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Digital Collectible Owners Continue to Take Loans out Using NFTs as Collateral
19.5.2022
While non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have become a hot commodity over the last 12 months, a number of NFT owners are taking loans out against their NFTs. This month, a project called Nftfi has facilitated $25.6 million in NFT loans so far, and last month the lending marketplace recorded...
Finder’s Panel Predicts Death of Shiba Inu Crypto — SHIB Expected to Have No Value by 2030
19.5.2022
A panel of specialists at Finder has predicted the death of shiba inu (SHIB) cryptocurrency. The majority believes that the price of the meme crypto will eventually fall to zero. In addition, “Our panel is overwhelmingly out on SHIB, with 73% saying that now is the time to sell.”...
Socios fan tokens rally 40%+ after Chiliz rolls out mainnet upgrade and token burn plan
18.5.2022
A new exchange listing, mainnet launch and competitive token burn mechanism led to a sharp rally in Socios fan tokens
Bungie Calls Out Gaming Racism After Buffalo Shooting, Won't Be 'Muzzled' By Sony
18.5.2022
Yesterday players expected Bungie to reveal the latest content coming to Destiny 2 in the form of Season 17. Instead, following the latest mass shooting in Buffalo, NY, Bungie called on fellow gaming companies to examine how racism and radicalization occur in their own online communities even...
Algoracle Announces $1․5 Million Seed Round
18.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Algoracle has recently announced the close of its seed round for $1.5 million (USD) to help accelerate the development and launch of Algorand’s native decentralized oracle network. Algoracle’s seed round was led by Borderless Capital, with major contributions from...
Turns Out A Short Yakuza Is A Very Good Yakuza
18.5.2022
If the Yakuza (and its spin-off Judgment) games are famous for one thing, it’s that you can smash a dude’s face in with a bike and that it looks very funny. If they’re famous for two things, it’s that they are really long, and that their stories and cutscenes go forever.Read more
Iran Blocks 9,200 Bank Accounts Over Suspicious Foreign Currency, Crypto Transactions
17.5.2022
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has reportedly blocked almost 10,000 bank accounts over suspicious foreign currency and cryptocurrency transactions. The action was carried out in collaboration with the country’s central bank. 9,219 Bank Accounts Blocked Iran’s Ministry...
S&P Global Ratings Forms DeFi Group to Build Out Crypto Framework
17.5.2022
Chuck Mounts will lead the DeFi group moving forward
Digital Euro Could Come Out Within Four Years, ECB's Panetta Says
16.5.2022
Peer-to-peer payments among friends could be a first test case, though no final decision’s yet taken, Fabio Panetta said of the central bank digital currency (CBDC)
Authorities Seize Over 1,500 Crypto Mining Rigs in Dagestan Crackdown
15.5.2022
Law enforcement and other authorities in Dagestan have closed down two illegal crypto farms, confiscating more than 1,500 mining machines. Government agencies in the republic, considered one of Russia’s capitals of underground coin minting, carry out regular raids against such facilities....
Crypto Market Rout Pulls the Floor out From Blue-Chip NFTs, Weekly Sales Down 64%
14.5.2022
As markets slid in value during the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) floor values have dropped considerably. Blue-chip NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Cryptopunks, and more have seen their floor values drop between 2-25% in the last 24 hours. NFT Floor Values Take a Significant...
American Financial Infidelity Report: 2 out of 5 Survey Respondents Hid Their Crypto Purchases
14.5.2022
A recent survey study has found that two out of five Americans in committed relationships have admitted to hiding a cryptocurrency purchase from their partner. The crypto-cheating partners believe disclosing the purchase would damage their relationship. Reasons for Not Disclosing Purchases...
Public Consultations Reveal Positive Interest in Bank of Israel’s Digital Shekel
14.5.2022
A survey carried out by the central bank of Israel has returned mostly positive responses from stakeholders regarding the possible issuance of a digital shekel currency. Many of the participants in the public consultations support the continued development of the project, the regulator said. Bank...
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13.5.2022
We round out your week with some bangers
Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears
13.5.2022
According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the stablecoin economy was valued at close to $200 billion just last week. Of course, the climactic terrausd (UST) failure wiped out billions from the stablecoin economy...
‘Stable in Name Only’: Stablecoin Issuers Speak Out as UST Craters
13.5.2022
Asset-backed projects want regulators to know: Not all stablecoins are created equal
ECB lays out ‘anonymous’ digital euro as public opposes ‘slavecoins’
13.5.2022
The ECB drops another working paper on the digital euro causing more outrage from Europeans opposing a central bank digital currency
Hong Kong Police Arrest Conman After He Vanished With Over $191K Belonging to a Crypto Trader
13.5.2022
Hong Kong police have arrested a man accused of stealing $191,085 from a cryptocurrency trader in what turned out to be a bogus transaction. No funds were recovered at the time of the suspect’s arrest and investigations are ongoing to determine if the man had accomplices. No Funds Recovered...
No rescue for Terra: Swiss asset manager denies $3B LUNA/UST bail-out talks
13.5.2022
GAM Investments has called fake news on a fabricated announcement claiming it would invest $3 billion to help Luna/UST recovery efforts
IS Prime Fails To Strike Out Counterclaims of ThinkMarkets
13.5.2022
IS Prime’s attempts to get the counterclaims presented by ThinkMarkets have been rejected by the British Court. According to the documents made available to the press, a vast majority of the counterclaims will not be struck out to further look into for the final judgment. The legal battle...