2 Years Ago

Are NFTs crypto assets? If so, why does it matter?

Talk to most of the mighty legal and accountancy firms in Amsterdam, London, New York, Paris and Singapore (considered to be the financial centres of the world) and you will find that one of the fee-paying activities keeping them busy is giving advice on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). NFTs have become almost mainstream, with almost any organisation or individual owning intellectual property looking to cash in on the NFT craze and issue their own NFT. As to be expected, where there is money you will often find nefarious actors lurking around...


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The growing importance of protecting our data and digital assets as our lives become ever more digitised.

Written by John Reilly, director at DynaRisk

At a point when Crypto.com confirms 400 crypto accounts were breached, and up to an unconfirmed amount of $15M, it is worth noting that but for the quick actions of Crypto.com this could have been a lot worse. DynaRisk is also aware that this is a growing and increasing focus for hackers, and our intelligence service is seeing interest in people’s crypto accounts grow significantly as the values of Bitcoin and Ether (also known as Ethereum) continue to...


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DeFi Yield Protocol: the massive boost yield farmers and the DeFi space need

Over time, there has been a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most notably, decentralized finance. Although DeFi isn’t new, the growth has been more aggressive since 2020, as can been seen from the chart below. The introduction of yield farming protocols and distribution of COMP - an ERC-20 governance token - that gives holders special voting rights, has indeed inspired a lot of conversations and hoisted DeFi’s stance in the blockchain industry.

Due to the flexibility, control, and ease it offers users, DeFi has created...


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