Terence Zimwara 2022-05-22 00:30:24 news.bitcoin.com The Singapore High Court has granted a court injunction which stops or blocks the sale of a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) that one man claims was wrongfully taken away from…
Terence Zimwara 2022-05-21 23:00:56 news.bitcoin.com Chinese experts have called on leaders of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries to consider countering the dollar, whose global hegemony is thought to be abusive. Still, the experts concede that…
Cointelegraph By Oleksii Konashevych 2022-05-21 01:18:00 cointelegraph.com Stablecoins are often discussed with regard to their “stability.” It is usually questioned whether a stablecoin is sufficiently backed with money or other assets. Undoubtedly, it is a very important aspect of…
Lubomir Tassev 2022-05-21 15:30:18 news.bitcoin.com Lawmakers have filed a bill with the State Duma aimed at introducing the term NFTs to Russian legislation. The authors of the draft say the rights of those who own non-fungible tokens need to…
Cointelegraph By Onkar Singh 2022-05-21 15:00:00 cointelegraph.com When choosing any blockchain for minting NFTs, such as Ethereum for NFT development, ensure the robustness of its smart contracts, check the blockchain’s fee structure, security measures and transaction speed, and assess…
Jamie Redman 2022-05-21 12:30:03 news.bitcoin.com Following the Terra blockchain fallout and the great UST de-pegging event, the Terra network ecosystem is now a wasteland of almost worthless tokens and protocols. While both UST and LUNA were top ten crypto…
Eliman Dambell 2022-05-21 08:45:08 news.bitcoin.com ETH started the weekend trading below $2,000 as the price consolidation in crypto continued. Bitcoin is also trading lower during Saturday’s session, with the world’s largest cryptocurrency once again falling under $30,000. Bitcoin Following…
Sergio Goschenko 2022-05-21 01:30:59 news.bitcoin.com A16z has launched a new fund that seeks to invest $600 million in gaming experiences including Web3 and metaverse. The fund, which seeks to build the future of the gaming industry, aims to back…
Sergio Goschenko 2022-05-21 04:30:26 news.bitcoin.com Tim Draper, an early bitcoin investor, has declared he is still optimistic about the value of the first cryptocurrency even with the downturn its price has taken in the last months. Draper believes that…
Cointelegraph By Arijit Sarkar 2022-05-21 02:05:57 cointelegraph.com Bringing closure to the long-awaited judgment related to the money laundering activities over the BitMEX crypto exchange, one of the four federal district courthouses in New York reportedly sentenced two-year probation and…
Kevin Helms 2022-05-20 22:30:49 news.bitcoin.com Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook, has filed five trademark applications for “Meta Pay.” The filings cover a wide range of cryptocurrency services. The company is renaming Facebook Pay to Meta Pay. Trademark Applications for…
Kevin Helms 2022-05-20 20:30:17 news.bitcoin.com The G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have called for a swift and comprehensive regulation of crypto assets. The G7 decision followed the recent crypto market turmoil, including the collapse of cryptocurrencies LUNA…
Terence Zimwara 2022-05-20 18:30:45 news.bitcoin.com The CEO of one of Kenya’s biggest lenders has argued there is a possibility cryptocurrencies will complement mobile money in Africa but first, there is a need to convince regulators of their benefits. African…
Cointelegraph By Turner Wright 2022-05-20 15:45:00 cointelegraph.com New York-headquartered crypto mining firm Bit Digital reported two of its hosting partners ceased operations to more than 4,800 rigs following power disruptions at different facilities. In a Thursday announcement, Bit Digital said…
Cointelegraph By Ezra Reguerra 2022-05-20 11:30:00 cointelegraph.com After a grueling two weeks for the Terra community, the team behind the project announced revisions to their proposed revival plan for Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST). In a Tweet, Terra shared three…
Kevin Helms 2022-05-20 09:45:12 news.bitcoin.com The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has warned that a lot of crypto tokens will fail and many crypto investors will get hurt following the collapse of terra…
Coinbase 2022-05-19 13:56:47 blog.coinbase.com By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal OfficerTl;dr: At Coinbase, we take our responsibility to build a more open, accessible financial system very seriously. We’re deeply committed to our asset listing policies and processes, and we’ll continue…
