FTX Exec Loses $3.7 Million Island Home to Authorities 5 Months After Buying It

Nishad Singh – FTX’s Lead Engineer – bought a $3.7 million vacation home in the San Juan islands last October. Now, the property has been seized by the U.S. government.  The home – purchased roughly t...

Like Her ‘Island’ Character Lee Da-Hee Can’t Stand Injustice.

Lee Da-hee plays an outspoken chaebol heiress in the drama ‘Island.’ Studio Dragon Lee Da-hee’s character is confused—and terrified—by the fact that multiple monsters seem eager to destroy...

New ‘Warzone 2’ Resurgence Map Ashika Island Trailer, Shipment Easter Egg, Points Of Interest And More

We finally have a trailer, a ton of screenshots and many more details about the upcoming small map headed to Warzone 2.0. Ashika Island is the first Resurgence map for the battle royale game, and foll...

Squid Raises $3.5 M in a Seed Round Led by North Island Ventures

Squid, a DeFi lending protocol, raises $3.5 M seed funding. North Island Ventures led the rounds.  Squid provides cross-chain liquidity by connecting DEXs. New developments in the crypto industry are ...

Cha Eun-Woo Thanks Fans For Seeing Father Johan As A ‘Cool Character’

Cha Eun-woo’s character wears headphones while performing exorcisms in ‘Island.’ Amazon Prime Most of the Korean drama Island takes place on Jeju Island, but it’s a mythical Jeju ful...

Castle Island, a16z partners back Escape Velocity’s $25 million fund

Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Salvador Gala, two 27-year-old Goldman Sachs alumni, have raised $25 million for their crypto-focused venture firm’s first fund.  Known as Escape Velocity, the Bost...

Nexo Sues Cayman Island Regulator Over VASP Rejection

Cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo has filed suit against the regulator in the Cayman Islands which rejected the firm’s application for a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license. Nexo, a crypt...

Ripple To Develop National Stablecoin For Island Country Palau, XRP Up 6% ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Ripple’s XRP gained upwards of 6% in the last week up to December 27, following the announcement that the blockchain was working with Micronesia isla...

Long Island Prosecutor Opens Probe Into Incoming GOP Rep. George Santos After Lying Scandal

Topline The Nassau County District Attorney’s office in New York has opened a probe into Republican Rep.-elect George Santos after the incoming congressman admitted this week to fabricating parts of h...

Island Nation Goes Digital With Help From Ripple Labs

There has been a sudden surge in cryptocurrency’s popularity around the world. Countries, whether large or small, are attempting to integrate blockchain and cryptocurrencies into their economy by goin...

Marshal Island recognizes DAOs as limited liability companies

On Thursday, the Republic of Marshall Islands showed its commitment to blockchain technology by passing a law that officially recognizes and embraces Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) as l...

A 61-Year-Old Ukrainian Bomber Pilot Came Out Of Retirement To Fight The Russians—And Died Liberating Snake Island

A Ukrainian air force Su-24. Wikimedia Commons Mykhailo Matyushenko flew for the Soviet air force in Afghanistan in the 1980s. When Ukraine split from the Soviet Union in 1991, Matyushenko—a native of...

Bankruptcy filing reveals China was FTX’s largest client after island tax havens

A bankruptcy filing by the now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX revealed the platform’s global customer distribution at the peak of its operations.  According to the documents, Cayman Island acco...

Island nation turns to metaverse to preserve its disappearing heritage

In the South Pacific, the island nation of Tuvalu decided to turn to Web3 technology in order to make sure its culture and society are preserved in the future.  On Nov. 15 the country’s foreign minist...

Cryptoverse island: A physical NFT art exhibition

CryptoVerse Island and WISe.ART, a vetted NFT Marketplace powered by WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, and IoT c...

‘DeFi-Killing’ Crypto Law Appears To Be Dead on Arrival, According to Castle Island Ventures Founder Nic Carter

Castle Island Ventures founding partner and Coin Metrics co-founder Nic Carter says the so-called “DeFi killing” crypto bill circulating through Congress is likely dead on arrival. In a new political ...

