Robinhood Social Media Hacked to Tout a Fake Cryptocurrency Launch [ Crypto Espresso 1.26.22 ]

It's Thursday which means we consult the Internet and dig up a holiday to Celebrate so happy Australia Day to our Viewers In celebration I'll be doing this entire Video with a fake Australian accent Because no I'm not I'm not but what I am Doing is reading the news because I am Your host Andrew and this is crypto Espresso your teeny tiny daily shot of Caffeinated crypto headlines first up Elon Musk must have thought he was so Clever when he changed his name to Mr Tweet on Twitter but there's just one Problem he now can't change it back the Joke refers to what blunder made in a Civil Trial against him where Tesla Investors are demanding billions of Dollars in Damages as the result of an Infamous tweet he wrote in 2018 in other Developments Twitter is trying to woo Business back by promoting a safe Advertising experience for people and Brands it has struck new Partnerships in A bid to encourage businesses to return To the social network with many polling Ads over concerns that musk's Free Speech stance and reversal of contra Virtual account bans would attract Extremists hackers took control of Robin Hood's social media accounts on Monday Trying to get customers to buy a fake Cryptocurrency token called rbh they Mostly failed however with less than

Eight thousand dollars collected from About 25 would-be buyers only a thousand Dollars had been collected by the time The post was removed a few minutes later In a statement Robin Hood said that a Third-party vendor may have been to Blame for the security lapse while Coinbase director Conor Grogan warned That the token was a Honeypot that users Would be unable to buy or sell after Purchasing it one reply to grogan's post Poked fun at the malicious actors behind The stunt writing imagine hacking Robin Hood's Twitter account and only making a Thousand dollars off of it Wonder Twin Powers deactivate as the founders of Nifty Gateway are departing the Gemini-owned nft marketplace as its Parent exchange reels from the collapse Of its crypto lending partner Genesis Twins Duncan and Griffin Foster Founded Nifty in 2018 and sold it to Gemini owned by twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss in 2019 which was well before The nft market exploded in 2021 in a Twitter thread Duncan said the move was Because he and his brother are founders At heart and want to start a new company Although their immediate plans are a Break before brainstorming new startup Ideas the departure has been in the Works for months he said and they plan To publicly outline a road map and a Plan for the future of nifty within a

Few weeks the governor of Ireland's Central Bank is calling on politicians To ban crypto ads targeting young Investors Gabriel mcelhoof told a Parliamentary committee unbacked Cryptocurrencies have no social value Whatsoever and are essentially a Ponzi Scheme likening these Investments to Gambling he warned there's a reasonable Number of young adults who have put Their money into crypto and there is an Uncomfortable level of advertising that Is targeting at that cohort Mako hoof is Not alone in that opinion a year ago the Monetary authority of Singapore Effectively banned all crypto ads in Public places and online limiting Cryptocurrency marketing to companies Own websites and social media accounts And finally a dog food maker is bringing Avatars of rescue dogs to the Decentraland metaverse where they can be Fostered as virtual pets and hopefully Taken home from their shelters in the Real world pedigree fosterverse offers Decentraland land owners 3D nft pooches Based on real dogs who are looking for Homes beyond that anyone in the Blockchain based metaverse can interact With virtual pets to learn more about Their real-life counterparts background And adoption status the fosterverse Works with adopt a pet in online Adoption portal that connects people

With shelter and adoptable animals by Breed and location including all U.S States and Canadian provinces dogs Ranging from Akitas to Yorkshire Terriers can be found on the platform And speaking of adoption here's Something that you should adopt the Habit of liking this video subscribing To our YouTube channel and clicking on That little bell icon to get buzzed Whenever a new crypto espresso video Goes live how'd you like today's episode Continue shouting into the void because We still have no comments maybe one day When the thoughts are gone questions About our headlines or crypto in general Why not ask Alex in that description Below Alex is a great resource for all Things web3 and the metaverse end that About does it for today again I've been Your host Andrew these have been your Headlines and we'll see all of your Beautiful shining faces tomorrow