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10 Minutes From Infinite Wealth’s Animal Crossing-Inspired Mode
25.1.2024
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Hong Kong Set to Host This Year’s Bitcoin Conference, Lawmaker Says
22.1.2024
Hong Kong will host The Bitcoin Conference this year, local lawmaker Johnny Ng said in a recent post on X. “The Bitcoin conference, the world’s largest fintech conference, is coming to Hong Kong. Let’s paint the city orange!” he wrote. In a separate post, the official X account of...
Tokenized Real-World Asset Platform Ondo Finance Announces Expansion into Asia Pacific
22.1.2024
Tokenized Real-World Assets platform Ondo Finance has officially announced its expansion into Asia Pacific with the inauguration of its first office in the area. However, the firm did not disclose the country or the city where the office has been opened. Ondo Finance, currently holds 40% of...
Devs To Toxic Fans: Stop Being Awful, Please
17.1.2024
Cities: Skylines 2 launched on October 24 in a not-so-great state. As a result, the studio behind the game, Colossal Order, received plenty of criticism over its state upon release. However, according to the studio’s CEO Mariina Hallikainen, since Skylines 2’s launch, the devs have noticed...
Gov’t Servers in South Korean City ‘Infected with Crypto Mining Malware’
16.1.2024
Source: iuliia_n/Adobe Crypto mining malware has been found on two government servers in the South Korean city of Daejeon, an audit has found. Per MBN, the nation’s Ministry of Public Administration and Security commissioned biannual audits of the city government’s servers. During...
Argentine Tenants Lead Crypto Adoption, Pay Rent in BTC Under Novel Contract – Pesos Out, Bitcoin In?
15.1.2024
Rosario Bitcoin contract marks major milestone in Argentina’s push for mainstream crypto adoption. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Argentina’s third most populated city Rosario recently saw an unprecedented rental agreement that signifies a major milestone for crypto adoption...
Some Of The Coolest And Weirdest GTA 6 Trailer Remakes Out There
11.1.2024
2025 is still a long way off, but that hasn’t stopped the Grand Theft Auto VI hype-train from leaving the station. And as fans wait to play the game, some of the more ambitious among them are remaking that initial trailer shot-for-shot in other games.Read more
Hong Kong Lawmaker Urges Government to Follow US in Approving Spot Bitcoin ETFs
11.1.2024
Source: Pixabay In the wake of the United States’ approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, a lawmaker in Hong Kong has called on the local government to swiftly follow suit and position the city as a leader in the cryptocurrency space. Johnny Ng, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council...
Honduran City of Prospera Adopts Bitcoin as Unit of Account
9.1.2024
The city of Prospera in Honduras has recently adopted bitcoin as a unit of account, allowing companies to pay taxes and determine obligations in bitcoin. The measure could incentivize the development of a circular economy, given that bitcoin has been legal tender in the city since 2022. Prospera...
Taiwanese Crypto Exchange ACE Founder, Employees Arrested Over Fraud Allegations
5.1.2024
Source: Pixabay Taiwan’s leading crypto exchange ACE and its masterminds have been accused of making false claims around speculative token listings to defraud investors. The local city police on Wednesday conducted multiple raids, arresting ACE founder David Pan, and co-conspirator Lin Nan. A total...
Fan-Revived MMO Given Official License To Continue
4.1.2024
City of Heroes was a beloved MMORPG that launched in April 2004 and lasted just over eight years. In that time it won a dedicated community of players who, even after the game died, kept playing the MMO via private servers that existed in a weird legal gray area. But now, the developers behind City...
S Korean City of Incheon Seizes $375,000 Worth of Crypto from ‘Tax Dodgers’
4.1.2024
Source: JYPIX/Adobe South Korea’s Incheon says it has confiscated $375,000 worth of cryptoassets from “tax-evading” residents who tried to hide their earnings in token wallets. Per the media outlet Newsis, the city collected the combined sum from 298 people. The media outlet noted that the city...
China Looks to Ramp up ‘Cross-border’ Digital Yuan Spending
1.1.2024
Source: Keitma/Adobe Chinese bank chiefs are looking to start 2024 by driving up “cross-border” digital yuan spending. Per the Haikou Municipal Commerce Bureau (via Hainan News), the tourism hub of Haikou has begun issuing over $706,000 worth of “offshore tax-free coupons” for digital yuan-paying...
LBank Labs’ Strategic Expansion into Morocco’s Casablanca Finance City: A Visionary Move with Enhanced Employee Benefits and Global Partnerships
27.12.2023
PRESS RELEASE. In the challenging global financial climate of 2023, LBank Labs, a $100 million fund and Fund of Funds, has made a strategic move by establishing its presence in Morocco. This decision, led by El Bachir Essamari and robustly supported by the leadership team, represents a significant...
Survey Reveals 75% of Hong Kong’s Virtual Asset Investors Chase Short-Term Returns
26.12.2023
Source: iStock/Onfokus The majority of Hong Kong’s virtual asset investors chase short-term returns, embrace crypto as an investment trend, and fear missing opportunities. One of the key findings of the “Retail Investor Research 2023” report was that 75% of the surveyed virtual...
Bulgarian Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Crypto Lender Nexo — ‘No Evidence of Criminal Activity’
26.12.2023
The prosecutor’s office for Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, has dropped criminal proceedings against crypto lender Nexo. “The team of supervising prosecutors came to the conclusion that there was no evidence of committed crimes,” the authorities stated, adding that crypto...
Banks Flock to Chinese Digital Yuan Pilot – 60 Now Offer CBDC Wallets
20.12.2023
Source: Sean K/Adobe Nine more banks have joined China’s digital yuan pilot, bolstering the number of banks offering CBDC wallets to 60. Per Beijing Business Today (via Sohu), the latest batch of commercial banks to join the pilot include three big city-based banks and six rural banks. City-based...
South Korean City Busan Names Digital Exchange Preferred Bidder
19.12.2023
Source: SeongGyun/Adobe The South Korean city of Busan is edging closer to the launch of a long-awaited blockchain-powered digital assets trading platform, and has named a preferred bidder. The city has previously pledged to launch the world’s first city government-run exchange before the end...
Pokémon GO Shooting Lands Former City Mayor In Prison
14.12.2023
On December 11 the former mayor of a city in Pennsylvania was sentenced to prison for threatening and shooting at people playing Pokémon GO outside a community food bank last year. Read more
Salvadoran Bitcoin Volcano Bonds Target Q1 2024 Launch After Getting Regulatory Approval
14.12.2023
Discussion on the Volcano Bonds, a series of digital debt instruments that would be used to finance the creation of Bitcoin City, has resurfaced after their regulatory approval in El Salvador. The Bitcoin Office in the country revealed that it anticipated a launch date of Q1 2024 for these bonds....