Terence Zimwara 2022-05-20 04:30:06 news.bitcoin.com A Dubai based couple has decided to be wed in the metaverse after legal problems stemming from their nationalities initially forced them to tie the knot in Georgia in 2019. After the wedding, the…
Cointelegraph By Tom Mitchelhill 2022-05-20 02:33:03 cointelegraph.com Ethereum’s long-awaited migration to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, which has been pushed back time and time again, looks set to occur sometime in August. Hopefully. Preston Van Loon, a core developer of…
Coinbase 2022-05-19 16:42:09 blog.coinbase.com by Surojit Chatterjee, Chief Product Officer, CoinbaseTl;dr: This week I presented our vision for building for web3 at the Permissionless conference by Blockworks. Sharing my full presentation here.My Permissionless presentation on how Coinbase is building for…
Kevin Helms 2022-05-19 21:30:04 news.bitcoin.com Microstrategy’s CEO has predicted that bitcoin is “going to go into the millions” despite the recent cryptocurrency market sell-off. Noting that the cryptocurrency is the future of money, he said: “We are in it…
Cointelegraph By Derek Andersen 2022-05-19 17:45:00 cointelegraph.com The top financial officials from the Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced industrial economies has called on the Financial Stability Board to speed up crypto-asset regulation, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a copy…
Coinbase 2022-05-19 15:16:52 blog.coinbase.com TL;DR: Coinbase is announcing its partnership and investment in the WNBA ecosystem.Today, Coinbase is excited to announce our expanded investment within the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) ecosystem. In addition to the League, our new…
Jamie Redman 2022-05-19 13:30:52 news.bitcoin.com FTX US announced on Thursday that the firm has launched an equities trading platform called FTX Stocks which will give U.S.-based customers the ability to purchase stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The launch is…
Jamie Redman 2022-05-19 11:00:09 news.bitcoin.com Following the aftermath of the Terra blockchain fiasco, decentralized finance (defi) continues to feel the impact of the project’s fallout. During the last four days the total value locked (TVL) in defi has dropped…
Cointelegraph By Gareth Jenkinson 2022-05-19 08:29:56 cointelegraph.com Binance will welcome migration and offer support to projects from the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem following this month’s unraveling of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform and its algorithmic stablecoin.BNB Chain has committed to…
Lubomir Tassev 2022-05-19 04:30:56 news.bitcoin.com Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is slowing hiring, citing the current down cycle in the market as a reason to rethink its staffing strategy. The company’s management believes the move will allow the trading…
Sergio Goschenko 2022-05-19 02:30:19 news.bitcoin.com Bitcoin Argentina, an NGO dedicated to the promotion and expansion of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in the country, is going to take Bitcoin education to high schools. The project, called “Schools and Bitcoin,” will help…
Cointelegraph By Brian Quarmby 2022-05-19 00:31:50 cointelegraph.com The Ethereum ecosystem is set for a “huge testing milestone” with the Ropsten testnet Merge set to be conducted on June 8. According to the Merge testnets page on Github, Ethereum DevOps…
Bitcoin.com Media 2022-05-18 13:00:45 news.bitcoin.com press release PRESS RELEASE. Metaverses are here, and they are the next generation of gaming. That’s why KICK.IO launchpad is excited to be hosting the public sale of YOANN.IO, an Anime Action Adventure. YOANN.IO…
Kevin Helms 2022-05-18 18:30:19 news.bitcoin.com Trading platform Robinhood is launching a non-custodial, web3 cryptocurrency wallet. “Customers will be able to hold the keys for their own crypto,” the company said. Robinhood Building Non-Custodial, Web3 Wallet Popular trading platform Robinhood…
Cointelegraph By Jordan Finneseth 2022-05-18 16:30:00 cointelegraph.com In times of high stress and market turmoil, sports entertainment has served as a valuable escape for people around the world as they get a chance to root for their favorite players…
Jamie Redman 2022-05-18 14:30:43 news.bitcoin.com The blockchain firm Aave has launched the Lens Protocol, a social media project with applications built on the Polygon blockchain. Lens is similar to the social media platform Twitter but Lens profiles are linked…