E38 S2 - Spotlight: UniX Gaming & The Play-To-Earn Revolution

Blair, Bahamas and Bored Apes

This week has been hectic in the Crypto-sphere! The inaugural Crypto Bahamas is wrapping up, one of the biggest NFT communities was hacked and one of the biggest wall street fraudsters has become a crypto fanatic. Kevin and Ben take a deep dive into this weekly crypto round-up, as well as take a look at an exclusive statement given by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in regards to UK’s future in crypto innovation.

Crypto Bahamas and Statement from Tony Blair Institute

This week, the inaugural Crypto Bahamas presented by FTX and SALT has come to a close. This conference has stirred up a lot of conversations, whether that’s arguments about whether Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were suitable candidates for being speakers at the event to praise to the Bahamas for having friendlier regulations. We read an exclusive statement given to Cryptopulse from the Tony Blair Institue for Global Change in regards to UK’s potential to head DeFi innovation.

Revolut CEO eyes expansion into mortgages, crypto wallets

Digital banking platform Revolut is working on expanding into decentralized cryptocurrency wallets and is also looking at the mortgage sector, its CEO said, as the London-based company pushes ahead with its strategy to become a so-called "superapp". Revolut, which currently offers payments services, crypto trading, savings accounts and stock trading, is focused in the short-term on expanding its remittance offerings and launching a buy now, pay later product. But the financial technology company has more work to do to become a one-stop-shop for financial services, said CEO Nik Storonsky.

A hacker swindled about $3 million in NFTs after infiltrating Bored Ape Yacht Club's social media accounts

The Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram and Discord accounts were hacked Monday. The attacker seized control of the BAYC Instagram account and sent a phishing post that many followers were fooled into clicking on, connecting their crypto wallets to the hacker’s “smart contract” – a mechanism for implementing a crypto transaction. That enabled the attacker to steal the assets held in the wallets, seizing control of four Bored Apes, as well as a host of other NFTs with an estimated total value of $3m.

Weird World of Crypto: Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort sells crypto course for 1BTC

Jordan Belfort, most notably known as THE Wolf of Wallstreet, has lived a crazy life, but who would have predicted the reformed high-financier would be an advocate of cryptocurrency? This month, at his house in Miami Beach, he hosted nine blockchain enthusiasts and entrepreneurs for a weekend-long crypto workshop — a chance to hang out with the Wolf and enjoy an “intimate financial experience” with his crypto-industry friends”

What We Cover In This Episode

• Crypto Bahamas is finishing up this week
• Revolut CEO eyes expansion into mortgages, crypto wallets
• Bored Ape Yacht Club social-media hack
• Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort sells crypto course for 1BTC
• Final Thoughts

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