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26.04 / 10:59

Adoption Fidelity Investments Bitcoin pension Fidelity Pension Plan Will Allow Employees to Invest in Bitcoin

Fidelity Investments, the United States’ biggest provider of 401(k) pension plans, will let participants choose to keep money in bitcoin (BTC), but only if their employers let them.

26.04 / 07:57

Adoption Miami inflation Bitcoin services CityCoins expanding services via 11 new incubated projects

The Stacks Ventures project incubator has accepted 11 projects to help make CityCoins more appealing to global mayors who want to utilize a digital asset to receive rewards and bolster their economies.

26.04 / 03:29

Adoption Coronavirus Japanese Automakers Toyota and Nissan Unveil Metaverse Plans

Nissan and Toyota, two of the biggest Japanese automakers, are among the latest major brands and companies to reveal their respective metaverse plans.

26.04 / 00:33

business Blockchain Adoption Ripple week Takeaways and reviews, what went down during Miami Tech Week

Miami Tech Week took place last week in the South Florida city as part of April's Tech Month programming, which also included NFT Miami and the Bitcoin 2022 conference earlier in the month. Tech Week kicked off with the eMerge Americas conference and the myriad of panel discussions scheduled throughout the city that followed.

25.04 / 23:21

business Blockchain Adoption Report: Postmates founder Bastian Lehmann launches crypto startup

According to local news outlet FinanceFWD, German entrepreneur Bastian Lehmann is making a move into the crypto industry with the creation of a new startup called "TipTop Labs." Although details surrounding the venture remain unknown, its website states the firm seeks to provide "consumer finance solutions for an emerging web."

25.04 / 20:05

Blockchain Adoption Scams phishing phishing attack Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs stolen in Instagram phishing attack

As told by Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) developers on Monday, hackers breached the popular nonfungible token, or NFT, collection's official Instagram page and shared links to a fake airdrop with the project's followers.

25.04 / 19:39

markets Ethereum Adoption Marketplace OpenSea top-10 NFT projects soar as new liquidity enters the market

Spring is here and with it came a new found awakening for nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In the last week of March, total sales volume rallied to $20 billion, but this metric took a dive from mid April to $17.6 billion.

25.04 / 15:31

cryptocurrency Adoption boost Macron’s Re-election Could Boost Unified Euro Crypto Regulation, 'European Metaverse'

For France’s crypto industry, Emmanuel Macron's re-election for another five-year term may mean that Paris will oppose measures to hamper crypto innovation at the European Union level, but also that France will push for the creation of a “European metaverse.”

25.04 / 15:25

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption Hackers Stepn impersonators stealing users' seed phrases, warn security experts

Peckshield, a prominent blockchain security firm, has today exposed that there are numerous phishing websites for the Web3 lifestyle app Stepn. Hackers insert a forged MetaMask browser plugin through which they can steal seed phrases from unsuspecting Stepn users, according to Peckshield.

25.04 / 13:13

Adoption regulation Africa Bitcoin reports Unearthing the Truth About Central African Republic ‘Bitcoin Legal Tender’ Reports

Confusion reigns as reports in the international press have variously claimed that the Central African Republic (CAR) has “adopted bitcoin (BTC)” as “legal tender” – while other media outlets appear to suggest that the country has actually done nothing of the sort, and instead approved a legal framework that will legalize the use of crypto within the country.

25.04 / 13:13

Adoption Blockstream Smart Contract Bitcoin 5 Projects Enabling Smart Contract Development on Bitcoin

Smart contracts were made famous by the Ethereum (ETH) network, which offers Turing-complete smart contracts that enable the development of decentralized products and services. What not everyone may be aware of, however, is that smart contracts also exist on Bitcoin (BTC).

25.04 / 11:37

business Adoption Kraken Middle east Kraken awarded crypto trading license in the United Arab Emirates

Californian crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in the Abu Dhabi international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

25.04 / 08:27

Stablecoin Adoption defi Decentralization Decentralization 'absolutely essential' in building crypto capital markets

If crypto capital markets have a chance of becoming an institutional reality, decentralization will be one of the key aspects according to one industry insider.

25.04 / 01:17

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Decentralized credit scores: How can blockchain tech change ratings

The concept of lending and borrowing is as old as time itself. Regarding finances, while some individuals have more than enough for themselves, others barely have enough to get by. As long as there is this imbalance in finance distribution, there will always be a need to borrow and a desire to lend.

24.04 / 14:37

Blockchain Technology Adoption privacy Future The loss of privacy: Why we must fight for a decentralized future

If you’re into cryptocurrency or blockchain, there’s a good chance I don’t have to spell out the benefits of decentralization. You’re a first-generation user of a technology that will increasingly define the future of the internet, and you have front-row seats to the world premiere of Web3.

24.04 / 09:29

business Blockchain Law Adoption NY Sen. Thomas proposes to criminalize rug pulls and other crypto frauds

New York State Senator Kevin Thomas introduced a new bill amendment request to establish certain offenses related to rug pulls and other frauds related to virtual token distribution, misuse of private keys and hidden interests in crypto projects.

24.04 / 08:29

Government Blockchain Technology Adoption Here is why Germany is ranked the most crypto-friendly country

In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.

24.04 / 05:19

Blockchain Adoption virtual reality Real Estate Power Increased adoption of Metaverse NFTs will power the next NFT growth cycle

Metaverses and blue-chip nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are the driving forces behind the dramatic growth in the NFT market. Projects like the Bored Apes, Crypto Punks, Azuki, Clone X and Doodles collections have steadily attracted collectors' interest in the past year. As a result, these NFT projects have helped the NFT market achieve a growth rate of over 20,000% and a sales volume of approximately $17 billion.

23.04 / 17:07

business Adoption Sport Collectibles Beyond collectibles: How NFTs are revamping the ticketing industry

The concept of nonfungible tokens (NFT) came into existence in 2015, and it first got some traction in 2017 when many prominent digital collectibles such as CryptoPunks and EtherRock were created.

23.04 / 08:17

Blockchain Adoption privacy data mistakes The Metaverse needs to keep an eye on privacy to avoid Meta’s mistakes

Metaverse skeptics fear the prospect of unprotected data and large-scale user surveillance on a scale never seen before. Ironically, the largest company pushing the Metaverse, Meta (previously known as Facebook), has faced its own fair share of privacy scandals in the internet’s current iteration, culminating in Mark Zuckerberg being infamously hauled before the United States Congress to answer for Facebook's inability to combat hate speech and data privacy violations.

23.04 / 05:19

Government Adoption Taxes The new HM Treasury regulations: The good, the bad and the ugly

As the 2021-2022 United Kingdom tax year finished on April 5, 2022, Her Majesty's Treasury announced they were paving the way for the U.K. to become a global crypto asset technology hub. This could mean that the previously not particularly crypto-friendly U.K. is changing its strategy and trying its hand at making crypto investments more attractive. But what are the potential scenarios at play?

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