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Alameda's Caroline Ellison escapes potentially 110 years in jail via plea deal
22.12.2022
Former Alameda Research CEO could be released on a $250,000 bail, but she's not allowed to leave the United States
Software Firm Consensys Partners With Paypal, Metamask Users Can Use Payment Processor to Buy ETH
17.12.2022
On Dec. 14, the Ethereum software firm Consensys announced that the company has teamed up with the payment processing giant Paypal. The integration allows Metamask wallet users to purchase ethereum via Paypal from within the Web3 wallet application. Consensys Teams up With Payments Giant Paypal...
Stellar partners with UNHCR to give Ukrainian refugees cash via USDC
16.12.2022
One new project attempts to help bankless Ukrainian refugees, while another hopes to streamline international Red Cross projects
Trump Launches NFT Card Collection — Sweepstake Winners Could Dine or Golf With the 45th President
15.12.2022
The former 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced the launch of his new non-fungible token (NFT) trading cards on Dec. 15, 2022. Trump revealed the NFT collection via his Truth Social account and the former president told his fans that the NFTs would “make a great Christmas...
MetaMask to allow users to purchase and transfer Ethereum via PayPal
14.12.2022
The service will initially be rolled out to select PayPal users within the United States
Dvision Network Announces Dvision World 2․0 Release In Beta Mode
14.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. As part of their ongoing development, Dvision Network has announced the launch of their upgraded Dvision World 2.0 in Beta mode. The launch will officially commence on 14th December, 2022. Not too long ago, via a collaborative partnership with market leaders Binance NFT...
BLR Metaport: World’s 1st Airport Metaverse launches via Polygon’s help
14.12.2022
It happens to be the Bangalore International Airport, which in the very recent past, was successfully launching the first phase of the BLR Metaport. For the uninitiated, this happens to be the first time the world will be exposed to a metaverse-related experience, in the case of an airport. This...
FTX-Hosted NFTs Point to Broken Metadata, Issue Illuminates Flaws With NFTs Tied to Centralized Clouds
8.12.2022
On Wednesday, non-fungible token (NFT) supporters discovered that NFT metadata hosted on the platform FTX US points to broken metadata, and the links now point to FTX’s restructuring website. Specific collections that were minted on the Solana blockchain via the FTX US NFT platform do...
Toys R Us declares an NFT collection via their Geoffrey the Giraffe NFTs
8.12.2022
Toys R Us, which happens to be a very popular toy retailer based out of the US, is extremely pleased and takes an immense amount of pleasure in making their formal announcement of having delivered their Geoffrey the Giraffe NFTs. They are distinctly aware that this timing has been very accurately...
Telegram to allow no-sim accounts via anon-blockchain-numbers
8.12.2022
Telegram has increased its security features by enabling support from anonymous blockchain-based numbers that go for around $16
Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network-Enabled Money Transfers to Africa
7.12.2022
United States-based users of Strike, a digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, can now transfer funds instantly and at a low cost to Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria via the recently added new feature known as “Send Globally.” The new feature instantly converts...
Porsche’s Web3 plan revealed: 7,500-piece NFT via 911 collection
5.12.2022
In recent times, the undoubted giant in the field of automobiles, Porsche, took time off to formally declare the deliverance of a unique and sophisticated NFT collection comprising 7,500 pieces. All of these, incidentally, happen to be based on their classic Porsche 911 model. This entire...
Crypto Lender Blockfi Files for Bankruptcy Protection to ‘Maximize Value for All Clients’
28.11.2022
On Nov. 28, 2022, the crypto lender Blockfi informed the public via a press release that the company has voluntarily petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Blockfi is now one of many digital currency businesses dealing with significant financial hardships and bankruptcy proceedings...
El Salvador Establishes National Bitcoin Office to Manage ‘All Projects Related to the Cryptocurrency’
26.11.2022
After the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele revealed the country would buy a single bitcoin every day, a report published by Torres Legal details that the government of El Salvador has created a National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC). The report says the entity was created via Decree No. 49, which...
Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen Pilot Program Next Year
26.11.2022
The Bank of Japan is preparing to run a test trial of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yen, with help from three top banks and regional institutions. The pilot program, estimated to last two years, will focus on testing the currency via several transactions,...
Ethereum Software Company Consensys Collects User Data, Privacy Policy Discloses
25.11.2022
Crypto users have been complaining about a recent Consensys privacy policy update that says when Infura is leveraged as a remote procedure call (RPC) via Metamask, wallet and IP address data is collected. The news follows a similar decision the decentralized exchange (dex) platform Uniswap recently...
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre to Issue Gold Backed Tokens Using the Xinfin Blockchain Protocol
23.11.2022
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has announced a new partnership with the firm Comtech Gold in order to digitize gold trading. The DMCC said the tokenized precious metals are backed by DMCC Tradeflow-registered gold bars, and each tokenized gold bar “will be backed by a Tradeflow warrant.”...
New York AG pushes prohibition of crypto purchases via retirement funds
23.11.2022
The NYAG clarified that digital assets differ from blockchain technology, and it has no issues with citizens purchasing stakes in publicly traded blockchain-based businesses in retirement accounts
FTX Execs Gave $70 Million to Both Democrats and Republicans Heading Into the 2022 US Midterms
18.11.2022
After the collapse of FTX, a number of journalists reported on the fact that FTX executives deployed significant donations to political leaders in the United States. During the most recent election cycle leading up to the U.S. midterms in 2022, reports claim that Sam Bankman-Fried donated more than...
New FTX CEO Says Sam Bankman-Fried Does Not Speak on Firm’s Behalf, After SBF’s Candid Interview With Vox
17.11.2022
Following the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) interview with the New York Times and several direct text messages with Reuters, SBF recently did a much longer and more candid interview with Vox journalist Kelsey Piper. After the interview done via Twitter direct messages, the current...