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Congo Based Startup Jambo Raises $7.5 Million in Seed Funding Round
23.2.2022
A Congo-based Web3 app developer, Jambo, recently said it raised $7.5 million in a seed funding round. According to a report, the startup’s successful seed round is the latest by an Africa-based firm that is working towards developing Web3. Startup’s Partnership With Social Media...
FC Barcelona ‘Rejected’ USD 79.4M Sponsorship Deal from Crypto Firm over ‘Ethical’ Worries
23.2.2022
The President and managing board of the footballing giant FC Barcelona reportedly turned down a bumper USD 79.4 million deal with an unnamed crypto exchange company that wanted to become its shirt sponsor from next season – with the board worried that crypto is an “unethical” sector....
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What’s Still Holding NFTs Back & How to Fix It
23.2.2022
Kiril Nikolov is Senior Sales Executive at major digital assets company Nexo.
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We all know of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) but don’t use them in our day-to-day lives. With exposure to NFTs increasing, what’s it going to take to bring these assets fully into everyday life?...
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Terra Ecosystem Gets USD 1B Injection, Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF Campaign + More News
22.2.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Tourism in El Salvador up 30% since Bitcoin adoption, minister says
22.2.2022
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele previously announced that El Salvador’s GDP grew over 10% in 2021
Venezuela Might Have Cryptocurrency ATMs Again Soon
22.2.2022
While Venezuela has been a leading country for cryptocurrency adoption in Latam, its citizens don’t have access to cryptocurrency ATMs. However, this might change in the future, as Bitbase, a crypto ATM company, is currently in talks with Venezuelan authorities and banks to install some...
Tether Teases Swiss Bitcoin Plan, VKontakte Mulls NFTs, FTX Ups Its Game, EU Open to Crypto + More News
21.2.2022
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Read More: Tether Teases Swiss Bitcoin Plan, VKontakte Mulls NFTs, FTX Ups Its Game, EU Open to Crypto + More News
Gov’t Response to Canada Protests Brings another Ex-Bitcoin Skeptic into Crypto Fold
21.2.2022
Canada’s so-called “truckers’ protest” may be all but over, but its lasting effects are only just starting to be felt.
As reported, the government took unprecedented steps to curb the protesters and their blockades of many of the nation’s roads by freezing bank accounts and trying to freeze...
Gov’t Response to Canada Protests Brings another Ex-Bitcoin Skeptic into Crypto Fold
21.2.2022
Canada’s so-called “truckers’ protest” may be all but over, but its lasting effects are only just starting to be felt.
As reported, the government took unprecedented steps to curb the protesters and their blockades of many of the nation’s roads by freezing bank accounts and trying to freeze...
ETHDenver Hackathon Finalists Aim at These Pain Points Across DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Metaverse
21.2.2022
30 ETHDenver hackathon finalists that pitched their ideas to a team of crypto veterans and were competing for up to USD 5,000 in prizes, largely focused on solving common pain points across various segments of the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the projects that...
Web3 in 2022: Defining a Concept & Developing a New Paradigm
20.2.2022
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Web3 is the logical consequence of crypto. In a world where digital currencies and blockchain networks have allowed for the decentralization of money and financial services, it was all but inevitable that the decentralization of the Web would follow....
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Russian Finance Ministry to Draft 2 Crypto Laws as Central Bank Prepares Own Bills
19.2.2022
The Russian Ministry of Finance has proposed the adoption of two pieces of legislation aimed at regulating cryptocurrencies. The drafts will be presented for public discussions expected to continue until March 18. Media reports have revealed that Bank of Russia has been working on alternative...
Memes and the Metaverse: Why Investing in Internet Culture Will Be The Norm
19.2.2022
Chen Li is the CEO and Founder of Youbi Capital, a digital asset VC and accelerator. _____
The digital economy is creating an entirely new kind of investor. From the embrace of blockchain to the emergence of cryptocurrency, decentralized finance and NFTs, today’s traders are operating within...
DeFi Kingdoms Surpassed Axie Infinity in Transactions in January
18.2.2022
Play-to-earn game DeFi Kingdoms generated some USD 1.84bn in transactions in January 2022, more than tripling the value posted by rival game dapp Axie Infinity (AXS), according to dapp information provider DappRadar.
Built on the Harmony (ONE) blockchain, DeFi Kingdoms held USD 775m, or 64.6%...
Bitcoin Holders Search for 'Hopium' as BTC Breaches USD 40K, Gold Rises
18.2.2022
The bitcoin (BTC) price dropped again today, after losses in the stock market, geopolitical tensions, and prospects of rising rates weighed on sentiment in the digital asset market. However, some are hopeful that the worst is now behind us, with one leading institutional investor reminding...
More Investors Enter Crypto But Keep Multiple Financial Service Providers - Survey
18.2.2022
Crypto ownership is on the rise, but investors are not abandoning traditional financial services as a result of their intensifying interest in cryptoassets. On the contrary, crypto investors are more likely to use multiple financial services providers than the general population is, suggests...
Ukrainian Parliament Adopts Amended Virtual Assets Law
18.2.2022
Ukrainian lawmakers have approved an updated version of legislation tailored to regulate the country’s crypto economy. The bill, which was first passed last year, was later returned to the legislature by President Volodymyr Zelensky who requested some changes. Majority of Ukrainian Deputies...
Low Millennial financial well-being drives crypto adoption: report
18.2.2022
Millennials are most likely to seek alternative financial services and assets such as crypto, and younger generations are hopping on to the bandwagon leading researchers to expect a crypto boom in 2022
FBI Crypto Unit, Sequoia Doubles Down on Tokens, Universal Music NFTs + More News
17.2.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Canada Asks Banks, Exchanges to Block Crypto Accounts Tied to Trucker Convoy Protests
17.2.2022
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the country's federal and national police service, has reportedly asked several crypto exchanges to halt transactions to over 30 crypto wallet addresses that are considered to be tied to the ongoing trucker protests....
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