Social Media

Justin Sun's Twitter followers may be real human beings - or at least, some of them. That's the astonishing conclusion reached by a statistical analysis of TRON-related social media accounts, which revealed that bots are not entirely…

Nearly a year after Telegram's billion-dollar ICO, an affiliated London-based exchange says it is now ready to launch a derivative contract for the GRAM token. In an announcement to the press this morning, Xena Exchange said XGRAM-listed…

Ripple is already synonymous with blockchain-fueled cross-border payments, and now it's about to disrupt content creation. Cinnamon, a new content platform built on Coil, is thanking Ripple for the upcoming launch of a video streaming…

Decentralized applications may have a lot of promise, but they have a lot of problems too. Most dApps face potentially insurmountable problems of scalability and distribution; this could make them obsolete before they even leave the gate.…

What Is Kin? Kin is a blockchain-based ecosystem originally built on top of the Ethereum platform. It was developed by Canadian instant messenger company Kik Interactive to support microtransactions through its Kik Messenger platform. The…

Few blockchain platforms would even dream of a 4,600% increase in their number of dApps. But the decentralized sharing network Steem (STEEM) now has those bragging rights, for last month anyway. More than forty decentralized apps - dApps…

What Is Reddcoin? Reddcoin is a decentralized, blockchain-based cryptocurrency used to tip or send payments for social content. Unlike competitor Steem (and legacy platforms like Snapcash), the Reddcoin API supports all social platforms,…

Internet debates tend to generate more heat than light, but your next argument might generate something else: money. Tapatalk, a mobile app which aggregates online forums, has announced plans to integrate the Kin (KIN) cryptocurrency,…

Pirates are always on the lookout for treasure, so it’s no surprise that Captain Sparrow is getting his share of the blockchain booty. Johnny Depp, who also performed as Raoul Duke and Edward Scissorhands, has teamed up with Andrea…

There is a disparity between how lawmakers in the US regulate the financial sector and the tech sector. An established banking industry makes it a hard climate for newcomers to succeed. Tech giants, like Facebook, Twitter, and Google…

The Securities and Exchange Commission is ready to invest in a social media monitoring tool that measures market sentiment, and has invited bids. Social media manipulation and fraud are invidious components of the cryptocurrency world, and…

If data is the new oil, Facebook is the modern version of the Exxon Valdez. Fake news is big business, and it's easy for central actors to use and abuse their users. Corporate astroturfers will pay handsomely for a well-used Reddit account…

Not for the first time, Alex Jones finds himself at the center of a controversy over internet censorship. The radio show host and conspiracy theorist has alleged the US Government orchestrates school shootings and 'white genocide'; that…

A crypto social network has announced plans to migrate its tokens onto the Ethereum mainnet, potentially creating the largest Ethereum dApp on the network. Minds announced on Thursday that its native $MINDS tokens would transition onto…

For the big internet platforms, users' personal data, including age, tastes, and search histories are valuable and highly-prized commodities. For Facebook and Google, users' personal profiles can be packaged and sold to research and…