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Funko Partners With Entertainment Giant Paramount to Drop Avatar Legends NFTs
30.7.2022
On July 29, the pop-culture consumer products firm, Funko, announced that the company has partnered with the multinational mass media and entertainment corporation Paramount Global. The two corporations plan to introduce a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the Avatar Legends universe....
MaskEX Global Held the Futurization of Urban Lifestyle Summit in Dubai, UAE
30.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Futurization of Urban Lifestyle Summit was held in Dubai at the Jumeirah Emirates Tower on July 29, 2022. MaskEX Global — A well-known worldwide exchange, was the event’s organizer and sponsor. Throughout this seminar, MaskEX engaged with like-minded people in...
Binance to Sell NFT Tickets for Major Italian Soccer Club Lazio
30.7.2022
Crypto exchange Binance will be offering NFT tickets for the games of one of Italy’s leading soccer teams, Lazio, during the upcoming season in the Italian Serie A championship. Supporters of Lazio will be able to use the tokens to also take advantage of various discounts. Lazio Fans to...
US Lawmaker Demands Answers From Apple and Google on Measures Against Fake Crypto Apps
30.7.2022
A U.S. lawmaker has demanded answers from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai about their measures against fake cryptocurrency apps appearing in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. “Millions of Americans use mobile apps to invest in unregulated digital assets,”...
ECB Economists Suggest Limiting Access to Digital Euro to Protect Banks
30.7.2022
A group of economists evaluating the potential effects of a digital euro have insisted that restricting access to the upcoming currency is necessary to preserve the current financial system. Their study follows an earlier proposal to limit digital euro deposits at the European Central Bank (ECB)...
Voyager Digital’s Clash With US Regulators Followed by Broader FDIC Warning
29.7.2022
The day after demanding Voyager Digital erase its claims that customers’ funds would get government protections, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a broader warning to bankers that they need to keep their crypto partners in line
Fed Board, FDIC Order Voyager Digital to Retract Federal Deposit Insurance Claims
29.7.2022
Following Voyager Digital’s application for bankruptcy protection during the first week of July, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve Board today issued a joint letter to the company demanding a cease and desist against Voyager’s FDIC claims....
Report: IMF Warns Kenyan Central Bank Against Introducing a CBDC That Harms Fintechs and Banks
29.7.2022
The global lending institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Kenyan central bank that its proposed digital shilling must “do no harm” to existing private sector digital money. The lender insisted the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) must “not...
US Government Bodies Blast Voyager’s 'False and Misleading Statements' On Deposit Insurance
29.7.2022
In another sign of dark clouds gathering over troubled crypto platform Voyager Digital, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the board of the Federal Reserve (Fed), America’s central bank, have issued a joint letter in which they demand that the company cease and desist from...
Call for Creation of Common African Digital Currency, Kenyan Activists Turn to Crypto Funding, Ghana on the Brink
29.7.2022
In Bitcoin.com News’ inaugural newsletter featuring the biggest crypto and economic news stories from Africa, the head of an African regional central bank, Herve Ndoba, implores the bank’s board to introduce a common digital currency. At the same time, the regional bank warned that...
Foundry Digital Launches Logistics Arm to Advance Standards in the Cryptocurrency Mining Industry
28.7.2022
On Thursday, Foundry Digital LLC, the mining company and subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), announced the launch of Foundry Logistics in order to advance standards in the cryptocurrency mining industry. The newly launched arm of the company plans to “bridge the gap between hardware...
Sango – The First Digital Monetary System Built on Bitcoin
28.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Sango, the Central African Republic’s crypto-initiative, has set off a wave of excitement in the crypto space, fuelling curiosity and anticipation. Supported by a comprehensive Legal Framework, Sango will enable the creation of both the digital and physical infrastructure that would...
UK Law Commission Publishes Proposals to Reform Laws Relating to Digital Assets — Says Reforms Must Not ‘Stifle Development’
28.7.2022
According to the Law Commission, the United Kingdom statutory body, digital assets play an increasingly important role in modern society and as such, the law relating to these must be reviewed. Reforming the laws will not only protect the rights of users and maximize the potential of digital assets...
Digital Euro Needs Curbs to Halt Lending Crunch, ECB Study Finds
28.7.2022
The economic evidence appears to support calls to cap how much central bank digital currency people can hold, to stop them fleeing banks all together
Law Commission for England and Wales proposes reforms for digital assets
28.7.2022
The U.K. Law Commission called for cryptocurrencies and digital assets to be classed as “data objects” in new reforms aimed at fostering growth and legal protection
Critic of Bitcoin’s ‘one-percenters’ still positive about future of digital assets
28.7.2022
A financial professor is skeptical about Bitcoin's design but is still very much involved in crypto research and is bullish about the future of digital assets
European Banking Authority Concerned About Hiring Talent to Oversee Crypto Space
28.7.2022
Europe’s banking sector regulator is worried it won’t manage to find the specialized personnel needed for the oversight of the EU’s attempt to regulate the crypto market. The authority is also concerned over the lack of clarity regarding which digital assets it’s...
Two-Thirds of Public Commenters Oppose US Adopting Digital Dollar: Cato
27.7.2022
With more than 2,000 people responding to the Federal Reserve’s invitation to weigh in on whether it should start a digital dollar, a Cato Institute examination has interpreted two-thirds of their comments as raising objections to the idea
Digital Identity Startup Unstoppable Domains Secures $65 Million in a Series A Led by Pantera Capital
27.7.2022
On Wednesday, the Web3 digital identity platform Unstoppable Domains announced the company has secured $65 million in financing in a Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital. The latest funding gives Unstoppable Domains a post valuation of $1 billion, pushing the blockchain startup up...
Komainu Receives Provisional Virtual Assets License in Dubai
27.7.2022
Komainu joins prominent crypto companies including exchanges FTX and Binance in securing a license to operate in the emirate