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Bitcoin Mining Company GRIID to Be First Recipient of Intel's "Bonanza Mine" Chips
19.1.2022
GRIID, an American infrastructure company that owns and operates a number of Bitcoin (BTC) mining facilities, has inked a partnership with major multinational corporation and technology company Intel to become the first recipient of its upcoming "Bonanza Mine" chips....
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NFT Infrastructure Moves: OpenSea Acquires Dharma, Coinbase Partners With Mastercard
19.1.2022
The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is off to a strong start in 2022. While this is evident from the increasing number of NFT users and the rising volume of transactions, the recent decisions by some of the industry leaders further strengthen this perspective -- as companies move to make...
Blockchain Firm Animoca Brands Raises $358 Million to Enhance Web3 and the Metaverse
18.1.2022
Animoca Brands has announced the blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused firm has raised $358.8 million to bolster the non-fungible token (NFT) industry and “build the open metaverse.” The capital raise follows the firm’s previous $65 million and $138.88 million raises last year...
Intel's Bitcoin Mining Surprise, Crypto Mortgage, BNB Burn + More News
18.1.2022
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20m+ Chinese Now Reportedly Using Central Bank’s Digital Yuan App
18.1.2022
Over 20m people have now downloaded the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital yuan app, media outlets in the country have reported....
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Fund Outflows Slow, Solana Remains Favorite + More News
17.1.2022
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Crypto Jobs Boomed In 2021 Amid Funding Influx - LinkedIn
17.1.2022
Crypto-related job postings skyrocketed in 2021, indicating disruption across industries, according to a recent analysis by employment-oriented social media platform LinkedIn.
Last year, job postings with titles that contained key words such as bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), blockchain,...
Altcoins Gain Bigger Share in Payments, Crypto Spending on Luxury Goods Jumped in 2021 - BitPay
17.1.2022
Crypto payments processor BitPay says that the bitcoin (BTC) payments at merchants who use the company’s services dropped to 65% of all processed payments last year -- a decline from 92% in 2020. ...
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UK 3rd for ETH ownership as crypto adoption grows 1% in December: Survey
17.1.2022
In a December survey conducted by Finder.com, the United Kingdom held third place worldwide in adoption rankings for Ethereum, while overall cryptocurrency adoption crept up by 1%
‘Flurry’ of Walmart Patents Show Willingness to Embrace Crypto, NFTs and the Metaverse
17.1.2022
Walmart has developed plans that involve the creation of its own cryptoasset, launch collection non-fungible token (NFT) collections, and (yes, you guessed it) enter the metaverse, per reports citing filings made with the American Patent and Trademark Office....
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Fidelity Expects More Countries to Acquire Bitcoin Citing ‘Very High Stakes Game Theory’
17.1.2022
Fidelity expects more sovereign nation states, or even a central bank, to acquire bitcoin this year. “There is very high stakes game theory at play here, whereby if bitcoin adoption increases, the countries that secure some bitcoin today will be better off competitively than their...
2021: A year of mass adoption for cryptocurrencies in Brazil
15.1.2022
2021 was a year of affirmation for the Brazilian crypto market with good news in the national stock market, the promise of a CBDC and Brazilian soccer joining the game
IMF: Crypto Could Soon Pose Risks to Countries’ Financial Stability
15.1.2022
Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that “crypto assets are no longer on the fringe of the financial system.” In addition, they “could soon pose risks to financial stability especially in countries with widespread crypto adoption.” ‘Our...
How Music NFTs Could Disrupt the Music Industry
15.1.2022
Copyright issues, exploitation, no royalties. These are but a few challenges that musicians all over the world face when it comes to the production and distribution of their music. With the emergence of music non-fungible tokens (NFTs), there is the potential that the music industry can...
The TradFi-DeFi Tug of War: Is a DeFi-Only Utopia Possible?
14.1.2022
Will Hamilton is Head of Trading & Research at TCM Capital, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Token Capital Management & Technologies Pte Ltd.
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Decentralized finance or DeFi is already level pegging with global multinational financial companies in terms of market capitalization and daily...
FTX Launches $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund Focused on Bolstering Blockchain, Web3 Adoption
14.1.2022
The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s focus will be on advancing blockchain and Web3 technology alongside investments in “social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare.” FTX Reveals...
Kingdom of Tonga May Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Says Former Member of Parliament
14.1.2022
The Kingdom of Tonga may adopt bitcoin as legal tender, according to a former member of Tonga’s parliament, Lord Fusitu’a, who tweeted about a possible timeline for this event to occur. Fusitu’a believes that by next fall a bill will be passed by Tonga’s parliament...
Proof-of-work Hearing, Robinhood on Crypto Investments, 55 'Rug-Potentials' + More News
14.1.2022
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Rio’s Treasury Reserves to Be Made up of 1% Crypto, City May Enable BTC Tax Payments
14.1.2022
Brazil’s former capital city, Rio de Janeiro, might start holding crypto in its treasury, its Mayor has revealed.
According to the newspaper O Globo, Mayor Eduardo Paes made the announcement during an event also attended by another pro-crypto mayor, Miami’s Francis Suarez. The duo were speaking...
University accepts digital asset donations to fund crypto-related activities
14.1.2022
The SDSU announced that it’s accepting donations in cryptocurrency to fund activities that promote crypto adoption within the university