Anthony Hopkins' New Thriller 'Zero Contact' to Premiere on NFT Platform

Award-winning movie star Anthony Hopkins’ new film called Zero Contact is set to launch on a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform this summer. The feature-length movie was produced entirely virtually during the 2020 global pandemic.

Anthony Hopkins Stars in Movie Launching as NFT

A new feature-length movie starring Anthony Hopkins will premiere on a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform, Vuele, according to an announcement Wednesday by several companies involved.

The movie, called “Zero Contact,” stars Hopkins, Veronica Ferres, Aleks Paunovic, Lilly Krug, TJ Kayama, and Martin Sternmark. Hopkins has won six Oscars, with the most recent win being this year for best actor in his role in the film “The Father.”

Zero Contact follows “five characters around the world connected only by their devotion to tech titan Finley Hart (Hopkins),” the announcement details. “They are forced to work together to shut down Hart’s secret invention, a machine that is either the solution to mankind’s problems or the end of life on earth.”

The film was produced entirely virtually during the 2020 global pandemic. “Everything about this film is unconventional, from the way we shot it using Zoom and remote production, to its distribution,” Rick Dugdale, the producer and director, commented, elaborating:

This project was truly a one-of-a-kind experience. We had to innovate at every step of the way, shooting in 17 countries around the world. It only makes sense for a film like this to continue to break new ground by releasing via the blockchain. It’s a unique opportunity to be a part of history.

The NFT platform Vuele, formed last month, is a joint venture between fintech firm Currencyworks and producer Enderby Entertainment. It will be operated through a new subsidiary, Enderbyworks LLC.

Vuele describes itself as “the premier direct-to-consumer, feature-length film viewing and distribution platform delivering feature-length films and digital collectible entertainment content as NFTs.”

The platform “will let users buy exclusive, limited edition films and collector content to watch, collect, sell and trade on the platform.” Customers can pay with cryptocurrency or regular credit cards.

Dugdale explained:

Vuele will have four or five ‘drops’ of Zero Contact with the first likely in late July – early August. They’ll include the film, plus extras still to be determined that would vary from token to token to create different price points.

“The idea is to develop a marketplace for the NFTs,” he noted, adding that this method of distribution “creates scarcity in copies of the film, and protects against piracy.”

What do you think about Anthony Hopkins’ movie launching as an NFT? Let us know in the comments section below.

Russia Drafting Law on Confiscation of Crypto Assets

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has revealed that legislative amendments are being prepared on the confiscation of crypto assets. “A serious challenge is the criminal use of cryptocurrencies in our country,” he said.

• Russia is preparing amendments to the current legislation to allow for the confiscation of crypto assets found to be proceeds from crime, Tass reported Wednesday.
• The announcement came from the prosecutor general of the Russian Federation, Igor Krasnov. He was speaking at a conference of heads of prosecutor’s offices of European states in St. Petersburg Wednesday. The event is co-organized by the Council of Europe and the International Association of Prosecutors.
• Krasnov said that virtual assets have become a source of income for criminals, emphasizing that cryptocurrencies are being used for corruption, including bribery. “The latency of these criminal acts has recently been aggravated by the use of crypto assets as bribes,” he asserted, adding that cryptocurrency exchanges have been used as “a way of laundering stolen funds.”
• The prosecutor general noted that the adoption of the law on digital assets in July last year was “a significant step in overcoming this problem.” He was quoted as saying:

A serious challenge is the criminal use of cryptocurrencies in our country … Currently, work is underway to amend the criminal procedural legislation.

What do you think about Russian drafting law to allow the confiscation of crypto assets in criminal cases? Let us know in the comments section below.

Crypto Wallet Recovery Service KeychainX Can Save Your Bitcoin

Whenever the prices of digital assets skyrocket, social media gets flooded with stories of people that could be millionaires now but forgot the keys to wallets they opened a few years before. But if this happened to you, don’t lose hope, cryptocurrency wallet recovery service KeychainX can save your money.

Your Wallet With a Forgotten Password Is Not Lost Yet

KeychainX is a bitcoin wallet recovery service operating since 2017. In the last 6 months alone, the company recovered wallet keys for about 100 clients from all over the world and you can see some of their raving reviews on Trustpilot where KeychainX has an almost perfect 4.9 ‘Excellent’ score.

