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Gucci to Accept Crypto Payments in Retail Stores
6.5.2022
High-end fashion house Gucci will begin accepting cryptocurrencies at some of its stores this month, including bitcoin, ether, dogecoin, and shiba inu. The company plans for all of its directly operated stores in North America to accept crypto by this summer. Gucci to Start Accepting Crypto...
Chainlink set to power Latin American real estate platform
5.5.2022
Chainlink is set to automate rental payments to property owners of a Latin American real estate platform, adding a new blockchain use-case for the sector
Reggie Fils-Aimé Weighs In On Nintendo Worker Exploitation: ‘This Isn’t The Nintendo I Left’
4.5.2022
In light of recent reports by Kotaku and others about worker complaints at Nintendo of America, former president and gaming icon Reggie Fils-Aimé was asked about how the company treats its employees. “I know I was able to achieve [a healthy culture], and certainly what’s being described does...
Reggie Fils-Aimé And Satoru Iwata's Great Nintendo Friendship
3.5.2022
It started with an unheard-of request. Reggie Fils-Aimé wasn’t yet president of Nintendo of America. Heck, he wasn’t even an employee—but rather, interviewing for a job. Yet he wanted to speak with Satoru Iwata.Read more
Bitcoin of America Launches New Website and Blog
3.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin of America has officially launched a newly redesigned website and blog. The popular operator has created an all-new modern design that features their services. Bitcoin of America is a popular virtual currency exchange, registered as a money services business with the United...
Argentinian Banking Heavyweight to Launch Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading, While Tax Body Urges Tighter Crypto Monitoring
3.5.2022
One of the largest private financial entities in Argentina, Banco Galicia, has announced that it will allow some of its customers to trade, sell, and hold cryptoassets at a time when Argentina’s tax body has called for Latin American governments to bolster their crypto monitoring...
Former Nintendo President Believes Gaming Experiences Could Benefit From Blockchain And ‘Play to Earn’ Models
3.5.2022
Reggie Fils-Aimé, the former president of Nintendo of America, has offered his take on blockchain and play to earn models when applied to the gaming industry. The executive declared that he was a big believer in blockchain technology, and that players investing their time in games should...
Crypto Bills in Panama, Brazil Progressing Fast, but Argentina Province Sends Mining Warning
3.5.2022
Crypto adoption is rising high on the political agenda in Latin America, where legislation is edging closer to promulgation – although Argentinean Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto miners have received a warning that if the chips are down, they could be ordered to power down their rigs....
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Law Decoded: The difference between New York City and New York State, April 25-May 2
2.5.2022
New York State moratorium on PoW mining reinvigorates the conversation around crypto industry's sustainability
El Salvador Bitcoin wallet shows ‘strong sign of adoption,’ exec says
2.5.2022
The Mexican Bitso exchange has been providing its custody and exchange services to Chivo so that the government of El Salvador can buy Bitcoin
Dubai-based Bybit Makes Move into Latin America With Launch of Brazil Operation
28.4.2022
Brazil is seen as a big prize, with a number of crypto exchanges eyeing the country in 2022
Dragon Age 4 QA Devs Say They're Unionizing Over Bad Pay And Covid Safety
27.4.2022
The video game industry is currently undergoing a small but unprecedented wave of developer organizing. Last week it even reached the halls of famed RPG maker BioWare, where a group of QA contractors working on Dragon Age 4 revealed their intention to unionize. The two biggest reasons why? Bad...
Cuban central bank makes it official: VASP licensing coming in May
27.4.2022
The Gazette further determines that this decision will enter into force 20 days after its publication, which is May 16
Panamanian MP: Our Draft Crypto Law Is Different from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law
27.4.2022
The MP architect of a draft Panamanian private member’s bill that proposes allowing the use of crypto as a form of payment has claimed that there are key differences between his proposed law and the Bitcoin Law adopted in El Salvador last year....
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Fidelity’s New 401(k) Product Lets Workers Add Up to 20% in Bitcoin to Their Retirement Plans
26.4.2022
The multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Fidelity Investments, has revealed the firm is allowing people to add bitcoin into their 401(k) plan as long as the employer allows it. According to Fidelity’s head of workplace retirement offerings, the company has seen...
Web3 solutions aim to make America’s real estate market more accessible
26.4.2022
Web3 solutions may be the answer to America’s housing market, but will the mainstream want to use blockchain-based platforms?
BioWare Contractors Supporting On Games Like Mass Effect Seek To Unionize
25.4.2022
Keywords Studios developers working in support of Dragon Age 4 maker BioWare are seeking to unionize. That’s according to an April 20 application filed with the Alberta Labor Relations Board. The staff is preparing for a union vote following recent labor organizing efforts at other game...
More Crypto Regulation May Be on the Way in Mexico, Suggests Central Bank Chief
25.4.2022
The Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) has spelled out its position on crypto – and has hinted that it may seek to expand the scope of its regulation of the sector.
In a report from Forbes Mexico, the Governor, Victoria Rodríguez Ceja, was quoted as telling the Senate that she and...
The Nintendo of America Contractors Who Feel Like Second Class Workers
22.4.2022
A union-busting complaint recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board accused Nintendo of America and contract worker agency Aston Carter of surveillance, retaliation, and other unfair labor practices. According to four sources familiar with the incident, that complaint, first reported...
From beer to Bitcoin as legal tender: a BTC education in Roatán
21.4.2022
How a small-scale Bitcoin education project involving a former brewery collided with plans for Bitcoin as de facto legal tender