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Crypto · Ethereum
Ethereum’s merge from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) is set to happen in August this year. What Is The Merge? Ethereum’s mainnet, the main public…
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Business · Adoption
French fashion house Balenciaga has announced that they will begin accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. Balenciaga has announced they will begin accepting cryptocurrency as a form…
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Crypto · Adoption
With the recent decline of the crypto markets, Elon Musk has expressed his support for crypto. Following the announcement that Tesla will not be accepting cryptocurrencies as payment…
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Crypto · Adoption
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, announced on May 15th that 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities from 44 countries were meeting to discuss “financial inclusion,…
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Policy · CBDCs
Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) has made her stance on cryptocurrency clear. Lagarde was interviewed on College Tour, a Dutch T.V. show, and…
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Crypto · Altcoins
If you’ve been in the cryptocurrency space you would’ve heard about how one of the largest coins just last week fell from a high of $120 to a…
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Business · Bitcoin
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), the treasury backing the TerraUSD ($UST) stablecoin has overtaken Tesla as the company with the 2nd highest Bitcoin reserves, only behind Microstrategy. The LFG now…
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Business · Adoption
Gucci, the high-end Italian fashion label has announced they will accept cryptocurrency payments by the end of May. 5 stores in the United States will accept cryptocurrency as…
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Crypto · ApeCoin
Elon Musk recently changed his Twitter profile picture to that of a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collage. The image is taken from Sothebys sale of 101 Bored…
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Business · Kraken
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that their NFT platform is coming soon and have opened up the waitlist to the public. ‘Kraken NFT‘ was announced on May 3rd…
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Business · Algorand
Algorand, an eco-friendly proof-of-stake blockchain has been announced as the official blockchain platform of FIFA. The deal between FIFA and Algorand was announced on Monday. The deal sees…
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Crypto · Bitcoin
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet has echoed his stance against Bitcoin. Buffett claims he cannot invest in Bitcoin due to there being no “intrinsic value”. During this year’s…
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Business · Adoption
Dubai-based luxury real estate developer DAMAC will begin accepting crypto payments soon. DAMAC stated in a press release on Wednesday that they will begin accepting both Bitcoin ($BTC)…
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Crypto · Altcoins
Edward Snowden, a whistleblower who exposed the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, revealed that he played a key role in the “trusted setup” ceremony of the privacy coin Zcash.…
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Markets · CBDCs
Victora Rodriguez Ceja the governor of Mexicos Central Bank (Banxico), announced that there will be a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in circulation by 2025. The CBDC will…
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Business · Business
Payment giant Stripe has partnered with Twitter to pay creators their earnings made on the platform in cryptocurrency, through Stripe Connect. Creators will be able to receive their…
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Crypto · Apple
Bitcoin Core, which decides the blocks that contain valid transactions, may natively support Apple Silicon M1 Chips in their new update. Web3 developer Zhixiong Pan discovered that a macOS…
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Policy · Regulation
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is invoking martial law by banning the purchase of cryptocurrency in Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH). Ukrainians can only spend upwards of UAH 100,000…
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Business · Adoption
UAE-based startup YallaMarket announced that they now accept payments in cryptocurrency through its mobile app.
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Business · Altcoins
Porsche Towson a dealership out of Baltimore, Maryland now accepts payments for vehicles in Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu among others. The service was confirmed by the crypto…
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Crypto · Adoption
Major German bank Commerzbank has applied for a crypto license, the first bank in Germany to do so. Commerzbank “applied for the crypto custody license in the first…
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Crypto · Fast Facts
There are over 18,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation as of April 2022. With a number this large there are bound to be many cryptocurrencies that fail, although some harder…
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Crypto · Altcoins
The Cardano Blockchain has picked up a lot of momentum within the past month. With over 400 new projects coming to light and 100,000 new wallets being created.…
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Crypto · CryptoPunks
CryptoPunk 7756, one of the 10,000 CryptoPunk NFTs has just sold for an astonishing 1050 Ethereum ($ETH), equivalent to around US$3.23M. CryptoPunk 7756 has one of the rarer…
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Crypto · Australia
Cosmos Asset Management’s Bitcoin ETF will be listed on the Cboe Equities Trading Venue next week on the 27th of April, Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported. This marks the…
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