Source: Google disrupts malware that steals sensitive data from Chrome users
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Google has disrupted the infrastructure linked to CryptBot malware, which has stolen data from hundreds of thousands of browser users over the past year. Google secured a temporary court order to hamper the malware´s developers’ ability to spread the malware. In the past year, the malware has compromised about 670,000 computers, stealing sensitive information that’s used in data breach campaigns.
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Source: Revolut’s valuation troubles signal a stormy horizon for less-profitable neobanks
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UK-based neobank Revolut saw its valuation decline by 46% in the eyes of one of its backers. Its revaluation raises questions over how much trimming is left in the fintech world and whether other neobanks can expect similar sharp valuation cuts.
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Source: OpenSea’s next journey is to help Web 2.0 brands get into web3
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OpenSea, the popular NFT marketplace, aims to expand its product footprint to appeal to other audiences like Web 2.0 brands by launching projects that have real benefit or utility. To achieve this, the company intends to “make bigger bets with key Web 2.0 and web3 creators or brands” and reduce the friction spot of the need for tools for non-crypto-native brands.
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💰 OpenSea is home for over 2 million collections that have 80 million NFTs, with more than $20 billion in volume transacted on its platform.
💻 OpenSea is looking to reduce the friction spot of the need for tools for non-crypto-native brands by making it easier for creators to do what they do best: creating.
🤝 Loyalty and membership are two big areas that transcend from Web 2.0 into the web3 space, according to OpenSea’s Shiva Rajaraman.