Virtual real estate sales in metaverses will exceed $500m in 2021, CNBC reported. Sales of virtual real estate in the four major metaverses reached $501 million last year, CNBC reported, citing data from analysts at MetaMetric Solutions. This amount is accounted for by the "big four" companies: Sandbox, Cryptovoxels, Decentraland and Somnium. Apart from them, dozens of companies are selling...

Lamborghini will stop producing only petrol cars next year and will introduce its first plug-in hybrid, the head of the group said. In 2024, the company intends to electrify the entire range, and after 2025, it will introduce a battery-powered car. The Italian automaker Lamborghini will stop producing only cars with internal combustion engines next year, the head of the company Stephan Winkelmann...

Bitcoin's share of cryptocurrency payments fell by about a third in 2021, a major operator noted. Bitcoin's share of cryptocurrency payments will fall by about a third in 2021, one of the largest platforms for such transactions, BitPay, told Bloomberg. Bitcoin's share of cryptocurrency payments in 2021 was 65%, down from 92% in 2020, Bloomberg reported. People and businesses are more likely to...

UniCC, the largest seller of stolen credit cards on the darknet, has announced its closure. The site said goodbye to its audience. Earlier, several other similar shops had closed down. Experts attribute this to the US efforts to combat cybercrime. UniCC, the largest seller of stolen credit cards, has announced its closure on darknet forums, Bloomberg reports, citing blockchain analytics company...

Over the last 11 years, from 2011 to 2021, cryptocurrency assets worth $12 billion have been stolen. Atlas VPN, a computer security firm, released the research. The sums have increased: in 2011, when the first known cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, attackers stole only $1 million worth of cryptocurrencies over the course of the year. Cryptocurrency worth $4.3 billion was stolen in 2021 alone....

SWIFT, the international interbank payment and messaging system, is considering how to interface with digital currencies from global central banks for cross-border transactions, the company said in a statement. In the next year, SWIFT expects to accelerate introduction of its new services for the global financial community. The SWIFT Go service, for example, will form the basis for small-value...

Whether they call it digital, hybrid, or in the case of IE University, ‘liquid’ — higher education is experiencing a digital renaissance.

Airbus has delivered the last double-decker of A380 series aircraft to Emirates Airlines. The world's largest passenger airliner has been taken out of production due to low demand. The aircraft drew a heart into the sky before leaving for its new owner. Airbus on Thursday delivered the last A380 aircraft to Emirates, the largest operator of the series of airliners, Reuters reported. ...

WhatsApp is partnering with payment service Novi to provide users with instant transfers in Novi cryptocurrency via its app, according to Novi CEO Stephane Kasriel on Twitter. "Starting today, a limited number of people in the US will be able to send and receive money via WhatsApp using Novi," Kasriel writes. Novi is a payment platform that allows instant transfers using its own Pax Dollar...