The researcher will help the UK’s National Crime Agency set up a specialist cryptocurrency team to minimize potential risks in the industry. This and more
UK to set up cryptocurrency research team
📍:Britain’s National Crime Agency has opened a contract for a cryptocurrency investigator and will pay him more than €40,000 a year. The job offer is published through the UK Government jobs portal.
In the application, the government agency says it is looking for a crypto researcher to build a team specializing in cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Whoever wins the position will be responsible for conducting investigations, offering advice and creating tactical strategies in cryptocurrency-related cases.
Applicants for this position should have an in-depth understanding of how cryptocurrency and blockchain work, as well as certified experience in cryptocurrency training and providing strategic and tactical advice to investigations and officials of any rank.
New details on Shibarium development
📍:The source code for the Shibarium layer 2 solution for Shiba Inu is available in the GitHub repositories. Unification, one of the blockchain teams that collaborated with Shib in developing Shibarium, shared some code from GitHub’s decentralized blockchain ecosystem.
On Twitter, on the other hand, the developers of Shibarium is indicated this Wednesday that a beta version of the ecosystem could be coming soon, at the same time as they confirmed that the BONE token will be the only token used in the ecosystem to pay gas bills.
According to CoinMarketCap, news of Shibarium’s early arrival boosted the price of BONE by more than 10% this Wednesday and 30% over the past 7 days. The crypto community expects the Shibarium beta to launch later this month.
Web3. Over $7 billion in funding by 2022
📍:Report shows Web3-related companies and projects that have raised $7.1 billion in funding last year. The report was published by Metaverse Post, stating that the social media, gaming and Metaverse sectors will garner the most interest from investors and therefore the most funding in 2022.
Other areas of interest to Web3 investors include infrastructure, virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence, the portal said.
Souls arrive in the Metaverse
📍:One of the global spirits brands is entering the world of Metaverse and NFTs. The Absolute Company, considered the fourth largest company in its niche, has filed several trademark patents related to the virtual world.
Brand attorney Mike Kondudis announced on Twitter that Malibu, The Absolut Company’s best-selling Caribbean rum, will be coming to the Metaverse. The company’s patent application filed with the USPTO reveals its plans to create virtual drinks, bars, restaurants and virtual goods stores, and even create software for trading crypto assets and NFTs.
Other companies in the beverage industry, such as brandy maker Hennessy, have also taken an interest in NFTs. In late 2022, Hennessy announced the launch of a set of NFT tokens that will serve as membership vouchers for its new Eleven cafe.
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