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Crypto Mining Rig Maker Canaan Added to SEC List of Scrutinized China Companies
5.5.2022
The firm has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion on the list, which could eventually see it delist from the Nasdaq
Kazakhstan Amends Registration Rules for Cryptocurrency Miners
5.5.2022
The government of Kazakhstan has revised the registration requirements for persons and companies involved in crypto mining. The updated regulations come amid an ongoing clampdown on the industry in the Central Asian nation, where the influx of miners has been blamed for persisting electricity...
Gucci the latest luxury brand to accept crypto payments in store
5.5.2022
Gucci’s past efforts into Web3 have culminated with the brand accepting 12 cryptocurrencies at a few select stores, with a wider rollout planned for the future
I Like Bandai Namco's New Logo
5.5.2022
Last year, Japanese publisher Bandai Namco announced that it was doing away with its logo, the same one it had used since the two formerly separate companies had merged all the way back in 2006.Read more
NFT Market Collapses Just As Square Enix Sells Tomb Raider To Bet Big On Blockchain
4.5.2022
You know what no one could ever have predicted? That a market based on imaginary ownership of infinitely duplicable jpeg images might not be end-game, long-term sustainable. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the NFT market is “flatlining,” down 92 percent from last September. Which makes it just...
Major Bitcoin & Crypto Companies Warn of 'Extreme' Risk in Proof-of-Stake Systems
3.5.2022
The risk of corporate capture is extreme in proof-of-stake (PoS) systems as PoS transforms novel financial systems into pure plutocracies, dozens of US-based high-profile companies warned in a letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency....
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Sequoia Capital Partner Believes Lots of VCs Will Pull Back From Crypto
2.5.2022
Shaun Maguire, a crypto partner of Sequoia Capital, one of the venture capital firms most active when it comes to investments in the cryptocurrency space, issued its opinion on the future of many VCs investing in crypto. To him, many of the companies that are now experimenting with crypto...
Amy Wu: Gaming Companies Can't Afford to Avoid Web 3
2.5.2022
Amy Wu leads ventures, M&A, and gaming at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. She's a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus festival this June
Samsung Group Investment Arm to List Blockchain ETF on Hong Kong Exchange
2.5.2022
Samsung Group’s investment arm is reportedly set to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Exchange during the first half of this year. The ETF will have a structure which is similar to that of BLOK, one of Amplify Holdings’s ETF products. Samsung Asset...
Eurosystem Seeks Providers of Prototype Payment Solutions for Digital Euro
1.5.2022
Eurozone’s monetary authority, the Eurosystem, is looking to enlist financial companies willing to develop front-end solutions for the digital euro. The plan is to carry out a “prototyping exercise” this year to test transactions to the back-end developed by the regulator....
Central Bank of Cuba Introduces Specific Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulation
29.4.2022
The Cuban government has issued new regulations concerning the operation of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in the country. In an official resolution, the Bank of Cuba establishes specific procedures that these individuals or companies must follow to operate legally in the country, after...
Blackrock Launches Blockchain ETF Offering Investors Exposure to Crypto Sector
28.4.2022
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto...
Mexican Remittances Are the Continent’s Largest. Crypto Companies Want a Cut
27.4.2022
Bitso, Coinbase and Circle have launched new services, tapping into the money flow between Mexico and the US and taking on established players like Western Union
Tokens․com Makes a Big Metaverse Move into SuperWorld
26.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The Web3 Investment firm has purchased 40 NFT plots of virtual real estate on the SuperWorld platform. From companies like Apple and Facebook to brands like Puma and Gucci and beyond, suffice it to say the Metaverse is becoming the new frontier for commerce and community. And right...
DeFi partnership aims to tokenize shares of pre-IPO companies
25.4.2022
Chandra Duggirala, Portal’s executive chairman, explained that the tokenization of traditional assets sparks the merging of the Bitcoin ecosystem with mainstream finance
The Olive Corporation Could Be the Next Big Thing in Crypto, the Metaverse and the Food Sector
25.4.2022
Everyone would agree that the metaverse is a novel concept that is only going to become more popular as time goes on. Even now, many international companies from a variety of backgrounds such as Samsung, Emirates Airlines, and even JPMorgan have all gotten involved with the metaverse, so it is safe...
Latam Is a Hotbed of Opportunities for Crypto Companies, According to Ripple
24.4.2022
Ripple, the cryptocurrency and payments company, has issued an article examining the opportunities that Latam brings for crypto companies as its regulated payments rails come to crypto. While the region faces some obstacles due to its economic traits and the dominance of centralized banks,...
Game Space: One of the First GaaS “GameFi as a Service” Platform
23.4.2022
On April 22nd Michael Cameron the CEO and Co-founder of Game Space announced that it has released one of the first GaaS “GameFi as a Service” Platform. Game Space also announced that it had received more than US $7 million in financing. This round of financing is jointly led...
Nike's Official Hello Kitty Sneakers Are Perfect
22.4.2022
I’ve written before how I’m a huge fan of Nike’s subtle “tributes” to things they don’t actually hold the license for, the latest example being a line of Prestos based on Star Wars characters like Boba Fett. These upcoming Hello Kitty sneakers, though, are the real deal.Read more
Report: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Killed News About Bobby Kotick’s Restraining Order
21.4.2022
Between 2016 and 2019, Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg used her political clout to bury two news stories about a restraining order filed against Activision Blizzard exec Bobby Kotick, according to a bombshell report this morning from The Wall Street Journal. Sandberg was dating Kotick at...