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V Rising Adds Offline Mode, Sells 1 Million Copies
26.5.2022
I wrote about V Rising yesterday, and noted that it had sold over 500,000 copies. Well, it has now sold a lot more than that, having hit the one million mark less than a week after release.Read more
Circle Asks US Fed Not to Step on Its Toes by Launching a Digital Dollar
25.5.2022
Circle Internet Financial weighs in to give a crypto industry view that the U.S. Federal Reserve should pass on launching its own digital dollar, arguing that it could strangle private-sector efforts such as Circle’s to manage their own dollar-based tokens
Crypto Market Turning Point — Most Cryptocurrencies Down 57% to Over 80% From Price Highs
25.5.2022
Roughly six months ago, bitcoin and a number of digital assets reached all-time highs and the crypto economy crested above $3 trillion in value. Today is a different story as a great majority of cryptocurrencies are down between 57% to over 80% against the U.S. dollar. While Cryptos Are Down From...
Consider Digital Assets Instead of Still-Pricey Real Estate, say JPMorgan Strategists
25.5.2022
Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou and team mull the outlook for crypto following the Terra collapse
Thailand Exempts Crypto Transfers From VAT Until End of 2023
25.5.2022
Authorities in Thailand have formally introduced a value-added tax (VAT) exemption for transfers of cryptocurrencies through government-approved exchanges. The tax break, in force until the end of next year, will also apply to digital currency issued by the Bank of Thailand. Royal Decrees Enforce...
Associations for Blockchain Technology, Digital Assets Adoption to Merge
25.5.2022
The major industry associations for blockchain technology and adoption of digital assets are to merge creating a single association of nearly 500 institutional members
Cornucopias: A Revolutionary Cardano Blockchain Project That Is Redefining the Gaming Metaverse Industry
25.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The metaverse is a virtual world that allows millions of players to live beyond their immediate environment. With blockchain technology, users can create, own and utilize digital assets while interacting with other people in the virtual space. Cornucopias ‘The Island’...
Seth Green Created A TV Show Around His NFT Ape, Then Someone Stole It
24.5.2022
Seth Green is having a bad time after he claims some of his NFT apes were stolen from him using a phishing scam. One very special ape in particular was taken and then sold to another user, which is bad news for him because Green planned and created an entire new TV show starring that digital...
Acquiring a Home With Bitcoin — A Deep Dive Into the Latest Crypto-Backed Mortgage Trend
24.5.2022
During the last few years, cryptocurrencies have been integrated into traditional finance tools like automated teller machines (ATMs), loadable debit cards, point-of-sale devices, and direct payments for all kinds of goods and services. Digital assets have also been added to retirement account...
Human Woman Kissing Simulator Sonic ‘06 Relisted In Xbox 360 Store
24.5.2022
After over a decade away, it appears as if 2006’s Sonic the Hedgehog (or Sonic ‘06 to all the savvy hedgehog connoisseurs out there) is once again available on the Xbox Marketplace. And it’s only $5, if you still happen to have an Xbox 360 hooked up to your television for whatever reason. (h/t...
Billionaire Ray Dalio Speaks in Davos — Says ‘Blockchain Is Great, but Let’s Call It Digital Gold’
24.5.2022
This week the world has been talking about the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which started on May 22 and ends on May 26. At the event, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio spoke about today’s economy, the Federal Reserve, cash, and cryptocurrencies. Dalio...
Crypto funds under management drop to a low not seen since July 2021
24.5.2022
Outflows from digital asset funds reached $141 million last week, a figure not seen since July 2021
Digital Dollar Would Undermine Banks, No Compelling Case for It, US Bankers Argue
24.5.2022
The purported benefits of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States are “uncertain and unlikely to be realized,” and there is no compelling case for it, the American Bankers Association (ABA) has said in a letter to the US Federal Reserve (Fed). The letter also warned that...
Major Japanese Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to Launch Cryptocurrency Custody Business
24.5.2022
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, one of the major banking institutions in Japan, will reportedly enter the cryptocurrency custody business. The company is entering a partnership with Bitbank, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, to launch a new company that will focus on offering institutional-grade...
People Want Digital Cash, Governments Need to Accept That, Circle CEO Says
24.5.2022
There is a reason that “cash is king,” and people around the world want a digital form of cash that is private, offers final settlement, and cannot be “turned off” by a central party, argued Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of digital payments company Circle.
Allaire said that for...
Get Real, Lagarde — The Underlying Asset ‘Guaranteeing’ Your Euro Scam Coin Is a Gun
24.5.2022
With the approaching tsunami of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) looming ever closer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when central banks shill their coins at the expense of sounder assets. Recently, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde went so far as to say that...
Veteran Investor Jim Rogers Optimistic About Future of Crypto Money
24.5.2022
Renowned investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, says he has “optimism about the future of crypto money.” However, he is skeptical of central bank digital currencies and warned that the world is looking for something to replace...
Wall Street Says a Fed Digital Dollar Spells Destruction for Banks
24.5.2022
Wall Street bankers are arguing that the Federal Reserve launching its own digital dollar could crack the foundations of banking as we know it, according to letters that industry lobbyists sent to the U.S. central bank
WEF 2022: Bankers at WEF see the need for caution and speed on central bank digital currencies
23.5.2022
Experts point out sticking points as well as greatest needs in the creation of central bank digital currencies for domestic and cross-border, wholesale and retail, uses
The ‘Lunatic’ Movement: A Look at Terra LUNA’s Inception and the People That Helped Do Kwon Rise
23.5.2022
After the LUNA and UST meltdown, many crypto investors have been curious about the project’s rise in popularity and people wonder about the background of Terra’s co-founder Do Kwon. Moreover, it is not commonly known that Terraform Labs was also founded by Daniel Shin, the founder...