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21.11 / 09:27

cryptocurrency Football How are crypto investors celebrating the FIFA World Cup?

As football season kickstarted with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, cryptocurrency investor fans are looking to own a piece of their favourite football teams through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). According to a survey conducted by cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin across 20,180 crypto investors between January and September of 2022, and 8,022 users in KuCoin communities in November 2022, nearly 48 percent of football fans want to trade fan tokens for sports teams.

19.11 / 11:59

markets Sport Football Spain for the win? Top 3 fan tokens to watch during the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup in Qatar is boosting the value of national soccer team fan tokens despite the cryptocurrency bear market.

18.11 / 14:49

business BitStamp Crypto License Bank of Spain Bitstamp gets a crypto license from the Bank of Spain

Crypto exchange Bitstamp reported obtaining a license for operations with crypto in Spain. It marks approval in yet another European jurisdiction for an exchange, which has been focusing on the EU market since its launch in 2011.

18.11 / 11:21

European Union CLIMATE CRISIS 'We wanted to get justice, we got justice' say MH17 victims' families

Relatives of the MH17 victims blinked away tears as guilty verdicts were read out in a Dutch court on Thursday.

18.11 / 09:47

European Union CLIMATE CRISIS Power Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says 10 million without power after latest Russian strikes

About 10 million people in Ukraine were without power following the latest Russian strikes, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Thursday evening video address.

18.11 / 06:21

European Union CLIMATE CRISIS Smuggling Italian police bust alleged migrant smuggling ring, arresting 12

Police in Italy have arrested 12 people on Thursday over their alleged roles in a high-speed migrant-smuggling ring that operated between Tunisia and Sicily.

17.11 / 19:51

Digital Amazon Adventure The Hop: MOVE Estrella Galicia’s Digital Innovation Programme Makes the Leap to Web3

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17.11 / 16:05

European Union Culture Bruno Carbone: One of Europe's most-wanted criminals arrested in Syria

An Italian drug trafficker, one of Europe's most-wanted criminals, has been arrested in Syria and extradited to Italy, according to Italian officials and a Syrian jihadist rebel group.

10.11 / 17:45

CLIMATE CRISIS FIFA and Qatar 'rattled' as European World Cup boycott gathers pace

The giant banners are now a familiar sight at German Bundesliga games.

09.11 / 18:57

Technology Twitter Migrants Ukraine war: Moscow-installed deputy governor of Kherson died in 'car crash'

The Moscow-installed senior official of the occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov, died on Wednesday, according to Russian media and the regional governor.

09.11 / 18:57

Technology Twitter Migrants Ukraine war: Russia orders troops to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered Russian troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson.

03.11 / 17:25

Government Law Adoption The state of crypto in Southern Europe: Malta leads the way

Despite the turbulence that broke out in the crypto market this summer, there is an important long-term marker that should be considered in any complex assessment — the combination of adoption and regulation. The latest report by EUBlockchain Observatory, named “EU Blockchain Ecosystem Developments,” tries to measure this combination within the European Union, combining the data on each and every member country from Portugal to Slovakia.

02.11 / 21:03

business Blockchain Web3 Crypto executives discuss the emergence of Web 3.0 tech hubs around the world

Where are the top destinations for a career in crypto? For some, it’s traditional innovation hubs such as Miami or Silicon Valley. For others, it’s Singapore or Seoul. In addition, some would even argue that as long as you have a stable internet connection, irrespective of location, is sufficient for one to carve their own path in the realm of Web 3.0.

02.11 / 16:27

business Technology Activism What is Listenbourg? Why is it going viral on Twitter? Why did the meme become so big in Europe?

It only took three days after a photoshopped map showing Listenbourg — a fictional country haphazardly tacked onto the Iberian peninsula — appeared on social media for the joke to take the world by storm.

01.11 / 20:23

Energy Halloween evacuation Ukraine war: Kherson 'evacuation' expanded, UK 'behind' Nord Stream sabotage, 'dirty bomb' probed

Experts from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog inspected two sites in Ukraine on Tuesday, following unfounded claims by Russia that Ukrainian authorities planned to let off a "dirty bomb".

01.11 / 17:09

Blockchain Technology Adoption security Can internet outages really disrupt crypto networks?

In the wee hours of Oct. 18, several parts of Europe, America and Asia were left without any internet due to several undersea internet cables being “cut,” causing a chain reaction of connectivity problems across the globe. France, Italy and Spain, in particular, were faced with significant outages, with many experts claiming that vandals were to be blamed for the same.

01.11 / 11:57

corruption Bitcoin information El Salvador's Bitcoin purchase information can't be made public: Trustee

Ever since El Salvador legalized Bitcoin (BTC) as mainstream tender, President Nayib Bukele used Twitter on numerous occasions to announce the country’s BTC acquisitions. However, ALAC El Salvador — a non-governmental anti-corruption bureau — was recently denied information from a state development bank, BANDESAL, regarding El Salvador’s Bitcoin purchases and sales.

31.10 / 09:19

Adoption transactions ATM remittances 9 years after the first Bitcoin ATM, there are now 38,804 globally

On Oct. 29, 2013, a coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Canada opened what is understood to be the world’s first publicly available Bitcoin (BTC) automatic teller machine (ATM) operated by Robocoin.

29.10 / 11:07

Climate change Iranian security forces shot at protesters in Zahedan, activists say

Iranian security forces opened fire on Friday on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen weeks of unrest amid nationwide demonstrations, activists said.

28.10 / 19:53

Twitter film Sunak UK PM Rishi Sunak asks France's Emmanuel Macron for help with Channel migrants

New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had his first official phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, just a few days after taking office.

28.10 / 18:23

Twitter Social Media film Footballer Pablo Marí undergoes back surgery after knife attack in Italy

Spanish footballer Pablo Marí, who was wounded in a knife attack at an Italian shopping centre on Thursday, has undergone surgery to treat wounds to his back.

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