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Grayscale Considering 31 Crypto Assets for Investment Products
20.6.2021
Grayscale Investments is considering 31 crypto assets to add to its family of investment products. The company, with $32.9 billion in crypto assets under management, currently offers investments in 13 cryptocurrencies. Grayscale Investments announced Friday 13 additional crypto assets it...
$3.6 Billion Crypto Heist: South African Bank Denies Business Relationship With Fraud Accused Africrypt
19.6.2021
According to local media, leading South African financial institution FNB is denying allegations of a banking relationship with the recently collapsed crypto investment company, Africrypt. FNB also insists it did not enable the investment company’s transactions which helped Africrypt’s...
Crypto company CEO says the recent crypto boom brought increased adoption
18.6.2021
Crypto usage in 2021 differs from the 2017 rally, according to the CEO of StormX
Out of All the American States Study Shows Hawaii Expressed the Most Crypto Demand This Year
18.6.2021
A report published by the independent marketing intelligence company, Miq Digital, explains that Hawaii has seen the most crypto demand of all the states in the U.S., with a 687% increase since 2020. As far as increased cryptocurrency demand since last year, Nevada, California, Florida,...
Bitcoin Mining Company Bitfarms to Commence Trading on Nasdaq Next Week
18.6.2021
The mining company Bitfarms has revealed the firm will commence trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market starting on June 21. The firm claims to process 1% of the global hashrate and with “99% green hydroelectricity.” Bitfarms Renewable Operations to List on Nasdaq Global Select Market...
Yield Guild Games Raises $4 Million to Power Its Play-to-Earn Proposal
17.6.2021
Yield Guild Games, an online gaming guild, has raised $4 million to power its play-to-earn proposal in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Bitkraft, a venture capital company specializing in e-sports investments. Other blockchain and crypto-related companies also participated....
Pokémon Unite's Arena Battles Go Live In July
17.6.2021
Announced last year to confused head tilts, Pokémon Unite is an online battle arena game in which teams of five pocket monsters battle it out over a strange substance know as Aeos energy. Today The Pokémon Company and TiMi Studio Group announced that the free-to-start PokéMOBA launches on Switch...
Genesis Digital Assets Purchases 10,000 Bitcoin Miners from Canaan
17.6.2021
The Beijing-based ASIC mining rig manufacturer Canaan announced the sale of 10,000 bitcoin mining machines to the firm Genesis Digital Assets Limited. Canaan plans to deliver the 10,000 A1246 and A1166 Pro Avalonminers by the end of the month. Canaan to Deliver 10,000 Bitcoin Miners to Genesis...
General Motors CEO: ‘Nothing Precludes GM From Accepting Bitcoin if There’s Consumer Demand’
17.6.2021
The CEO of General Motors (GM), America’s largest automaker, says that nothing precludes her company from accepting bitcoin if there is consumer demand for it. “Certainly, we want to make the whole buying and ownership experience as easy as possible,” said the GM chief executive....
Solving the Climate Change Problem Using Blockchain Technology – Start of the FOSTER Project
16.6.2021
The Swiss company TRES Group GmbH is launching an exciting and innovative program aiming at adding a solution to the Climate Change challenge. For several months, the FOSTER project has been under development, which aims to mass plant trees around the world for the benefit of increasing carbon...
Entertainment Giant Fox Teams up With Bento Box to Manage $100 Million NFT Creator Fund
16.6.2021
Fresh off the heels of announcing a non-fungible token (NFT) organization called Blockchain Creative Labs and a blockchain-based animated series, Fox Broadcasting Company has revealed it’s invoked a $100 million fund with Bento Box Entertainment (BBE) that aims to bolster NFT content...
Estonian IT company inks $26M crypto mining deal with Bitmain
16.6.2021
Burfa intends to purchase new cryptocurrency mining equipment from Bitmain to boost its data-center capacity
Porsche Enters NFT Market Launching Trading Card Platform Fanzone
16.6.2021
Porsche, the German carmaker, is diversifying to digital markets through the launch of Fanzone, an NFT-based trading card market. Fanzone, built by Forward31, a Porsche company builder, seeks to capitalize on classic trading card demand. At the same time, Fanzone tries to combine this classical...
JPMorgan Is Stockpiling Cash – CEO Claims There’s a ‘Very Good Chance Inflation Will Be More Than Transitory’
15.6.2021
Investment bank JPMorgan Chase is stockpiling cash according to the company’s CEO Jamie Dimon. The investment banker doesn’t seem to believe inflation is “transitory” and he thinks there’s a “very good chance” inflation could stick around. JPMorgan Chase...
Microstrategy Selling up to $1 Billion of MSTR Stock to Buy Bitcoin
15.6.2021
Microstrategy Inc. is selling up to $1 billion of its common stock, MSTR, with the aim to use some of the net proceeds to buy bitcoin. The Nasdaq-listed company also recently completed a $500 million secured notes offering and will use the proceeds to acquire bitcoins. Selling MSTR Stock to...
Latin American telecom company accepts crypto payments through BitPay
15.6.2021
GoldConnect will be able to process crypto transactions made in Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets through its new LatamConnect platform
RNS Solutions & Trustedchain Are Developing Blockchain FinLit Platform for Islamic Development Bank
14.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Pakistan: RNS Solutions Pte Ltd., the leading blockchain software development company from Pakistan, Korea, and Singapore this week announced a formidable partnership with the ICD-Islamic Development Bank Group, a multilateral development bank that promotes social and economic...
Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Resume Accepting Bitcoin When Miners Confirm 50% Clean Energy Usage
14.6.2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that when there is “confirmation of reasonable (about 50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend,” his electric car company will start accepting bitcoin for payments again. Elon Musk Reveals When Tesla Will Resume Accepting Bitcoin...
Pensioners Pay Scottish Roofing Company in Cryptocurrency
13.6.2021
With bitcoin’s popularity rising, a growing number of businesses in Scotland have been introducing cryptocurrency payments. A roofing company from Glasgow now says more and more of its customers, including pensioners, are willing to pay with crypto. ASAP Roofing Accepts Cryptocurrency for...
Kraken Weighs in on IPO After Coinbase’s Lackluster Direct Listing Performance
12.6.2021
Kraken, the US-based exchange, is weighing in on whether to use an IPO or a direct listing to go public. Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell stated that after Coinbase’s performance, they were considering other options for going public next year. The company will be the second crypto exchange...