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French Central Bank Conducts Fifth Experiment on Tunisia CBDC
23.7.2021
The French central bank, Banque de France (BOF), recently carried out its fifth experiment on the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to a statement from BOF, the latest experiment is part of the banks’ joint effort to create conditions that...
Reddit Chooses to Leverage Arbitrum’s Layer-2 Tech With Community Point ETH-Based Tokens
23.7.2021
On July 22, developers working on the platform Reddit, the social news discussion aggregation forum, revealed that the team was scaling Reddit’s community points program with the Ethereum Layer-2 solution Arbitrum. Currently, Reddit developers are testing the community point tokens on top...
Amazon Set to Hire a Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead
23.7.2021
E-commerce giant Amazon is dipping its finger deeper into the crypto and blockchain worlds as it posted an ad looking to hire a new executive to oversee their digital currency strategy.
The position is for a 'Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead' who "want[s] to innovate on behalf...
Ethereum Gaming Token Axie Infinity Taps Another All-Time Price High
23.7.2021
On Friday, the game token utilized within the Axie Infinity gaming realm has once again captured another all-time price high at $32.17 per unit. The game token has outperformed a great majority of crypto assets by commanding more than 844% in gains during the last month. Axie Infinity Outperforms...
ICON Foundation Partners With Wintermute
23.7.2021
ICON Foundation joins hands with Wintermute to enhance cross-chain liquidity and interoperability. Established in 2017, ICON Foundation is focused on developing the ICON Project that is a Blockchain-based protocol for the operation of decentralized applications. The aggregator chain of ICON works...
Amazon seeks new exec to oversee digital currency strategy
23.7.2021
The new Amazon position requires a deep understanding of the digital currency and cryptocurrency ecosystems and related technologies
Axie Infinity refreshes record high as AXS ascends 131% in just three days
23.7.2021
Traders flock to the gaming cryptocurrency in the wake of a sector-wide price rally. But its gains are comparatively higher—much, much higher
Paxos Standard Presents Assets Backing Its Stablecoins
23.7.2021
Paxos, a regulated blockchain company, recently presented the basket of resources that back its stablecoins. Paxos Standard (PAX) and Binance USD (BUSD) are reportedly backed almost 100% by cash and cash equivalents. Dan Burstein, CCO of Paxos, harshly criticized Tether and Circle, issuers of other...
Argentinian Province Misiones Plans to Issue Its Own Stablecoin
23.7.2021
The Argentinian province of Misiones plans to issue its own stablecoin in the future. This is one of the objectives that a recently approved law, the Missionary Financial Innovation Program with Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology, proposes. Misiones will also use a blockchain to issue...
Goldman Sachs Survey Shows Family Offices Are Flocking to Crypto Investments
22.7.2021
High net-worth families are turning to cryptocurrency investments, according to a recent Goldman Sachs survey that found close to half of the company’s family office clients are inquisitive about crypto-asset investments. A Goldman Sachs executive further said that a large portion of...
Mars4 Leads Innovation in Blockchain With NFT and DeFi Powered Metaverse
22.7.2021
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20 July, 2021,
Metaverses and NFT gaming in the crypto space are very successful and currently the talk of the town with Axie Infinity setting new records in virtual land sales and the likes of Decentraland...
NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $100 Million — Firm Becomes a Blockchain Unicorn
22.7.2021
Opensea has become the latest non-fungible token (NFT)-focused firm to raise funds this year as the company announced raising $100 million in a Series B this week. The venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the Opensea financing round alongside investors like Kevin Durant, Ashton Kutcher,...
Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Arrested for Signing Into His Coinbase Account: Report
21.7.2021
According to reports stemming from investigative journalist Matthew Russell Lee, from Inner City Press, former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has violated the terms of his bail and has been taken into custody. According to the reports, the U.S. Attorney’s Office revoked Griffith’s...
Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain files for US IPO
21.7.2021
The company has been publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange since 2018
Major Crypto Mining Company Core Scientific Going Public on Nasdaq With $4.3 Billion Valuation
21.7.2021
Core Scientific, a major blockchain hosting and digital asset mining company, is going public through a merger with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. The deal values the combined company at approximately $4.3 billion. Core Scientific to List on Nasdaq Core Scientific Holding...
[aktualita] Fond Rockaway vložil 14 milionů korun do projektu zaměřeného na bezpečnost blockchainu Ackee Blockchain
21.7.2021
Investiční fond Rockaway Blockchain Fund a vývojářská agentura Ackee spouštějí společný joint venture projekt zaměřený na bezpečnost blockchainu Ackee Blockchain. Projekt se bude věnovat vývoji softwaru pro svět blockchainu, zejména vývoji a bezpečnostním auditům tzv. smart kontraktů. Rockaway...
Etherisc onboards 17K Kenyan farmers covered by blockchain-based crop insurance
21.7.2021
The project said it would be paying roughly 6,000 farmers for crops adversely affected by climate change before the end of the season
Georgian Government Embraces Blockchain to Promote Its Wines Globally
21.7.2021
As Georgia seeks to bring its millennia-old wine industry into the 21st century, it is collaborating with blockchain platform Wiv to put the nation’s winemakers in front of a global audience of wine collectors, producers, and merchants. Move Brings Wines and Accompanying Provenance...
CCP Driving Chinese Regions to Make Blockchain Progress – Report
20.7.2021
Xi Jinping. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, VICE News
China’s blockchain technology ambitions may be even greater than once thought – with a media outlet claiming to have seen evidence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s blockchain planning.
In a report from the Epoch Times, a...
Mastercard To Use Stablecoins In a Simplified Crypto Payments Card Offering
20.7.2021
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв
Payments giant Mastercard announced an enhanced card program for cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges that aims to make it easier for partners to convert cryptocurrency to fiat currency.
The program is expected to reduce friction and improve customer experience as well...