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11 Dec 2021

Singapore Becomes the Crypto Capital of the World

The United States just got knocked off its pedestal by Singapore as the crypto capital of the world. This year has been a significant one for the crypto industry. Unexpected events are coins rall

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11 Dec 2021

Puerto Rico: Fighting Corruption with Blockchain

More controversy erupted in Puerto Rico recently. This scandal has caused Puerto Rico’s government to consider blockchain technology to curb corruption. The speaker of the house of Puerto Rico’s leg

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11 Dec 2021

Report by SPLC on Extremists and Crypto

The organization, SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) has released a report on extremists and their use of crypto. This report looks at the significant connections between the far right and Bitcoin c

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11 Dec 2021

Greener Bitcoin Mining Possibilities in Brazil

Lawmakers in Brazil are considering a new proposal regarding green Bitcoin mining. The proposal is for taxation exemptions for mining that utilizes green energy sources. The proposal also calls for

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10 Dec 2021

Latin America is Benefiting from Stablecoins

People in Colombia and Venezuela are turning to stablecoin, including Reserve, as means of utilizing stable currency. Cointelegraph shared their insights when they interviewed a number of these peop

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10 Dec 2021

The Start of Elon Musk’s Sellout of Tesla Stocks

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and also the world’s richest person, was reported to have sold approximately $5 billion worth of Tesla shares in the first three days of the second week of Nov

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10 Dec 2021

Kickstarter Crowdfunding Platform Entering Blockchain

One of the world’s most popular and profitable crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is making waves in the crypto industry. Kickstarter has planned to start a new enterprise. This new enterprise will

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10 Dec 2021

WhatsApp Tests New Crypto Payment Feature

There's a new way to try the @Novi digital wallet. Starting today, a limited number of people in the US will be able to send and receive money using Novi on @WhatsApp, making sending

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10 Dec 2021

What does Facebook Becoming Meta Mean?

Naming or renaming a business, product or service says a lot about the intentions the owners have for it, say for example: Meta. Facebook, as you probably know, rebranded to “Meta”. It’s a name not

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09 Dec 2021

Crypto Executives Appear Before Congress

Six major crypto executives arrive at Washington to attend a much-anticipated Congressional hearing to push back on looming regulations. The hearing took place on Wednesday, 8th December, and it rev

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09 Dec 2021

Visa and Mastercard making Strides

As technology is advancing at break-neck speed in the crypto space, the giants of financial service provision are not staying ideal. Both Visa and Mastercard are busy innovating and addressing the e

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09 Dec 2021

Crypto Execs ask US Congress Clarity on Regulations

A number of executives of some leading crypto enterprises in the U.S. had the opportunity to present your concerns to the House Committee on Financial Services regarding cryptocurrency regulations.

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08 Dec 2021

eNaira Lured Almost Half a Million Customers

18 days after its launch, 448,000 consumer wallets have been created on the CBDC platform known as the eNaira from over 160 countries across the globe. The Central Bank of Nigeria reported that abou

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08 Dec 2021

Visa Launches A Crypto Advisory Service

Visa just announced that it is launching a crypto advisory service that will cater to banks aiding their plans for cryptocurrencies, using its crypto experience as the sector increasingly goes mains

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08 Dec 2021

CIA Working on Crypto Projects

The present head of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns said that the former director of the government organization started projects related to collecting insights on cryptocurrency. He

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08 Dec 2021

Australia Approves Crypto Reforms to Come

Australia is taking crypto matters head-on. At present, the Australian government is contemplating rolling out a central bank digital currency. It is also in support of a number of progressive regul

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08 Dec 2021

Iceland’s Energy Service Cuts Crypto Mining Power

Landsvirkjun, the company in Iceland responsible for power generation and supply has cut the quantity of power it supplies to some industries. These industries include aluminum smelters and Bitcoin

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07 Dec 2021

Cryptocurrency Acceptance in Australia Booming

According to a recent survey, up to 28.8% of Australians use or own cryptocurrency. These findings were presented in a survey for the 2021 Independent Reserve’s Cryptocurrency Index (IRCI). This is

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07 Dec 2021

Elon Musk Sold Total of $7 Billion In Tesla Stock

Keeping to his word, billionaire Elon Musk has sold out his Tesla shares, putting more and more billions into his pocket. As reported earlier, the richest person in the world took to Twitter to c

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07 Dec 2021

FTX U.S. Said That Daily Trading Has Volume Jumped 500%

FTX released its third-quarter reports which showed that its trading volume has jumped 500% in the last quarter alone. The company holds 4.5% of the U.S. crypto market at the end of the third-quarte

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07 Dec 2021

Retail buyers make up 80% of NFTs transactions

According to Chainalysis, over 80% of NFTs (nonfungible tokens) were worth under US$ 10,000 in 2021. This means that these NFTs were classed as “retail”. Chainalysis’s report titled “The 2021 NFT Ma

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07 Dec 2021

Ex-Meta Engineers raise US$ 36 Million in Investment for Mysten Labs

The company, Mysten Labs just closed a round of fundraising. They managed to raise US$ 36 million in venture capital. Mysten Labs is a research and development firm. A number of ex-Facebook engine

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06 Dec 2021

Crypto Exchange BitMart Losses $196M To Hackers

A tweet from a security analysis firm, Peckshield, said on Saturday that $196 million worth of crypto has been stolen from exchange platform BitMart by hackers. Peckshield estimates the losses to be

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06 Dec 2021

Coinbase wants to become the “Amazon Web Services” of Crypto

A Coinbase executive made a very interesting remark fairly recently. We all know, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or at least we should. It is one of the world’s most prominent providers of cloud servic

