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Cboe Resubmits Spot Bitcoin ETF Filings With Coinbase as Surveillance-Sharing Partner Amid SEC Dissatisfaction
1.7.2023
In response to reports suggesting that the recent wave of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) filed in recent weeks did not meet the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) standards, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has resubmitted four 19b-4 filings for these ETFs....
China Looks to Add Digital Yuan Functionality to Social Security Cards
30.6.2023
China may add digital yuan functionality to government-issued social security cards, in a possible new breakthrough for the central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Per the 21st Century Business Herald (via NBD), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security wants to “explore and promote” ways...
Change the Code Blasts Wall Street for Propping Up Bitcoin Initiatives
30.6.2023
Change The Code, a Greenpeace-backed initiative that seeks to change Bitcoin’s consensus algorithm, has blasted Wall Street companies for the support they are showing to Bitcoin-related activities. On social media, it has called out companies like Fidelity, Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Goldman...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Adds Surveillance-Sharing Agreement to Bitcoin ETF Application
29.6.2023
Cathie Wood's investment management firm, ARK Invest, is on the growing list of US-based firms that filed for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) approval with the SEC.
The investment manager, alongside crypto asset manager 21Shares, filed an amended spot BTC ETF proposal and added...
Report: FTX Management Seeks Investors to Revive Defunct Crypto Exchange; Exchange Token FTT Surges
29.6.2023
FTX management is actively seeking potential participants to revive the formerly defunct crypto exchange, as reported by sources knowledgeable about the situation. CEO John J. Ray III and other FTX executives have reportedly engaged in preliminary discussions with prospective investors, who could...
Shooter Dev Threatens To Ban Anyone For Sharing Game Secrets
29.6.2023
No one likes a spoiled surprise. But if you’re Battlestate Games, developers of the indie extraction shooter Escape From Tarkov, then you really, really, really don’t like it. Recently, the dev has threatened to ban anyone who datamines or even shares datamined content from the game. The threatens...
AI Eye: AI travel booking hilariously bad, 3 weird uses for ChatGPT, crypto plugins
29.6.2023
ChatGPT and Bard can help you book fictional hotels and awful 29-hour flights, 3 bizarre uses for AI, and do crypto plugins actually work?
ARK Amends Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing to Include Surveillance Sharing, Similar to BlackRock
28.6.2023
ARK's application may now be in pole position to be approved first as as it was filed earlier than BlackRock's
A brief history of the internet
28.6.2023
Gain insights into the key milestones and trends that have shaped the internet into the global phenomenon it is today
New Web3 ID app lets users find each other based on proven interests
27.6.2023
Quivr allows users to connect multiple apps, including Spotify, Steam and Instagram, to generate behavior-based badges proving their interests
Ran Neuner Believes Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Could Double Price Next Year, Dismisses ‘Malicious Intent’ Speculations
27.6.2023
Following Blackrock, the largest asset manager globally, filing for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ran Neuner, host of Crypto Banter, stated during an interview with Michelle Makori, lead anchor for Kitco News, that he believes...
Bitcoin Mining ‘the Highest User of Sustainable Energy’ New Data Reveals
27.6.2023
Bitcoin mining is the highest user of sustainable energy and has similarly achieved the highest increase in sustainable energy mix between July 2019 and June 2023, new data has shown. The data also shows that bitcoin mining’s emission intensity has declined from more than 500 g/kWh seen in July...
100 tokenized Teslas ‘democratize’ and ‘decentralize’ Web3 ride sharing
27.6.2023
The co-founders of ELOOP and peaq told Cointelegraph that tokenizing high-value assets, like a fleet of ride-sharing cars, will help bring Web3 into the mainstream
Bitcoin Cash Price Jumps to One-Year High Fueled by Spiking Social Interest, Exchange Support
26.6.2023
With today’s 17% gain, the BCH has now more than doubled in the week since it was listed on EDX Markets, a new crypto exchange backed by financial heavyweights
Economist Jim Rickards Warns of a CBDC-Supported Social Credit System in the US: ‘It Can Happen Here’
26.6.2023
Jim Rickards, an economist and investment banker, has warned about the establishment of a social credit system powered by the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to Rickards, this combination could be used to restrict the civil liberties of Americans by limiting their...
Study Shows Bank of England’s Rising Interest Rates Threaten 1.2 Million UK Households With Insolvency
25.6.2023
The Bank of England made an impactful move last Thursday, June 22, 2023, as it raised the benchmark bank rate to 5%, marking a significant 0.5 percentage point increase. This decision catapults the central bank’s rate to its highest level since 2008 and represents the most substantial surge...
Crypto scammers and the need for tools to prevent theft: World Token Summit
23.6.2023
Matthias Mende said while it’s very unfortunate, there are a lot of bad actors using social media who are constantly trying to bring harm to others
Pop social incorporates Polygon’s zkEVM framework
23.6.2023
Pop Labs takes pleasure in coming out with its official announcement of Pop Social, having incorporated Polygon’s zkEVM framework. Through this incorporation, both entities will be involved in furthering the growth of Web3 social media acceptance. In the case of the Pop social media platform, it...
This Is How Scammers Can Drain Your Crypto Wallet
22.6.2023
Scammers use a variety of techniques to steal users’ money, some of which only require knowing your wallet address, a Forta Network researcher said
World Mobile launches token buyback program, leveraging revenue to empower its sharing economy
22.6.2023
World Mobile has announced the launch of a token buyback program to support the sustainable growth of its sharing economy. The token buyback program will see World Mobile’s treasury purchase its native utility token, World Mobile Token (WMT), from the open market. The first buyback occurred on...