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24.11 / 08:27

business Blockchain Adoption Binance CrossTower eyeing further crypto acquisitions outside of Voyager bid

Crypto exchange CrossTower Inc., which is currently bidding for the assets of Voyager Digital, is reportedly window shopping for other crypto company acquisitions.

24.11 / 01:09

Blockchain Technology Adoption education Grant Support Casper Association launches $25M grant to support developers on its blockchain

Scalable blockchain network Casper announced the launch of its new Casper Accelerate Grant Program on Nov. 23, created to support developers and innovators who are building apps to support infrastructure, end-user applications, and research innovation on its blockchain.

23.11 / 20:47

Blockchain Adoption Investments Venture Capital VC funding Blockchain VC funding halves in October despite some strong raises

Blockchain venture capital inflows sharply decreased in October from the previous month. According to Cointelegraph Research, the number of individual deals dropped from 93 to 69 monthly.

23.11 / 18:59

Adoption NFT Cointelegraph Historical Cointelegraph Historical Collection private sale is now live

Anxious to mint a piece of crypto history as a digital collectible? The time has almost come. After amassing a waitlist of more than 400,000 participants, spurring a delayed but fairer launch, Cointelegraph’s Historical nonfungible token (NFT) collection opened on Nov. 23 for waitlisters and will go live on Dec. 1 for the general public.

23.11 / 16:29

business Adoption Central Bank Bank of Japan to trial digital yen with three megabanks

Despite Japan’s uncertainty on whether to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues experimenting with a potential digital yen.

23.11 / 15:17

Adoption bonds Bukele Bukele's government introduced a bill to launch the 'Bitcoin bonds'

Amid the crypto market downturn, El Salvador finally makes a decisive step to the realization of its ambitious “Bitcoin bonds” project. The Minister of the Economy Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé introduced a bill confirming the government’s plan to raise $1 billion and invest them into the construction of a “Bitcoin city.”

23.11 / 12:53

Adoption regulation Senate US Sen. Elizabeth Warren says crypto will ruin economy —community responds

The downfall of former crypto exchange FTX has had the entire industry in disarray since the situation began to unravel days before it declared bankruptcy on Nov. 11. A new op-ed from United States Senator Elizabeth Warren revealed a negative stance towards the industry with regard to the fallout.

23.11 / 12:25

Adoption Congress New York AG pushes prohibition of crypto purchases via retirement funds

The turmoil surrounding crypto exchange FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reaffirmed regulators’ belief about the need for stricter oversight across the crypto ecosystem. Seeking investor protection against a similar fallout, New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James recommended prohibiting crypto investments in defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

23.11 / 12:07

business Adoption partnership FTX collapse triggers second thoughts on Busan City's crypto exchange plans

The FTX crash appears to have affected not only companies and investors but also entire cities that previously became partners of the troubled cryptocurrency exchange.

23.11 / 08:43

business Adoption Voting 'Metaverse’ a top 3 contender for Oxford’s Word of the Year

The word “Metaverse” is one of three in the running to be crowned the Oxford "Word of the Year” (WOTY) in a competition run by the Oxford University Press (OUP), the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary.

23.11 / 08:17

business Adoption coinbase Survey Institutional investors are buying through crypto winter: Survey

A survey of institutional investors suggests that their cryptocurrency allocations have increased over the last year despite the industry going through a prolonged crypto winter.

23.11 / 06:21

business Blockchain Adoption Sport Argentina’s fan token sinks 31% after World Cup loss against Saudi Arabia

Argentina’s shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup has plummeted the price of the Argentine Football Association Fan Token (ARG), in line with the hopes of the nation’s die-hard soccer fans.

23.11 / 01:41

Blockchain Adoption Binance coinbase Holdings bitcoin holdings Crypto Twitter reacts to Binance CEO’s deleted tweet about Coinbase’s Bitcoin Holdings

Coinbase was trending on Twitter on Nov. 22 after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, known also as CZ, sent out a tweet that appeared to question Coinbase’s Bitcoin holdings.

22.11 / 21:31

Technology Adoption Gaming The rise of mobile gaming shared a lot in common with crypto gaming

Over the last decade, mobile gaming has become a consequential pillar of the interactive entertainment market. Thanks to access to smartphones, users the world over have been brought into the sphere of hardcore gamers. Now, the emergence of blockchain technology is creating a paradigm shift, offering players the ability to both truly own the assets they earn or buy in-game and the capacity to generate tangible value from their time spent playing.

22.11 / 19:09

business Adoption Payments Real Estate House on a hill: Top countries to buy real estate with crypto

The mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies has brought immense potential to the fintech industry, and some of the capabilities have spilled over into the real estate market. Subsequently, the real estate sector is evolving to accommodate a new crop of investors who prefer making payments using crypto.

22.11 / 11:57

Stablecoin Adoption Central Bank Terra Usd Hong Kong believes stablecoin volatility can spillover to traditional finance

The fall of crypto giants this year reignited questions about the stability of cryptocurrencies and their impact on fiat ecosystems. Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) assessed the situation and found that the instabilities of crypto assets, including asset-backed stablecoins, can potentially spill over to the traditional financial system.

22.11 / 09:11

business Adoption Congress Bitcoin Senators US senators urge Fidelity to reconsider its Bitcoin offerings after FTX blow-up

United States senators Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith, and Richard Durbin have renewed their calls for Fidelity Investments to reconsider offering a Bitcoin (BTC)-linked 401(k) retirement product.

22.11 / 08:41

business Blockchain Adoption data Uniswap's new privacy policy sees backlash from decentralization buffs

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap's recently updated privacy policy appears to have attracted the ire of some members of the community, with concerns that collecting and storing user data works against crypto's core values.

21.11 / 16:21

Stablecoin Adoption SEC security First official DAO in the US to fight SEC without attorneys

The first official decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in the United States is taking on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its 2021 token registrations.

21.11 / 10:35

event Blockchain Adoption NOT The FTX collapse not enough to break crypto community’s spirit: IBW 2022

Istanbul Blockchain Week opened its doors on Nov. 14 to bring the crypto and blockchain ecosystem together in İstanbul, Turkey. Cointelegraph attended the event with a Cointelegraph Turkey booth and an İstanbul-based editor to experience the impact of the FTX collapse firsthand — the result was unexpected.

21.11 / 09:45

business Blockchain Adoption Investments Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says 'crypto is here to stay'

Billionaire investor and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says he remains bullish about cryptocurrencies, despite the recent collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and the market turmoil that’s followed it.

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