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• 📉 Worldcoin: Iris Scan Project Flops!

• 💼Get Hired: UK NCA Needs Blockchain Investigators!

• 🧱 Around The Block: Crypto payment gateway CoinsPaid suspects Lazarus Group in $37M hack.

📉 Worldcoin: Iris Scan Project Flops!

Worldcoin, a crypto project that allowed customers to scan their iris in exchange for 25 WLD (the project’s native token) was launched on July 24.

Before its launch, the project had about 2 million pre-sign-ups but like a firework fizzling out too soon, interest faded following the actual launch.

The total first-day sign-ups across all sites is around 1,200, with Hong Kong pulling in the highest number of 200 signs up, according to a report published by South China Morning Post.

So, what caused the shift in interest?

The project drew scrutiny and commentary from many well-known names in the crypto community, like Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. See what he had to say here.

An MIT report even suggested that the developers behind the project attracted the first million using deception, cash handouts and more, especially in developing countries where data laws are notably weak.

I mean, it’s an absurdly low offer, why else would anyone sign up?🤷

Read the full story here.

💼Get Hired: UK NCA Needs Blockchain Investigators!

Looking for a job?👀

The National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom is hiring two blockchain investigators for its newly-formed digital assets team.

The job involves overseeing complex investigations involving cryptocurrency and digital assets from a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) perspective.

See here for the qualifications needed to apply.

The job pays a salary of approximately 47,380 British pounds ($61,076.37) and it’s complemented with other civil service benefits schemes.

Do crypto investigators get badges? If so, sign me up!😃

If you feel up to the challenge, you can apply here.

🧱 Around The Block: Crypto payment gateway CoinsPaid suspects Lazarus Group in $37M hack.

• 👺Hack: Crypto payment gateway CoinsPaid suspects Lazarus Group in $37M hack.

• 🤵Presidential Candidate: Robert Kennedy Jr. reveals buying 2 Bitcoin for each of his 7 children.

• ⚖️SBF Trial: Sam Bankman-Fried to have campaign donation charge dropped: Prosecutors.

• 📑Report: Digital marketing will become Web3’s next major use case.

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