Sevilla Cryptoverse Island a Physical NFT Art Exhibition Powered by WISe.ART

CryptoVerse Island and WISe.ART, a vetted NFT Marketplace powered by WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, and IoT c...

Warzone’s Rebirth Island And Fortune’s Keep Maps Are About To Go Away (Possibly For Good)

Warzone Credit: Activision Warzone 2.0 is just around the corner, and that means a brand new map—Al Mazrah—and a ton of new content including the exciting new DMZ mode to explore. However, the new bat...

Welcome to Satoshi Island, a Region That Runs Fully on Blockchain

Denys Troyak is a native of Sydney, Australia that has a new crypto project in mind he’s calling Satoshi Island. Satoshi Island Is a Fully Crypto-Run Area The project involves creating a small city th...

Yas Island Metaverse Shows Abu Dhabi Rising As A Global Sports City

Podium during the Yas Island stage of the 3rd UAE Tour 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. … [+] (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images) Getty Images More than 150,000 people from around the w...

Lisa See’s ‘The Island Of Sea Women’ Is Set To Become A K-Drama

The term ‘haenyeo’, or ‘sea women’, refers to women who use free-diving techniques to retrieve shell … [+] fish from the sea floor. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images) AFP vi...

Fyre Festival’s Island Is Being Turned Into an Enclave for Crypto Millionaires

Back in 2017, the Fyre Festival failure—run by convicted felon Billy McFarland—was such a drama that it was turned into a Netflix documentary. Now, a new company wants to put that Bahamas island back ...

In Just A Few Short Years, Island Brands Has Achieved Widespread Success In Beer.

Island Coastal Lager the first product launched by Island Brands has spearheaded the company’s … [+] spread across the Southeastern United States. Island Brands Over the last few years, Is...

Prime Video Increases K-Content Investment By Adding K-Drama ‘Island’

Kim Nam-gil (L), Lee Da-hee and Cha Eun-woo star in ‘Island’ Amazon Prime Prime Video, the streaming service provided by AmazonAMZN , recently increased their investment in Korean content ...

Island nation of Madeira hopes to copy El Salvador’s Bitcoin success

The President of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, announced his explicit support for Bitcoin in May, saying BTC and Bitcoiners are welcome. The President further added that plans are in place with infrast...

$65 Million ‘Big Island’ Land Offering Could Make History At Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions In November

The $65 million offering includes 1 mile of ocean frontage and an elevation that runs from a … [+] black-sand beach on the western shore of the Big Island of Hawai’i to a 1,000-foot overlo...

Philippines island to become a Bitcoin haven thanks to a crypto wallet provider

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Cryptocurrency usage in Asian countries, as well as Oceania, has been on the rise in recent years. However, this growth in popula...

Philippines resort will soon be called ‘Bitcoin Island’- Here’s why

The western coast of the little vacation town in the center of the Philippines is being developed into a “Bitcoin Island.“ Pouch, a cryptocurrency wallet service, has been actively promoting Bitcoin’s...

U.S. Must Contain Fallout From Crypto-Zone Scheme On Nuked Pacific Island

TO GO WITH Marshalls-US-nuclear-health by Giff Johnson This undated aerial photo received on March … [+] 4, 2010 shows Rongelap Island, one of more than 60 in a necklace of coral islands that wa...

Crypto Wallet Provider Looks to Turn Philippines Resort in Boracay into ‘Bitcoin Island’

People can now pay for homemade food from roadside restaurants known as ‘carinderias’ using bitcoin in Boracay, the Philippines island famed for its white sands and palm trees. The small resort town i...

North Island Ventures to Invest $125m in 30 to 40 Emerging Crypto Firms

North Island Ventures said in a statement that it is launching a new $125 million investment fund to execute 30 to 40 early-stage investments in emerging crypto and Web3 companies and protocols. The c...

‘Love Island’ Twins Scolded by UK Regulator for ‘Irresponsible’ Crypto Ads on Instagram

The UK’s advertising regulator today warned “Love Island” stars, the Gale twins, from posting “irresponsible” cryptocurrency investment ads.  Social media influencers Eve and Jessica Gale, who starred...