Sports and crypto—an unlikely partnership that seemingly grows closer by the day.

Late last week, The Athletic reported that Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie is taking his latest contract extension, worth $34 million, and turning it into a securitized “digital investment vehicle.”

In other words, Dinwiddie is launching an STO in himself, offering investors a piece of his own contract.

According to a Fox News report, the point guard plans to sell thousands of digital tokens tied to the contract and use the money to make other investments and develop new streams of income. Those who buy in will be paid back principal and interest, according to [...]

July was a busy month for the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO), with ‘intention to fine’ notices being issued to British Airways and Marriott Hotel Group for a combined £282m – the first under the GDPR.

Data privacy professionals have welcomed the publicity around this action but do warn that it doesn’t mean fines issued under the 1998 Data Protection Act are any less important and can be ignored.

“The fines off the back of investigations from pre-GDPR breaches should be viewed as a louder warning shot to smaller, more localised businesses,” says Andy Chesterman at Bedford-based GDPR consultancy, Privacy Helper by DAMM Solutions.

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The Bureau of Securities in New Jersey has issued two emergency orders to the companies Zoptax and Unocall to end their initial coin offerings (ICOs). The Bureau alleges that the token offerings qualify as fraudulent unregistered securities offerings.

The Office of the Attorney General in New Jersey announced the Bureau’s orders in a news release on Aug. 7. In the case of Zoptax, the report states that the company is offering the cryptocurrency Zoptax Coins through a website-conducted ICO. The website apparently states that the ICO has a soft cap of $500,000, as well as a hard cap goal of $3.4 million. 

In addition to being unlawfully [...]

THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE (ICO) has become the latest watchdog to raise an eyebrow at Facebook’s s Libra cryptocurrency creation.

The Information Commissioner herself, one Elizabeth Denham, signed a statement along with fellow data protection bodies from other nations, including the US, EU, Canada and Australia, raising concerns about how Libra will ensure its future users’ data is protected.

The statement has not only been levied at Facebook but also the 28 other companies involved in setting up the Libra cryptocurrency.

“The ambition and scope of the Libra project has the potential [...]