Algorand Foundation announces strategic investment in digital payments platform HesabPay
The Algorand Foundation announces Algorand Ventures’ strategic investment in HesabPay. It is reported that HesabPay is Afghanistan's first and only interoperable digital payment platform. The platform was originally established to solve the humanitarian aid crisis. More than a dozen organizations, including the World Food Program, have leveraged the platform to directly Send funds to beneficiaries in Afghanistan. HesabPay has since expanded its use cases and now allows users to buy airti...
Algorand Foundation announces strategic investment in digital payments platform HesabPay
The Algorand Foundation announces Algorand Ventures’ strategic investment in HesabPay. It is reported that HesabPay is Afghanistan's first and only interoperable digital payment platform. The platform was originally established to solve the humanitarian aid crisis. More than a dozen organizations, including the World Food Program, have leveraged the platform to directly Send funds to beneficiaries in Afghanistan. HesabPay has since expanded its use cases and now allows users to buy airti...
KuCoin Ventures announces partnership with TON Foundation and provides funding to support TON ecosystem
KuCoin Ventures announces partnership with TON Foundation. As part of this collaboration, KuCoin Ventures will provide a funding to support the development and expansion of the TON ecosystem, specifically supporting 5 TON-based mini-applications focused on real-world blockchain payments or GameFi solutions . These grants will support various ongoing initiatives within the TON ecosystem, such as Future3 Campus and TON Bootcamp, by funding innovative projects, R&D efforts, community building ac...
KuCoin Ventures announces partnership with TON Foundation and provides funding to support TON ecosystem
KuCoin Ventures announces partnership with TON Foundation. As part of this collaboration, KuCoin Ventures will provide a funding to support the development and expansion of the TON ecosystem, specifically supporting 5 TON-based mini-applications focused on real-world blockchain payments or GameFi solutions . These grants will support various ongoing initiatives within the TON ecosystem, such as Future3 Campus and TON Bootcamp, by funding innovative projects, R&D efforts, community building ac...
Swiss crypto bank Seba announces name change to Amina
Swiss crypto bank Seba has announced a name change to Amina as part of its global expansion strategy. Amina aims to combine elements of traditional banking, digital banking and crypto banking. The company has received a license from the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong to provide crypto trading services in the region and has opened an office in Abu Dhabi as part of its accelerated growth in strategic hubs in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi.
Swiss crypto bank Seba announces name change to Amina
Swiss crypto bank Seba has announced a name change to Amina as part of its global expansion strategy. Amina aims to combine elements of traditional banking, digital banking and crypto banking. The company has received a license from the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong to provide crypto trading services in the region and has opened an office in Abu Dhabi as part of its accelerated growth in strategic hubs in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi.
Estonian court refuses to extradite two alleged co-founders of cloud mining company Hashflare to the United States
The two co-founders of Bitcoin cloud mining company Hashflare, Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, who face 18 charges of fraud and money laundering, have successfully appealed their extradition to the United States from Estonia, the Estonian Tallinn Circuit Court said in a statement. On November 29, it overturned a lower court order denying their extradition to the United States. Their defense presented "evidence concerning conditions of detention in the United States" that the government fai...
Estonian court refuses to extradite two alleged co-founders of cloud mining company Hashflare to the United States
The two co-founders of Bitcoin cloud mining company Hashflare, Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, who face 18 charges of fraud and money laundering, have successfully appealed their extradition to the United States from Estonia, the Estonian Tallinn Circuit Court said in a statement. On November 29, it overturned a lower court order denying their extradition to the United States. Their defense presented "evidence concerning conditions of detention in the United States" that the government fai...
Identity management company Okta confirms user data was stolen from all its customer support systems
Identity management company Okta has revealed that hackers stole the information of all users of its customer support system in a cyber breach two months ago. The company notified customers that it had determined that hackers downloaded a report containing the names and email addresses of all customers who used its customer support system. Okta said: "While we have no direct evidence that this information is being actively used, we have notified all customers that this document increases the ...
Identity management company Okta confirms user data was stolen from all its customer support systems
Identity management company Okta has revealed that hackers stole the information of all users of its customer support system in a cyber breach two months ago. The company notified customers that it had determined that hackers downloaded a report containing the names and email addresses of all customers who used its customer support system. Okta said: "While we have no direct evidence that this information is being actively used, we have notified all customers that this document increases the ...