The Transatlantic Cable #243

Published: March 23, 2022, 11:22 a.m.

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Episode 243 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with the teams (current) favourite topic: NFTs.\\xa0 The first story focuses the news that WinAmp (remember them?) is auctioning off their original skin as an NFT, with the majority of the proceeds going to charity.\\xa0 The second story looks at Heineken\\u2019s response to the NFT craze.\\xa0 The final story talks about the recent news that NFTs are now trending down 80% of their current price \\u2013 has the bubble burst?

Following on from that, the look at news coming out of Australia that will force \\u2018finfluencers\\u2019 (financial influencer) to become accredited, or risk a fine or even a jail term for offering financial advice.

To wrap up, the team look at news of a dangerous new ransomware, LokiLocker, which threatens to delete your master boot record if you don\\u2019t cough up the dough.

If you liked what you heard, please consider subscribing.\\xa0 PS - please accept our apologies for the poor audio quality this week!\\xa0

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