. This time around, the Julian Assange-run organization, which credits itself for publishing secret, sensitive information on matters such as war, spying and corruption, had a rich haul of information in the form of documents,...
