Blockchain Financial News
02.11 / 16:55
Blockchain
Investments
Trading
Bitcoin
Is ‘Bitcoin season’ real or a maximalist theory?
With Bitcoin (BTC) continuing to hold ground above the all-important $60,000 psychological threshold for two weeks running, a growing chorus of voices seems to be echoing the sentiment that the market may be in the midst of another “Bitcoin season.”
02.11 / 16:11
Blockchain
Blockchain Game
Activision
Former Activision, Disney and Lucas Films devs reveal NFT-powered video game
Video game publisher MetalCore Foundation has unveiled a new open-world game that incorporates nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, into the gaming experience, highlighting the continued innovation underway in the GameFi sector.
02.11 / 16:11
Blockchain
Google
Asia
Asia-Pacific leads the world in NFT searches on Google
Amid the ongoing nonfungible tokens (NFT) boom, people in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries appear to be the most curious about NFTs, according to Google Trends data.
02.11 / 16:11
Blockchain
Environment
BitMEX
Bitcoin
BitMEX goes carbon-neutral and pledges to go the extra mile
Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX has become one of the first exchanges in the sector to announce their carbon-neutral status, as well as vowing to offset emissions of all Bitcoin transactions to and from the platform.
02.11 / 09:55
Blockchain
Digital
regulation
Crypto Companies
Aussie crypto companies keen to embrace regulations says senator
Australian Senator for New South Wales Andrew Bragg has asserted that robust regulations would “bring credibility and validity” to the country’s emerging digital asset sector.
02.11 / 09:15
business
Blockchain
Technology
Adoption
Top crypto
Avalanche creates $200 million fund to lure top crypto devs
The Avalanche Foundation has unveiled “Blizzard” — a fund offering more than $200 million in incentives to developers who build on the Avalanche (AVAX) network.
02.11 / 07:11
Blockchain
Law
Scams
class action
Aussie firm to launch $100M class action over dodgy QOIN token
The issuer of a controversial cryptocurrency that can only be sold in batches of $125 daily on a single exchange is facing pushback from an Australian law firm.
02.11 / 07:05
Blockchain
Digital
Bitcoin
Explainer
Pro Explainer: What is an NFT and what makes it so popular?
Blockchain has completely changed the way we think about money and has created a true era of digital property. Bitcoin is the first successful use case for blockchain.
02.11 / 05:57
Blockchain
CEO
Platform
Bitcoin
These two mining firms compete for top spot as mining continues to thrive in Texas
Texas, which is now housing a major share of the U.S. mining business, is now a battleground. A recent report by CNBC noted the changing landscape of Rockdale in the Texas region.
02.11 / 05:07
business
Blockchain
Adoption
Top U.S. banks offer big incentives to lure crypto talent
Top U.S.-based banks and financial institutions have filled more than 1,000 positions for crypto experts in the past three years.
02.11 / 01:03
Blockchain
Adoption
awards
The Recording Academy and OneOf announce Grammy Awards partnership
The Recording Academy and OneOf, a green NFT marketplace backed by legendary record producer Quincy Jones, announced an exclusive partnership centered around the next three years of Grammy Awards in an unsigned statement on the Grammy.com website.
02.11 / 00:31
business
Blockchain
Technology
Adoption
enaira
eNaira slowly gains traction post-launch amidst glitches
The rollout of the world's second central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is off to a rocky start. Last week, Nigeria rolled out its eNaira CBDC after the Bahamas became the first country in the world to launch theirs, known as The Sand Dollar, the year prior.
01.11 / 23:23
business
Blockchain
Technology
Adoption
expansion
Patreon to explore expansion into crypto realm
Patreon executives again teased their company's expansion into the world of crypto at a 2021 Creator Economy Summit by The Information panel. Patreon CEO Jack Conte appeared with Chief Product Officer Julian Gutman, saying:
01.11 / 23:15
Blockchain
defi
Uniswap
DeFi strategists and investors stand to gain from a 'permissionless' quantitative strategy platform built on Uniswap v3
As decentralized finance (DeFi) has matured into an industry with over $200 billion locked in protocols, so has the risk appetite across the spectrum of investors. These varying risk tolerance levels call for a more diversified range of asset management products to meet investors’ demands.
01.11 / 22:59
Facebook
Blockchain
Adoption
Funding
Sfermion raises $100M for NFT and metaverse ventures
Nonfungible token, or NFT, investment firm Sfermion has announced a secondary funding raise of $100 million — appropriately titled Fund II — from a number of established cryptocurrency investors including British billionaire Alan Howard, American entrepreneur Chris Dixon, Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and venture capital firm Digital Currency Group, among others.
01.11 / 21:49
business
Government
Blockchain
Adoption
City of Liverpool takes interest in blockchain-powered food delivery platform
On Monday, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram announced a 700,000 pound ($955,957 USD) investment into blockchain-powered food delivery service Peepl. The software aims to act as a cost-efficient alternative to food delivery giants for local restaurants.
01.11 / 19:37
Blockchain
NFT
defi
play
A play-to-earn blockchain envisions a revolutionary token economy through the ‘perfect combination’ of DeFi and NFTs
The new era of blockchain-based games involves more than advanced graphics and sophisticated gameplay. Through the advent of technologies that enable decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), in-game incentives can turn into real-life financial rewards.
01.11 / 17:53
Blockchain
Binance
Withdrawals
Binance crypto withdrawals return to normal following system backlog
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the suspension of all transaction withdrawals on its platform on Monday morning due to a “large backlog” of data. CEO, Changpeng Zhao, assured all users that funds were safe, before the functionality was restored.
01.11 / 16:53
Blockchain
Twitter
Reddit
Bitcoin
acquires
NYDIG acquires Bitcoin micropayments firm Bottlepay
Bitcoin (BTC) investment firm New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, has announced the acquisition of United Kingdom-based micropayment service Bottlepay for an estimated fee between $280 million and $300 million.
01.11 / 16:46
Blockchain
cryptocurrency
defi
network
Automata Network Launches Its Mainnet Alongside a USD 20 Million Incentive Program
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01.11 / 16:23
Blockchain
Target
Digital
Anti-corruption checks to apply to crypto exchanges in Russia
Vladimir Putin’s administration has brought in a draft policy for crypto exchanges under its anti-corruption guidelines. The Russian government’s website stated that federal security officials can send inquiries to crypto exchanges and “operators of information systems in which digital financial assets are issued”.
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