South African Financial Services Giant Nedbank Secures a ‘Village’ in the Metaverse
26.9.2022
The South African financial services giant, Nedbank, is reported to have acquired a village in the metaverse. The village will be used to showcase African creativity and to create experiences that “go beyond banking.” By securing a virtual property in Ubuntuland, Nedbank became one...
Brazilian Police Raid Six Crypto Exchanges in International Money Laundering Ring Bust
26.9.2022
Police and tax officers in Brazil have launched a major operation that has seen them raid six domestic crypto exchanges. They believe the platforms may be implicated in a massive international crime and money laundering ring....
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Dollar Rises Against Indian Rupee and Six Other Peers
26.9.2022
The rupee is not exactly in freefall, but the bearish series does show that the Rupee is sliding down every day. To be precise, the Indian currency has crossed ₹81 against the US Dollar to touch the mark of ₹81.54. This is the third straight session in which the national currency has gone down....
Is Disney About to Make its Big Crypto Move into NFT, Metaverse and DeFi?
26.9.2022
Though it wouldn’t be its first step in this direction, there is yet another suggestion that the media giant the Walt Disney Company may be gearing up for a major move into the realms of the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Disney is looking to hire...
Hong Kong Slips Down the Crypto Hub World Rankings - Can it Get Back to Winning Ways?
26.9.2022
With cryptocurrency investors increasingly worried about Hong Kong’s regulatory ambiguity on crypto, a number of major crypto-focused businesses and events have decided to move their activities to Singapore and other countries and territories considered as more friendly to their industry,...
Italian Serie ‘A’ Soccer Team AC Milan to Launch NFT Initiative
26.9.2022
AC Milan, a popular soccer team in the Italian Serie A league and the current champion, announced the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT)-based project. The organization established a partnership with Monkeyleague, a Solana-based Web3 soccer game, which became its official NFT partner...
Bank of America Says Cryptocurrencies Continue to Act as Risk Assets
26.9.2022
Ether continues to slide as investors shift to a wait-and-see approach regarding future upgrades, the bank said in a research report
'The bond market bubble has burst' — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
26.9.2022
A time tunnel to November 2020 opens on BTC price action as the U.S. dollar lays waste to currencies and equities alike
Australian pilot CBDC test for eAUD to commence mid-2023: RBA White Paper
26.9.2022
The key objectives of the project are to identify and understand innovative business models, use cases, benefits, risks, and operational models for a CBDC in Australia
Interpol Has Issued a Red Notice for Do Kwon, Say South Korean Prosecutors
26.9.2022
The International Criminal Police Organization, known widely as Interpol, has issued a Red Notice on Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs and the Terra ecosystem – as the manhunt for the elusive crypto chief continues.
South Korean prosecutors confirmed the Red Notice on September 26, per...
Ivory Coast-Based Payments Fintech Secures $5 Million From Its Pre-Series A Funding Round
26.9.2022
The Ivorian payments financial technology (fintech) startup, Julaya, recently concluded its pre-Series A round with an additional $5 million capital raise. This brings to $7 million the total capital that the fintech startup, which specializes in business-to-business payments, has raised in this...
Filesharing Crypto Project Filecoin Reports Strong Fundamental Growth Ahead of FVM Launch
26.9.2022
Some 20,000 individual users are said to be using Filecoin to store over 50 million data objects used by dApps