The service covers all kinds of situations such as recovering lost Bitcoin wallets from wallet.dat files, Dogecoin wallet passwords, blockchain second or first passwords, Android wallet or spending PIN, Ethereum from JSON files, and Ethereum presale wallets. KeychainX can even decrypt your blockchain.info 15,17,19 or 21 word mnemonic seed that is no longer supported by blockchain.com itself.

This means that as long as you have more than just the public key for a wallet, there is a chance to unlock it. So if you have a cryptocurrency wallet which you can’t access the funds in for any reason, make sure to give KeychainX a try right now and avoid being just another anecdote about someone that lost their fortune due to misfortune. You don’t want to tell your children one day after bitcoin reaches one million dollars that you lost the keys and didn’t do anything about it.

Brute Force and Smart Algorithms

The company shares some of the stories of its successes on Medium that show the varied capabilities needed for this line of business. For example, KeychainX recently shared how it recovered a Dogecoin wallet worth over $3 million for a retired truck driver that purchased the coins back in 2015 for about $1500. The client forgot his PIN number and only had a few hints to share with the team such as his birthday and so on. Trying to check all possible 12 digits combinations that the client thought was the length of the PIN using brute force alone would have taken more than a lifetime, but KeychainX developed a custom smart algorithm based on his hints that unlocked the wallet in no time.

Another interesting KeychainX success story shows how it recovered an old blockchain.info wallet with more than a 12 words story mnemonic seed – something many people mistakenly think is impossible. The client only remembered 17 words out of his mnemonic seed which was used to backup the wallet, and the team had to use a combination of brute force and a lot of “source code archeology” to recover the funds from the no longer supported wallet. The story also shows the lengths that KeychainX is willing to go to for its clients and the sheer spark of genius that is sometimes needed in the search for these lost fortunes.

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US Congressman Declares Investments in Dogecoin, Ethereum, Cardano

A U.S. congressman, Barry Moore, has declared his recent cryptocurrency purchases. He bought dogecoin, cardano, and ether.

U.S. Representative Barry Moore from Alabama filed a Periodic Transaction Report (PTR) last week declaring his recent cryptocurrency purchases.

According to the filing, the congressman bought cryptocurrency cardano (ADA), dogecoin (DOGE), and ether (ETH) during May and June. Each purchase was worth between $1,001 and $15,000.

His crypto investments have decreased in value since his purchases. He bought cardano on May 10, May 11, and May 13. The price of ADA was $1.7652, $1.5559. and $2.009 on those days respectively based on data from Bitcoin.com Markets. The price of the cryptocurrency is $1.4229 at the time of writing.

The congressman also declared that he bought dogecoin on June 13. The price was around $0.3275. At the time of writing, DOGE sits at $0.2317.

He also bought ether on May 5. The price that day was $4,081. At the time of writing, the ETH price had fallen to $2,370.

What do you think about the congressman buying the three cryptocurrencies? Let us know in the comments section below.

Goldman Sachs Sees More Potential in Ether Than Bitcoin

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs says ether is the cryptocurrency with the highest real use potential and it could overtake bitcoin as the dominant digital store of value.

Ether Could Overtake Bitcoin as Dominant Store of Value, Says Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs shared its view on the future outlook for bitcoin and ether in a note published Tuesday. The investment bank’s analysts reportedly argued that ether’s real use cases could make the cryptocurrency the dominant digital store of value, overtaking bitcoin as the top cryptocurrency. They wrote:

[Ether] currently looks like the cryptocurrency with the highest real use potential as Ethereum, the platform on which it is the native digital currency, is the most popular development platform for smart contract applications.

However, Goldman Sachs prefers gold, stating that neither cryptocurrency will be able to overtake gold anytime soon. The analysts explained that cryptocurrencies are not a direct competitor to gold as a safe haven asset due to their high volatility.

Goldman described: “Gold is competing with crypto to the same extent it is competing with other risky assets such as equities and cyclical commodities. We view gold as a defensive inflation hedge and crypto as a risk-on inflation hed

Furthermore, the investment bank pointed out that the competition between different cryptocurrencies is hurting crypto’s ability to become a safe asset class for investors. Goldman concluded:

This competition among cryptocurrencies is another risk factor that prevents them from becoming safe haven assets at this stage.

Goldman Sachs is not the only one seeing more potential in ether than bitcoin. Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money Show said he moved all of his money out of bitcoin and invested in ethereum for a similar reason cited by Goldman Sachs. In April, rival investment bank JPMorgan explained why ether was outperforming bitcoin.

Do you agree with Goldman Sachs on bitcoin, ether, and gold? Let us know in the comments section below.