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October's Rock Solid Xbox Game Pass Proves Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
19.10.2021
I’m starting to wonder if Xbox Game Pass isn’t a potential pox on game sales. Full disclosure: Amid the deluge of stuff to play this year, I’ve demurred on picking up several interesting-looking games—like Backbone and The Forgotten City—holding my breath for the possibility that, some day, they...
ZoidPay Chrome Extension Lets Shoppers Buy with Crypto on Amazon, eBay and 40M+ Online Retailers
19.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The ZoidPay Chrome extension will allow users to spend their cryptocurrencies on products, pay subscriptions, and even book flights with 40+ million online retailers. October 19th, 2021, Bucharest, Romania — ZoidPay has announced the launch of its Chrome Extension, allowing...
Top Ten Crypto Market Capitalizations Shifted a Great Deal Since the Last Time BTC Hit $60K
18.10.2021
The price of bitcoin recently jumped above the $60,000 per unit mark on October 15, and the leading crypto asset has not seen prices this high since mid-April six months ago. However, as far as the top digital assets are concerned, in terms of market capitalization, things are a whole...
A Slew of Defi Tokens Outperform Bitcoin’s Weekly Gains, Defi TVL and NFT Sales Spike
18.10.2021
October has been a strong month for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin but a number of decentralized finance (defi) tokens have seen higher double-digit gains this past week. Moreover, non-fungible token (NFT) sales have picked up and after the total-value locked (TVL) in defi crossed $200 billion...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Taunts Economist Steve Hanke After Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets
17.10.2021
On October 15, the day bitcoin’s price surpassed the $60K per unit handle, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele taunted the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, Steve Hanke, over his recent statements. At the time, the well known economist warned that El Salvador faces...
Digital Asset Firm Bakkt to Go Public After Completing Merger — BKKT Shares Set to Trade on NYSE Monday
17.10.2021
The digital asset company Bakkt Holdings has completed a merger with a firm called VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings and the combined business will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 18. Bakkt revealed it was aiming to go public last January, and the Bakkt listing on Monday...
CFTC Fines Stablecoin Issuer Tether and Crypto Exchange Bitfinex $42.5 Million
15.10.2021
On Friday, October 15, 2021, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had ordered the company Tether Holdings Limited and Ifinex Inc., the parent company of Bitfinex, to pay fines totaling $42.5 million. The CFTC accuses Tether of “making untrue or misleading...
Tron Partnering With Sony Interactive Entertainment to Enhance Blockchain Gaming Experience
15.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. SAN FRANCISCO – October 15, 2021 – TRON, one of the largest blockchain-based operating systems in the world, is announcing an upcoming partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment today. Tron will provide the gaming company with its blockchain and expertise to enable...
Defi and Algorithmic Stablecoin Demand Grows in 2021 Despite Large Centralized Competitors
13.10.2021
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is around $134 billion, which is 5.60% of the entire $2.4 trillion crypto economy. While centralized stablecoin projects dominate the pack of dollar-pegged tokens, a great number of decentralized...
Cardano Slips to 5th-Largest Crypto Market Position — ADA Down 30% Since All-Time High Last Month
13.10.2021
During the second week of October, bitcoin market values have maintained prices between $54K to $57K. Meanwhile, myriad alternative crypto assets have not yet seen the gains the leading crypto asset has enjoyed during the last two weeks. For instance, cardano used to be the third-largest crypto...
Total Value Locked in Defi Surpasses $200 Billion — Fantom, Avalanche, Harmony, Arbitrum TVLs Swell
12.10.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) has swelled quite a bit this year and on October 5, the total value locked (TVL) in defi protocols crossed the $200 billion mark. Since January 1, the defi TVL across various blockchains has risen almost 855% from $21.4 billion to today’s $204 billion. Total...
iExec Launches Oracle Factory Allowing Anyone To Create Custom Oracles in Minutes
12.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Using the iExec Oracle Factory, developers are able to create their own decentralized oracles with just the API’s URL and key. October 12th, Lyon, France, 2021 – iExec, a decentralized marketplace for computing assets, has announced the launch of the iExec Oracle...
Pantera CEO Wants a Reminder the Day Before a US Bitcoin ETF Launches — ‘I Might Want to Take Some Chips off the Table’
11.10.2021
On October 6, Pantera Capital published an investor’s note written by Dan Morehead, the company’s CEO. Unlike the myriad of crypto investors who believe that a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) will send the crypto asset’s value to the moon, Morehead explains it could be...
Q4 Forecasts For Bitcoin Miners; Executive Order on Crypto + More News
11.10.2021
ndex.com/blog/hashrate-index-q3-report-bitcoin-china-ban">said in its report today. The company did not specify if it's in USD or BTC terms. 7-day average revenue from fees was almost USD 900,000 on October 10, per Blockchain.com
Top 5 Reasons to Attend Finnovex West Africa Summit – October 26 & 27, 2021
11.10.2021
Join the Virtual Experience! Exibex welcomes you to the 2nd Edition of Leading Summit on Financial Services Innovation and Excellence within the West African Region, where the best minds in the Banking and Financial Services Industry converge. They are all set to witness the presence of...
Refinable Authenticates Fine Jewelry Sale on Sotheby’s
10.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. HONG KONG – 10th October 2021 – Refinable, a leading decentralized NFT marketplace, is taking a step forward in realizing advanced use cases for NFT applications. In a keystone partnership with high-end jewelry maker NALAS, and the support of Sotheby’s, Refinable...
Talent Giant Creative Artists Agency Inks Deal With Pseudonymous NFT Whale 0xb1
10.10.2021
On October 8, the leading California-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency announced it has inked a deal with the infamous non-fungible token (NFT) asset collector known as “0xb1.” The influential talent agency aims to help the pseudonymous 0xb1 monetize the vast NFT collection...
Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’
9.10.2021
On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest danger cresting the public horizon.” Snowden stressed that rather than being an innovation, CBDC’s...
Dreamr Doubles User Base Since DMR Token Launch and Becomes Top-20 Downloaded Lifestyle App in Apple App Store
8.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Dreamr Labs flagship product the Dreamr app gains significant traction after its recent $DMR token listing on Bittrex global exchange and sponsoring Charlie Rockets Dream Machine Tour #DMT21 NASSAU, BAHAMAS (OCTOBER 7, 2021) Dreamr (Ticker: DMR) is the community driven platform...
Patch for the Bug-Plagued Compound Contract to be Executed on Saturday
8.10.2021
ener noreferrer" href="https://cryptonews.com/ext/changenow/">ChangeNOW.Proposal 064 has been marked as passed and 'succeeded' on October 7. The objective of this proposal is to “patch