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McDonald’s Starts Accepting Bitcoin and Tether in Lugano, Switzerland
5.10.2022
Plan ₿ Foundation, a joint initiative between the Swiss City of Lugano and USDT stablecoin issuer Tether, announced a collaboration with payment facilitator GoCrypto to officially bring bitcoin (BTC), tether (USDT), and LVGA payments to Lugano – enabling citizens to use their wallets at McDonalds...
Immersed Collaborates With Polygon, Everyrealm, Republic Crypto, & Ready Player Me
5.10.2022
The world’s top VR app, Immersed, is expanding its footprints to the metaverse to build strong economic pillars. Immersed not only entertains its users with full-time usage and builds a strong and easy financial trade taking the digital economy to the next level. Medias, such as The New Yorker...
Federal Energy Agencies’ Unwillingness to Act on White House’s Crypto Mining Recommendations Miffs US Lawmaker
5.10.2022
Jared Huffman, a United States lawmaker who advocates for increased scrutiny of crypto-mining entities, has reportedly chastised U.S. energy agencies that he accuses of failing to act on the White House’s call on them to do “reliability assessments of current and projected...
Middle East and North Africa are fastest-growing crypto markets: Data
5.10.2022
From institutional crypto usage in the United Arab Emirates to remittance payments in the Egyptian market, the last year revealed major growth for crypto in the MENA region
Nasdaq needs clear regulations to launch crypto exchange, says VP
5.10.2022
Nasdaq said that the retail side of the crypto market is quite saturated at the moment with many service providers looking to fulfill retail investors’ needs
AlterVerse Acquires Multiple Fundings for Sky City
5.10.2022
AlterVerse takes great pleasure and shares the excitement of successfully acquiring funding simultaneously from multiple sources, such as Binance Labs, Baselayer Capital, Ankr, Polygon Ventures, and EnjinStarter, which will be of enormous help to them in their plans and vision of launching their...
Crypto-friendly Ray Dalio steps back from Bridgewater’s $150 million fund
5.10.2022
Dalio's views on cryptocurrencies have evolved throughout his tenure at Bridgewater Associates
New Study Names Gameta as the Gamefi Project With Highest Monthly Subscribers
5.10.2022
The latest data from Coin 98 Analytics shows the Web3 gaming platform Gameta as the top-ranked gamefi (the intersection of gaming and finance) project after it garnered 1.85 million recorded subscribers by September 28. The data also shows that the top five gamefi projects alone accounted for more...
SushiSwap Elects New 'Head Chef’ after On-Chain Election
5.10.2022
Following months of uncertainty and discussions, the SushiSwap community has elected a new “head chef”. Jared Grey, the former CEO of defunct crypto exchange Bitfineon and decentralized financial services ecosystem EONS, will serve as the leader of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)....
Decentralized Web3 Protocol Golden Raises $40 Million Backed by A16z
5.10.2022
Golden, a startup that seeks to build a decentralized data hub, has raised $40 million dollars in a Series B funding round. The round, which was led by a16z crypto, will allow the company to keep building its concept, which revolves around combining data submission and validation with Web3-based...
Crypto ATMs emerging as popular method for crypto scam payments: FBI
5.10.2022
The FBI says alongside regular methods of payment such as wire transfers and prepaid cards, crypto ATMs are also becoming a prominent tool for crypto investment scammers
Bitwise launches Web3 ETF for institutional and retail investors
5.10.2022
The ETF tracks the Bitwise Web3 Equities Index, with over 85% exposure to companies in Web3
Musk's deal for Twitter looks set to go with original $44B price tag
5.10.2022
Twitter appears ready to move forward with the deal for Elon Musk to buy Twitter, announcing in an Oct. 4 post they intend to close the transaction at $54.20 per share
Billionaire Hedge Fund Founder Ray Dalio Steps Down as Co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates
5.10.2022
Billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio has stepped down as chief executive of Bridgewater Associates, according to a transfer of voting rights on September 30. Bridgewater’s co-chief executive explained on Tuesday that “Ray no longer has the final word,” in regard to...
‘New frontier’ of crypto laundering involves cross-chain bridges and DEXs: Elliptic
5.10.2022
Curve, Uniswap, 1inch, and the Ren bridge were the top platforms of choice for laundering illicit crypto, according to Elliptic
Coinbase expands to Australia with focus on institutions in 'months to come’
5.10.2022
With an expanded Australian offering, Coinbase’s VP of international and business development said the exchange faced “tough questions” from regulators and policymakers about its services
Insolvency not in 'Nexo's reality,' says co-founder during AMA
5.10.2022
Co-founder Kalin Metodiev stated that comparisons between Celsius, Voyager and Nexo are “very far from reality” and that the firm is focused on building in a sustainable way
Anchorage co-founder sees 'tons of opportunity' as it expands into Asia
5.10.2022
Anchorage Digital has marked its plans for expansion into the Asian crypto market, with co-founder Diogo Mónica noting that Singapore is just a starting point
SEC Chair Gensler Insists Most Crypto Tokens Are Securities — Says ‘the Law Is Clear’
5.10.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has reiterated that most crypto tokens are securities, emphasizing that “the law is clear on this.” However, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has asked Congress for authority over crypto...
Federal regulators are preparing to pass judgment on Ethereum
5.10.2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to take action against Ethereum that reaches far beyond America’s borders