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Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Calls Today’s Metaverse a ‘Poorly Built Video Game’
29.10.2022
Phil Spencer, CEO of gaming at Microsoft and head of Xbox, directed some criticism at the idea of the metaverse and how it is being executed. Spencer remarked that for him, the current metaverse is a “poorly built video game,” but also that the sector was still in its early stages...
Recent Poll Shows Citizens of El Salvador Still Not Sold on Bitcoin
26.10.2022
A recent poll completed by the Public Opinion University Institute, part of the Simeon Canas Centroamerican University, has found that El Salvador is still not attracted by the idea of bitcoin as legal tender. The poll results indicate that almost two-thirds of the population has a negative...
Is There Too Much CSS Now?
24.10.2022
As front-end developers, we’ve wished for a lot of things over the years — ways to center things in CSS, encapsulate styles, set an element’s aspect ratio, get finer-grained control over our colors, select an element based on its children’s …
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Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Defines Rules to Classify Cryptocurrency Assets as Securities
13.10.2022
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has clarified the criteria by which different cryptocurrency assets can be considered securities. Through the issuance of a guidance opinion document, the CVM defines different classifications for existing cryptocurrency assets, specifies which...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Takes Aim at Bitcoin Detractors, Says the Ones Who Are Afraid ‘Are the World’s Powerful Elites’
9.10.2022
It’s been over a year since El Salvador codified bitcoin as legal tender in the Latin American country, and by popping the ‘orange pill,’ the country was propelled into the international spotlight. At the end of September, the 41-year-old Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele...
Powers On… Insider trading with crypto is targeted — Finally! Part 2
15.9.2022
"Frankly, it’s about time that the SEC and U.S. attorney’s offices focused on real crimes and fraud."
Powers On… Insider trading with crypto is targeted — Finally! Part 1
7.9.2022
Tether Hires BDO Italia for Monthly Assurance Reports, USDT’s Quarterly Attestation Shows a 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper
20.8.2022
This week, the stablecoin issuer Tether Holdings Limited revealed an update to its assurance and attestation process and detailed that the company has been working with accounting firm BDO Italia. The accounting firm will conduct monthly tether assurance reports based on the stablecoin...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Downplays Ethereum PoW Fork, Hopes It ‘Doesn’t Lead to People Losing Money’
8.8.2022
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently discussed what he thinks about the recent Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork topic that’s been finding its way into a number of conversations within the crypto community. Buterin remarked at the ETH-Seoul conference over the weekend, that...
Globant Survey: Most Gamers Believe Metaverse Will Change the Gaming Industry Positively
18.7.2022
A survey published by Globant, a software development firm, and Yougov, found that most gamers believe that metaverse will change the gaming industry in a positive way. The survey, which consulted the opinion of 1,000 PC, console, and mobile gamers, also found that most gamers are still...
Powers On… Summer musings after two particularly bad months in cryptoland
7.7.2022
Are expiring copyrights the next goldmine for NFTs?
3.7.2022
Most people think of digital art when it comes to NFTs, but in the future, expiring copyrights could be preserved, refreshed and repurposed using nonfungible token technology
China Blockchain Alliance Executives: Virtual Currency the ‘Largest Ponzi Scheme in Human History’
29.6.2022
The chairman of China’s Blockchain Service Network (BSN) Development Alliance Shan Zhiguang, and his colleague, insisted in a recently published op-ed that virtual currency is “undoubtedly the largest Ponzi scheme in human history.” However, they have said the “value...
Is there a way for the crypto sector to avoid Bitcoin’s halving-related bear markets?
21.6.2022
BTC’s high volatility and halving-related bear markets tend to drag down investment and interest in the entire crypto market. Can this be avoided?
$100K BTC Predictions, Peter Schiff on Recession and Bitcoin, Bill Gates Slams NFTs — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
19.6.2022
It’s been a week of polarizing opinion in crypto news. Whether it’s cryptocurrency fund managers predicting $100K bitcoin by the end of the year, Peter Schiff saying things “will only get worse as the recession deepens,” or Bill Gates slamming crypto and NFTs, citing...
Study: 7.6 Million South Africans Are Crypto Investors, Social Media Main Source of Crypto-Related Information
17.6.2022
About 22% of South Africa’s adult population, or 7.6 million people, are cryptocurrency investors, findings by a study done by Kucoin cryptocurrency exchange have shown. According to the study, 72% of the respondents said they get information concerning particular crypto projects via social...
Survey: More Than 70% of Salvadorans Believe the Bitcoin Law Has Not Improved Their Personal Finances
6.6.2022
A recent survey has offered some insight into the real opinions Salvadorans have about the implementation of the Bitcoin Law in the country. The survey, carried out by the University Institute of Public Opinion of the José Simeón Cañas Central American University, found that most...
5 metrics to monitor before investing in crypto during a bear market
3.6.2022
Everyone is a genius during a bull market, but how does one invest during lengthy downtrends? Here are five things to consider before buying into a crypto project
The crypto market dropped in May, but June has a silver lining
3.6.2022
The top 10 largest whale addresses of stablecoins Dai and USDC show an increased trust level in the two assets amid the UST debacle
Report: Latam Countries Are Among the Most Enthusiastic About the Metaverse
30.5.2022
A new survey has found people’s opinion of the metaverse in emerging countries is significantly more positive than in their developed counterparts. The study, carried out by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum (WEF), also shows that Latam countries are among the most enthusiastic about...