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21.04 / 18:27

business coinbase Deal Coinbase is planning to purchase crypto exchange BtcTurk in $3.2B deal: Report

Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly planning to purchase BtcTurk for $3.2 billion.

21.04 / 17:11

business Blockchain Adoption Near Foundation More institutions are looking to invest in crypto, says NEAR Foundation CEO

Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall interviewed Marieke Flament, the CEO of NEAR Foundation at the Paris Blockchain Week Sumit (PWBS) last week, discussing a range of topics including how institutional investors are trying to understand how they can participate in the crypto space.

21.04 / 17:11

business Government Blockchain As labor struggle takes center stage, can DAOs democratize work?

Web3 has given rise to a number of innovative business models. In particular, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have started gaining traction as Web3 as the creator economy comes to fruition.

21.04 / 16:49

business education economics Bitcoin From beer to Bitcoin as legal tender: A BTC education in Roatán

Few crypto enthusiasts around the world could point to the remote island of Roatán prior to the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.

21.04 / 16:48

business Adoption ATM Bitcoin A dozen Bitcoin ATMs planned at the largest EU electronics retailer

Austrians have “sufficient funds” for more Bitcoin ATMs — hat’s the verdict that MediaMarkt, a German electronics retailer, reached following a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot in Austria.

21.04 / 16:47

business Web3 Funding POW Grant Public blockchain Kadena launches $100M Web3 grant program

Proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain Kadena has launched a $100 million grant program to encourage Web3 development on its platform, potentially opening the door to more use cases for the layer-one protocol.

21.04 / 14:55

business Blockchain Adoption Future Ledger Enterprise's Alex Zinder is all about blockchain, crypto and the future of finance

Alex Zinder, a capital markets veteran who jumped on the blockchain train last year, attended the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, where he sat down with Cointelegraph to discuss blockchain projects, crypto adoption and the traditional financial world’s necessary embrace of digital assets.

21.04 / 14:13

business regulation Ban Bitcoin Bitcoin Wallets Noncustodial Bitcoin wallets unbannable, says exec behind Trezor wallets

As regulators grow increasingly concerned about investors moving their cryptocurrency out of centralized exchanges, one industry exec has assessed the probability of a potential ban of noncustodial wallets.

21.04 / 11:13

business Binance Bitcoin services Binance limits services in Russia due to the EU’s 5th package of sanctions

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, is adopting major restrictions on users in Russia following the European Union’s fifth package of sanctions against Russia.

21.04 / 06:27

business Binance marketing Binance Coin Binance embarrassed after unveiling swastika-like emoji… on Hitler's birthday

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, released a new Binance Emoji on Twitter that users noticed bore a striking resemblance to a swastika.

20.04 / 21:33

business Adoption Investments iTrustCapital surpasses $5B in crypto IRA transactions

Cryptocurrency individual retirement accounts (IRA) provider iTrustCapital revealed Wednesday that the total transaction volume on its platform had surpassed $5 billion, marking a 60% increase in nine months.

20.04 / 18:39

business Technology Adoption Developers The metaverse puts the digital asset interoperability challenge on steroids

In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century.

20.04 / 16:05

business NFT coinbase Marketplace Coinbase announces beta of NFT marketplace with social engagement

Crypto exchange Coinbase’s nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace has moved into beta more than six months after the company announced it planned to open a waitlist for the site.

20.04 / 16:05

business Blockchain Adoption Ukrainian crypto and blockchain firms survive despite ongoing conflict

Many Ukraine-based businesses have had to shutter or suspend operations following the outbreak of the conflict with Russia on Feb. 24, but some in the cryptocurrency space have been able to keep running, albeit with many staff in bomb shelters, scattered across the world and facing an uncertain future.

20.04 / 12:33

business Adoption Binance.US awarded money transmitter license in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico becomes the fourth jurisdiction in America to grant a money transmitter license to Binance.US, the American arm of the crypto exchange Binance. Other states that issued operational licenses to Binance.US include Wyoming, Connecticut and West Virginia.

20.04 / 11:09

business Blockchain Stablecoin security Deal Exploit Beanstalk Farms offers plea deal to perpetrators of $76M exploit

Beanstalk Farms, a credit-based stablecoin protocol exploited for around $76 million in crypto on April 18, has offered a bounty of 10% if the attackers return the funds.

20.04 / 09:13

business IPO Investments NASDAQ Crypto focused SPAC raises $115M in Nasdaq IPO

Aura FAT Projects Acquisition Corp. (AFARU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has closed its IPO on Nasdaq and raised $115 million, with a focus on crypto industry assets.

20.04 / 09:13

business ETF Bitcoin week Australia’s first Bitcoin ETF could attract $1 billion after launch next week

Financial regulators have greenlit Australia’s first Bitcoin ETF to begin trading on April 27 and the Australian Financial Review reports it could see up to $1 billion in inflows.

20.04 / 06:21

business Netflix stocks Bitcoin More volatile than Bitcoin? Netflix shares plunge 25%

The stock market has once again made crypto look stable by comparison with the Netflix (NFLX) stock price dropping 25% in after-hours trading tod.

20.04 / 01:07

business Gaming Funding Venture Capital Framework Framework Ventures allocates half of $400M fund to Web3 gaming

Crypto-focused venture firm Framework Ventures has raised $400 million in new funding to invest in early-stage companies across the Web3, blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) industries.

19.04 / 22:53

business Blockchain interview Blockchain.com co-founder thinks the EU and UK are 'progressive' crypto regulators

Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall sat down with Nicolas Cary, the co-founder and president of Blockchain.com at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, or PBWS, last week. Cary's other roles include founding the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development and co-authoring a white paper called "The Future is Decentralised" for the United Nations Development Programme.

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