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25% of South Africans Own Cryptocurrency With Average Value of Assets Held Below $70
15.9.2021
According to the findings of a study by KLA, a market research and data specialist firm, some 47% of South African adults are holders of cryptocurrency, with the majority of this number holding low-value investments. In addition, the study shows that 36% plan to invest in crypto in the future....
Morgan Stanley launches cryptocurrency research team
15.9.2021
After launching a Bitcoin investment tool for millionaires earlier this year, Morgan Stanley dives deeper into crypto
Global Investment Bank Morgan Stanley Launches Dedicated Cryptocurrency Research Team
15.9.2021
Global investment bank Morgan Stanley is establishing a new cryptocurrency research team. “The launch of dedicated crypto research is in recognition of the growing significance of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets in global markets,” the bank said. Morgan Stanley Sets Up...
ZPAE Solves World Retail Challenges Using FinTech at Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park
14.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Sharjah, September 2021 – The Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTIP) issued its third Distributed Ledger Technologies license (DLT) to ZelaaPayAE. Focusing on numerous areas related to the exchange of value, ZelaaPayAE works strongly to advance tokenisation...
Indian university joins Hedera decentralized governance council
14.9.2021
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras will test use cases around the Hedera Token Service, a public blockchain for payments
Cointelegraph Research: Is Solana an ‘Ethereum killer?'
9.9.2021
With significantly lower transaction costs and faster transaction speeds, could Solana be the most dreaded Ethereum killer?
NFT Survey With Over 40K Respondents Indicates Americans Trust NFT Investments More Than Britons
8.9.2021
In 2021, two very distinct crypto trends stood out which include non-fungible token (NFT) assets and decentralized finance (defi), as billions of dollars in crypto has flooded into these sectors. On September 7, Piplsay, a global consumer research platform, polled 30,870 Americans and 9,170 Britons...
African Economist Says Regulated Cryptocurrencies Are Reasonable Alternative to Single Trade Currency
6.9.2021
A Nigeria-based research and development economist, Gospel Obele, has called “for a unified regulatory mechanism for cryptocurrency trading.” He adds that such regulation of cryptocurrencies can potentially “complement an African digital currency,” hence this needs to...
Report: Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission Sets Up Fintech Division for Crypto Research
5.9.2021
Nigeria’s securities regulator, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has set up a fintech division “to study crypto investments.” This was revealed by Lamido Yuguda, the director-general of the SEC during an interview. Protecting Crypto Investors In...
Franklin Templeton seeks experts for Bitcoin trading and crypto research
3.9.2021
With more than $1.4 trillion in assets under management, Franklin Templeton is one of the world’s largest independent asset managers
New research claims 21 accounts pumped the $4.4B EOS ICO with wash trades
3.9.2021
New research asserts that EOS and ETH were wash-traded on exchanges to manipulate prices during EOS’s multi-billion dollar ICO
Eastern Europe Sends Over $800 Million in Crypto to Scams in Single Year, Report Reveals
2.9.2021
Of all funds sent to illicit cryptocurrency addresses from Eastern Europe, scams attract the greatest amount, according to a new report. In the past year alone, crypto addresses based in the region have sent the fraudulent schemes a staggering $815 million in crypto. Eastern Europe Leads by Volume...
Age Of Empires 4 Has Some Killer Future Ideas For Newer RTS Players
30.8.2021
One of the kickers with any real-time strategy game, but especially one with as many different civilizations as Age of Empires 4, is what I like to call the Dota problem.Read more
Will Polkadot save decentralized finance from Ethereum’s scaling problem?
26.8.2021
Polkadot is trying to achieve scalability without compromising network security. Early signs suggest it may beat Ethereum 2.0 in the transaction fee race
Will Polkadot save decentralized finance from Ethereum’s scaling problems?
26.8.2021
Polkadot may beat Ethereum 2.0 in the transaction fee race
Bitcoin transactions stay low despite price rally: Data
24.8.2021
Bitcoin on-chain activity dropped this low after May 2021’s crypto market crash and hasn’t risen above this level since
Molecule Partner With VitaDAO to Create Biopharma IP-to-NFT Transfer Using Nevermined Solution
19.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Molecule, a decentralised biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective VitaDAO to fund novel longevity therapeutics...
Darknet Users Leverage a New Blockchain Analytics Tool That Scans for Ties to Criminal Activity
16.8.2021
According to the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic, cybercriminals are leveraging cryptocurrency analytics to get ahead of law enforcement. Elliptic says a “blockchain analytics tool has been launched on the dark web” and the tool is called “Antinalysis.” Meet...
US Consumers Expect Inflation to Continue Rising Sharply According to the Fed’s Latest Survey
10.8.2021
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the Survey of Consumer Expectations report on Monday, which shows U.S. consumers are expecting short-term inflation levels to be higher than usual. Meanwhile, the report also shows American consumers’ expectations of long-term inflation have...
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alameda and Blocktower
7.8.2021
Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower, a New York-based cryptocurrency investment firm. Other important investors were Alameda Research — owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX —...