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Digital Asset-Focused Bank Protego Trust Names Ron Totaro as CEO
12.9.2022
Protego added Bitfury’s CEO to its board of directors in February and raised $70 million last year
Web3 Domain Names Are Overtaking Apes in Trading Volume on OpenSea
12.9.2022
Trading volume for domain names for Web3 sites has overtaken digital art pieces from the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collections.
Based on trading data from NFT marketplace OpenSea, ENS has now become the top NFT project on Ethereum...
Sorare Partners With NBA to Build a Licensed NFT Game
8.9.2022
Sorare, a French fantasy game startup, reached an agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to build a non-fungible token (NFT) game under its license, allowing the company to use team names and player likenesses from the league. The company, which had already signed similar...
Ethereum domain names top Bored Apes on OpenSea's weekly chart
6.9.2022
Ahead of the upcoming Merge, ENS domains have reached the top of OpenSea’s seven-day chart in trading volume
DC Attorney General Sues Billionaire Michael Saylor and Microstrategy Over Alleged Tax Fraud — Seeks $100 Million
2.9.2022
The attorney general of the District of Columbia has sued Microstrategy’s co-founder and executive chairman, Michael Saylor, for tax fraud. The lawsuit also names Microstrategy as a defendant “alleging that it conspired to help him evade taxes he legally owes.” Both Saylor...
Cboe Digital Markets Names Jump Crypto, Robinhood and DRW Among Expected Equity Partners
25.8.2022
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has named a cohort of trading heavyweights expected to be equity partners in its revamped cryptocurrency-facing division, Cboe Digital Markets
Uniswap Censors 253 Crypto Addresses Blacklisted for Crime, Sanction Associations
20.8.2022
According to a recently published report, the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has blocked roughly 253 cryptocurrency addresses allegedly tied to crimes or government sanctions. The information was discovered by the software developer Banteg who analyzed and saved the shared logs from...
Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, Logan Paul, and Beeple Dusted by OFAC-Banned Tornado Cash Transactions
9.8.2022
Following the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) banning Tornado Cash and a number of associated Ethereum-based addresses, an anonymous Tornado Cash user has dusted a swathe of well known wallets tied to ENS domain names. Onchain data shows that a number...
ENS Domain Registrations Skyrocketed Last Month, Total Names Created Nears 2 Million
4.8.2022
The number of Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains is nearing the two million mark as 1,888,209 ENS names have been etched into the Ethereum blockchain to date. The project recently detailed that July saw the largest monthly rise in revenue scoring 5,400 ether worth roughly $2.48 million during...
Coinbase's 20% Decline Leads Crypto Names Lower Following Report of SEC Probe
26.7.2022
Coinbase is facing hurdles from the crypto winter
Bitcoin Non-Profit ₿trust Launches Africa Open Source Cohort; Names First Developer
21.7.2022
Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z funded Bitcoin non-profit welcomes its founding member Vladimir Fomene. He will contribute to the Bitcoin Development Kit and the Swahili Wordlist
Fintech and Bitcoin Payments Firm Zebedee Raises $35 Million From Kingsway Capital, Square Enix
19.7.2022
On Tuesday, the fintech and payment processor Zebedee announced the company has raised $35 million from Kingsway Capital, Raine Group, and video game giant Square Enix. Zebedee detailed that the Series B funding will help the startup “scale company-wide to meet the needs of the biggest names...
Quik․com Opens Minting for NFT Domain Names
19.7.2022
The .metaverse, .vr, .web3 and variety of top-level domains are now available for minting on Quik.com. Embrace yourself and your holdings on the web and its decentralized nature with this offer valid for a limited time. Check out Metaverse Domains on Quik now. Connecting the sellers and buyers...
Binance.US Names ex-PayPal Executive as New CFO
7.7.2022
The US arm of the crypto exchange giant has hired ex-PayPal executive Jasmine Lee
TON Foundation launches Ethereum Name Service-like domain names
1.7.2022
After launching the TON DNS, the TON Foundation will conduct an auction of the first “.ton” domain names on July 30
Bank of Spain Has Registered 17 Crypto Companies, Big Names Still Missing
21.6.2022
The Bank of Spain has already included 17 virtual asset service providers in its own registry, in which cryptocurrency exchanges and custody providers must be listed to operate, according to Spanish law. Three new companies were included last week, but big names in the crypto ecosystem are still...
Blockchain.com Plans to Provide an NFT Domain Name to 83 Million Wallet Users
11.6.2022
Blockchain.com has announced it has partnered with the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider Unstoppable Domains in order to launch .blockchain NFT domains. The company says that in the next few weeks, 83 million Blockchain.com wallet users will get a free .blockchain domain....
Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Names Its Head of Corporate Operations as New CFO
2.6.2022
Current CFO Jeff McGonegal will retire and move into a new role as senior advisor of the miner in mid-August
Crypto Custody Firm Fireblocks Launches Web3 Services Suite
20.5.2022
Fireblocks, a crypto custody service provider, is expanding its services with the launch of an institutional suite of Web3 services. This suite will allow customers to leverage liquidity from different exchanges, and mint NFTs. The service, which has already onboarded several names in the industry...
Digital Collectible Owners Continue to Take Loans out Using NFTs as Collateral
19.5.2022
While non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have become a hot commodity over the last 12 months, a number of NFT owners are taking loans out against their NFTs. This month, a project called Nftfi has facilitated $25.6 million in NFT loans so far, and last month the lending marketplace recorded...