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Bitcoin price surges to $43K, but traders warn that ‘real pain’ is due for altcoins
11.1.2022
Even with the abrupt surge to $42.3K, traders warn that Bitcoin and altcoins are still in for ‘real pain’ if the current macro perspectives remain the same
Disney Moves Toward the Metaverse With Approved US Patent to Create a ‘Virtual-World Simulator’
10.1.2022
A recently discovered patent shows the American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate, Walt Disney Company, was approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a “virtual-world simulator” patent. The simulator is composed of...
Real Estate in the Metaverse Is Booming. Is It Really Such a Crazy Idea?
9.1.2022
Theo Tzanidis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, the University of the West of Scotland._____
The idea of spending thousands or even millions of dollars to buy fictitious “land” in a virtual world sounds, to be frank, absurd.
But in recent months, we’ve seen significant investments...
Bring Your AOZ NFT to Life! Claim Your Free Soul
7.1.2022
From the moment you minted the selected AOZ citizen NFT, we believe a bond has been created between you and this particular PFP artwork, or a persona of the digital world. Digital doesn’t make it less real. There is something about it that strikes you, and you’d believe that it has...
Hong Kong real estate giant leads $90M raise for crypto bank Sygnum
6.1.2022
Sun Hung Kai reportedly became the biggest seller of new homes in Hong Kong in January 2022
Raoul Pal says 'reasonable chance' crypto market cap could 100X by 2030
6.1.2022
“I think there’s a reasonable chance of this being a $250 trillion asset class, which is 100x from here,” said Raoul Pal
Nifty News: Rarible fixes bug, real home and virtual twin auction, Mega City in The Sandbox
6.1.2022
Rarible temporarily cancelled all OpenSea orders while it implemented a tool to help protect users against mistakenly selling their NFTs
CEO of Coinbase crypto exchange reportedly buys LA mansion for $133M
4.1.2022
The estate was formerly owned by Ellen Bronfman Hauptman, the daughter of billionaire Seagram heir Charles Bronfman
Coinbase’s Armstrong Reportedly Spends USD 133M On New LA Home, This Is How It Looks
4.1.2022
Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-founder of Coinbase, has reportedly paid USD 133m for a Los Angeles estate in what is considered to be one of the most expensive single-family home sales in the area to date....
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Metaverse NYE Parties: Decentraland New Year’s Eve Bash to Recreate One Times Square, Paris Hilton to DJ in Roblox
31.12.2021
There’s a New Year’s Eve fiesta in the metaverse called the Metafest 2022 Global Party hosted by the real estate firm Jamestown and the crypto investment firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) in Decentraland. According to the announcement, the owner of One Times Square, Jamestown will...
Two NFT Copycats Are Fighting Over Which Is The Real Fake Bored Ape Yacht Club
31.12.2021
Non-fungible tokens are in the headlines again. They have been appreciated for letting artists sell their digital art without any intermediary. They have also been criticized for harming the natural environment through carbon emissions. This time, NFTs are in the news because PHAYC and PAYC...
Aave-DeFi Lending Protocol Takes Real-World Assets as a Part of Collateral
30.12.2021
Decentralized finance acts as a closed system. Cryptocurrency owners show their crypto in the form of collateral to get loans in dollar-pegged stablecoin, further using it for the DeFi projects. However, the entire closed-loop has opened a bit after Aave lending regulations announced their plans...
Decentraland Gets Its Own Times Square and New Year's Eve Ball Drop
30.12.2021
Jamestown, the owner of the Times Square building in New York, partnered with Digital Currency Group (DCG) to recreate this famous place in the Big Apple in the virtual world of Decentraland (MANA) for the New Year’s Eve ball drop....
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US Senator on Crypto: We Need Real Solutions to Make the Financial System Work for Everyone, Not Just the Wealthy
30.12.2021
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has argued that cryptocurrency is not a path to financial inclusion like crypto advocates claim. “Bitcoin ownership is even more concentrated within the top 1% than dollars,” she said, emphasizing the need for “real solutions to make the financial...
Aave and Centrifuge Launch 'Real World Assets' Market
29.12.2021
Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave (AAVE) has partnered with decentralized operating system Centrifuge to launch a new market called Real World Assets (RWAs), which would enable users to earn yield against real-world assets.
Prior to this, Aave users could only borrow and lend...
After Failed Prediction, Cardano’s Founder Now Pushes for ‘Real Decentralization’
27.12.2021
After Failed Prediction, Cardano’s Founder No Pushes for ‘Real Decentralization’
Cardano (ADA) will create a more formalized open source project structure in 2022, but community members must also do their part to ensure “real decentralization,” Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said in...
Chinese Central Bank Vows to Develop Real Estate Market
27.12.2021
The Chinese central bank recently promised a healthy development of the real estate industry in the region. In addition, the financial institution talked about safeguarding the home buyers’ legal rights and satisfying their living needs. The PBOC (People’s Bank of China) released the statement...
Colombian Real Estate Platform Allows Users to Acquire Property With Bitcoin
27.12.2021
A Colombian real estate platform is now allowing users to purchase properties with Bitcoin. The platform, called La Haus, is promoting bitcoin payments for a new real estate project in Santa Marta, called Natura City. This is an expansion of the platform, which has already established such...
Be Prepared for Failure and Handle it Gracefully
20.12.2021
When I was working at my first “real” job in the field in the mid-2000s, it was hammered in the web dev field to build tiny websites (no more than 100KB per page), only use JavaScript for special effects, and …
Cornell Professor of Economics: Defi Promise Is Real but Bitcoin May Not Last Much Longer
18.12.2021
A Cornell University economics professor says that the promise of decentralized finance (defi) using blockchain technology is real but bitcoin may not last that much longer. Nonetheless, he admitted bitcoin “has really set off a revolution that ultimately might benefit all of us either...