Author: Steven Sahiounie

Salesforce partnership with the blockchain platform marks another major company’s investment into customer engagement initiatives using Web3 technologies. Customer relationship management (CRM) software company, Salesforce, has partnered with layer 2 blockchain platform Polygon for an NFT-based loyalty program, said Ryan Wyatt, president at Polygon Labs. “Salesforce will help their clients onboard to Polygon with its management platform to help its clients create token-based loyalty programs,” Wyatt Tweeted on Thursday.  The news comes after the enterprise software giant said on March 15 that it is expanding its client services to include management of non-fungible token (NFT) loyalty programs. “Monitor real-time blockchain data from collections…

The group of companies had debts of about $11.6 billion against $4.8 billion in assets, according to a presentation filed by its advisers. Sam Bankman Fried’s crypto empire had a $6.8 billion shortfall in its balance sheet when it filed for bankruptcy last November, according to a presentation filed to the bankruptcy court on Friday. That included a deficit of $10.6 billion in the main FTX.com enterprise and one of $87 million in FTX.US. Sister trading firm Alameda Research had net assets of $2.6 billion, while FTX Ventures had net assets of $1.3 billion. In total, the group of companies had debts of about…

The search comes as the U.S. accelerates actions against the crypto sector in the wake of FTX’s collapse and the shutdown of three crypto-friendly banks. U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase is considering setting up a crypto-trading platform overseas and is discussing the move with institutional clients, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the plans. A decision hasn’t been taken on the location for such a trading platform, which comes as U.S. regulators are cracking down on crypto, Bloomberg said. Regulatory action against the sector intensified after November’s collapse of crypto exchange FTX. The recent shutdown of Silvergate Bank, Signature Bank and Silicon Valley…

Omar Awadin, 16, was killed in cold blood by the Israeli occupation forces during a raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The European Union yesterday demanded an immediate investigation into the murder of 16-year-old Palestinian child Omar Awadin by Israeli occupation troops in Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank, as reported by WAFA. In a tweet, the bloc urged for a prompt and open investigation into the child’s murder, underlining that children enjoy special protection under international law. Omar was killed alongside 3 Palestinian youths by the Israeli occupation forces during an Israeli raid on Jenin on March 16. Omar is…

Seoul wants a “complete normalization” of a 2016 military agreement with Tokyo that enables sharing military secrets. South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a Defense Ministry official told AFP on Saturday, as the two countries move to thaw long-frozen relations. At a summit on Thursday, the neighbors agreed to turn the page on a bitter dispute over Japan’s use of war-time forced labor. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had flown to Japan to meet with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the first such summit in 12 years. According to reports, Yoon told Kishida that he wanted a…

The Turkish Defense Minister says his country is in touch with both Ukraine and Russia about extending the Black Sea Grain initiative under its original terms. Turkey is hoping that the grain export deal between Kiev and Moscow can be extended for another 120 days — but time is running out. The current deal expires just before midnight on Saturday, Istanbul time. “The deadline is approaching,” Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday, noting that his country is “in touch with both Ukraine and Russia about extending the agreement under its original terms.” The start of the Ukraine war…

Brock was sentenced to two years of jail, followed by two years of supervised release. Larry Brock, a retired Air Force officer, was sentenced to two years in prison for storming the US Capitol on Friday. The retired officer, 55, joined the riots on the Senate floor minutes after Vice President, Mike Pence, senators, and staff members evacuated the chamber to escape the attackers on January 2021. Brock was sentenced to two years of jail, followed by two years of supervised release. US District Judge John Bates also ordered Brock to perform 100 hours of community service. Brock, who refused…

The Israeli occupation forces find a UAV during a search operation near the Lebanese-Palestinian border in light of panic over the Megiddo operation. The Israeli occupation forces conducted combing operations on the Lebanese borders with occupied Palestine, during which it found a UAV on the Palestinian side of the Blue Line, Israeli media reported Friday. This comes days after the Israeli occupation said they were suspicious that the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah was behind an alleged security incident in northern occupied Palestine earlier this week, “in which it infiltrated through the northern borders and detonated an explosive device,” according to…

On Friday, the UN Security Council voted on Friday against the speech of the DPR Ombudsman at a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine Ukraine’s aggression in Donbas resulted in the death of 4,374 residents from July 2014 to February 24, 2022, and nearly 8,000 were injured. Such data Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Daria Morozova cites in her report to the UN Security Council. “From the beginning of the conflict and as of February 24, 2022, as a result of armed aggression by Ukraine on the territory of the DPR, 4,374 people, including 91 children, have been killed,” according…

On Friday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he considers the decision of the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin justified. But the United States does not recognize the decision of this court, he added. Biden was talking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before flying to Delaware. His words are quoted by the White House press corps.…