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06 Dec 2021

Privacy and the Shortfall of Cookies

We produce so much data every day we use a smart device and privacy is a real concern. From our laptops, tablets, smartwatches, and smartphones the data we produce accumulates. Even if you choose to

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04 Dec 2021

Twitter New CEO Parag is Already Shaking Up Ranks

CEO Parag Agrawal, who just took over Twitter from Jack Dorsey a few days ago after his sudden departure, is already shaking up the company’s ranks and restructuring the management.  Agrawal has

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04 Dec 2021

Randi Zuckerberg campaigning for more Women Involvement

OKCoin recently appointed Randi Zuckerberg to help them on their mission. OKCoin aims to get 50% women representation in cryptocurrency customers by 2025. VentureBeat reported this interesting devel

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04 Dec 2021

Twitter Sets Up A Team To Integrate Crypto Into The Platform’s Future

Twitter has announced that it is setting up a dedicated crypto team, called Twitter Crypto, that will be exploring decentralized apps. The social network platform told Financial Times that it has

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03 Dec 2021

AMC THEATERS NOW ACCEPTING CRYPTO PAYMENTS

The largest American cinema chain, AMC theaters, has finally agreed to start accepting cryptocurrencies as a valid means of payment after months of teasing a possible adoption of the virtual currenc

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03 Dec 2021

Paraguay legislators Contemplating Crypto changes

Paraguay wants to make progress in the crypto sector. El Salvador legalized cryptocurrency as legal tender. Another government in the region that is considering the same is Paraguay. Paraguay is co

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02 Dec 2021

Grayscale Report says Treasures Await in the Metaverse

Grayscale, a prominent enterprise in cryptocurrency investment just published a report with intriguing estimates. The report says that the metaverse will herald many fortunes, to the tune of US$ 1 t

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02 Dec 2021

COINBASE GETS SUED OVER HACKED ACCOUNTS

The aggrieved ex-customers of the cryptocurrency exchange platform are displaying their anger towards the hacking that happened to their accounts not long ago. The customers have filed a class actio

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02 Dec 2021

Everyone could experience Travel Using this Booking Platform

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted almost everyone’s life, livelihoods and whole industries worldwide, especially the travel industry. Now the United States of America is opening up again for trave

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02 Dec 2021

COINBASE CEO THINKS THERE ARE TOO MANY REGULATORS

CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, recently revealed his feelings towards the number of regulators in th U.S. hinting that they are simply just too many. The crypto exchange company went into a me

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02 Dec 2021

NFT slides, FTX.US includes Ethereum NFTs and more

A lot is going on in the world of NFTs. Innovators and stakeholders are busy making profitable and interesting projects. Here are some of those developments: Warner Bros’ Matrix NFT Astronomic

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01 Dec 2021

Are Emerging Concerns and Regulations Fitting?

When it comes to sanctions, regulators can not enforce regulations, when it comes to crypto. For this reason, organizations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have issues

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01 Dec 2021

Miami City Will Pay Out $21 Million Crypto To Its Citizens

Mayor Francis Suarez has shared his plans to make it rain for the citizens of his city, Miami, by disbursing $21 million in locally mined crypto to them all. The mayor has also mentioned that it

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01 Dec 2021

India Crypto community misinterpreted private crypto ban, says crypto bill creator

A ban was recently announced in India. The creator of this cryptocurrency bill, Subhash Garg, the former Finance Secretary disagreed with the idea of banning private crypto. The Former Finance Secre

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01 Dec 2021

Binance CEO Highlights one Factor

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, revealed some information about using their cryptocurrency trading platform. Binance is the globe’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by volume of trades. The CEO,

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30 Nov 2021

The Changing Face of Finance

In the world of crypto finance, quite a lot is happening. CryptoRank released insights that showed that over 1 million Ether has been burned since August of this year. This amounts to US$ 4.24 Bill

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30 Nov 2021

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Admits To Owning Crypto

Businessman and Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, has admitted to owning crypto today at the DealBook conference. The CEO said, during a conversation with Andrew Ross in response to a question during an int

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30 Nov 2021

Are NFTs a new type of social network?

NFTs (Nonfungible tokens) are new on the scene but provide promising possibilities social projects. The social aspect of NFTs is undeniable. The fact that they are emerging into the mainstream is ea

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30 Nov 2021

Exchange Traded Funds Gaining Ground

The New York Stock Exchange had a new stock listed on the 19th of October 2021, that’s worth noting because of how progress the type of asset is. This was the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy EFT (BITO).

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29 Nov 2021

Blockchain Gaming Platform Rebooted

In the current gaming world, distrust is a common feature between enthusiasts and in-game assets. The gaming economy continues to grow even faster. However, players have had challenges verifying the

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29 Nov 2021

Neurodiversity and Support for Art Non-profits by Moon Landing Project

Just like physical art pieces, NFTs can be sold at an auction for charity or donated. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are certificates of ownership. NFTs represent digital works of art, music, videos, mem

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29 Nov 2021

Thailand Encouraged to Allow Crypto-Tourism

Local Thai media says a drive for economic growth by focusing on digital nomads is coming closer to reality for Thailand. The body responsible for the matter, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)

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28 Nov 2021

Tough Rules Proposed by South Korea Regulator

A report was released recently by South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), relating to crypto investment in South Korea. This report outlined a new definition of cryptocurrencies. It also

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28 Nov 2021

New Bitcoin Funds on the Block from Singapore

Two Bitcoin backed funds are now up and running. These are funds by Fintonia Group. These funds are Fintonia Bitcoin Physical Fund and Fintonia Secured Yield Fund. The fund manager is regulated by

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