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Acclaimed digital artist & Beeple collaborator Alberto Mielgo announces NFT drop
12.3.2021
Known for his work with the Gorillaz, Spider-Man, and LOVE DEATH AND ROBOTS, the Emmy award-winning artist is preparing a NFT drop
China May Target Tether after Digital Yuan Launch – B2C2 Japan CEO
12.3.2021
Tether (USDT) could emerge as an unlikely target for the Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), when it rolls out its digital yuan ahead of next year’s Winter Olympic Games, an industry player has opined.
Speaking to Bloomberg (via Sankei Biz), Philip Gillespie, the CEO of...
Peter Schiff Claims Grayscale Will Sell BTC to Fund DCG’s Acquisition of GBTC Shares Rebuffed
12.3.2021
Gold bug and bitcoin opponent, Peter Schiff has alleged that the Digital Currency Group (DCG)’s plan to acquire GBTC shares worth $250 million could be an indication that Grayscale Investment will be reducing the value of its AUM. In addition, Schiff claims in his tweet that “Grayscale...
Glitch Turns Breath of the Wild Into A First-Person Game, It Seems
12.3.2021
Mods already makes the first-person view possible in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One player, however, has apparently figured out how to do that without one.Read more
Goldman Sachs Reports Rising Customer Demand for BTC: Predicts an ‘Explosion’ in the Use of Digital Currencies
12.3.2021
John Waldron, the chief operating officer (COO) of Goldman Sachs, says the financial services giant is seeing rising customer demand to own and invest in bitcoin. Nevertheless, the COO explained that his organization was still exploring ways of satisfying this demand without running afoul...
Square Enix Will Reveal New Life Is Strange During Digital Event Next Week
11.3.2021
Square Enix announced it will debut the first episode of its very own Nintendo Direct-style digital event, known as “Square Enix Presents,” next Thursday, March 18.Read more
The Kessler Collection Jumps Into Crypto, 8 Luxury Hotels Now Accept Digital Currencies
11.3.2021
During the last few months, a great number of businesses have been adding cryptocurrency support to their payment systems. On Tuesday, the luxury hotel group called The Kessler Collection announced it is now accepting digital currency payments for accommodations. The Kessler Collection’s...
When privacy is a privilege: Ontology’s Jun Li on blockchain-based digital ID
11.3.2021
Bank of Russia to start digital ruble trials in 2022
11.3.2021
The Bank of Russia hopes to complete a prototype platform for a digital ruble by the end of 2021
Chinese banks pilot digital yuan at Shanghai department stores
11.3.2021
The Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank conducted digital yuan trials at two major department stores in Shanghai
Spanish Real Estate Agency Begins Accepting Bitcoin Payments for Properties in the Canary Islands
11.3.2021
Crypto adoption keeps spreading among the real estate industry in Europe, specifically in Spain. Recently, a leading agency in the Canary Islands announced it would start accepting cryptocurrency payments. Firm Praises Bitcoin’s Decentralized Nature According to Digital Sevilla, Piso Barato...
Denuvo DRM Is On The PlayStation 5
11.3.2021
Controversial digital rights management tool Denuvo has long been a factor in the PC market, but it’s now quietly a part of the PlayStation 5 as well, with news that the DRM has been added to the console’s “Tools and Middleware program”.Read more
Crypto Art Belongs In The Trash
11.3.2021
The blockchain, at best a scam and at worst an impending environmental disaster, has lately been upending everything from currency exchange to basketball collectibles. But one area it’s had a particularly sudden—and divisive—impact is the world of art.Read more
Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Lil Pump to Drop ‘Digital Jewelry’ NFTs
10.3.2021
On March 10, the hip-hop artist Lil Pump announced the multi-platinum-selling artist has partnered with the non-fungible token (NFT) platform Sweet. The American rapper will drop three unique NFT collectibles in total and he’s also releasing a one-of-a-kind “digital jewelry collectible...
Atari to Launch a Crypto-Fueled Gaming Platform in the Ethereum Metaverse Decentraland
10.3.2021
In October 2020, the entertainment software company Atari launched a digital currency and later revealed plans to join the Ethereum virtual reality game Sandbox. On March 8, Atari announced that the company is now launching a casino in Decentraland, another metaverse built on Ethereum. According...
3 Bitcoin ETFs Have Been Approved in North America
10.3.2021
There are now three bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in North America, all approved within the past month by Canada’s securities regulators. They are currently trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The latest approved bitcoin ETF, backed by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital, began...
The Regulations That Could Help Reduce Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint
10.3.2021
The price of bitcoin has hit record prices this month, and that’s bad news for the climate. As the price of the currency shoots up, so does the energy consumption as people are incentivized to mine more bitcoin. And a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Joule estimates that by the end...
Grayscale parent Digital Currency Group plans to buy $250M of its own GBTC shares
10.3.2021
In a further sign of a shake-up in the institutional market, DCG is eyeing the purchase along with hiring ETF specialists
South Korean Shinhan Bank pilots digital currency platform with LG CNS
10.3.2021
South Korean commercial bank Shinhan Bank has built a digital won pilot platform in collaboration with LG CNS
Umbrella to List UMB Token With BitMax
10.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io (BTMX.com), an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of UMB Tokens (UMB) under the trading pair of UMB/USDT on March 10th at 9:00 a.m. EST. Umbrella Network is a community-owned, decentralized...