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25.03 / 09:59

business Technology cryptocurrency As India seeks firm footing on cryptocurrency, investors await clarity

Almost two months after the government proposed a taxation policy for income from trading in virtual digital assets (VDAs), there is still a lack of clarity on various aspects, experts said.

23.03 / 21:19

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Meta files 8 digital asset and Web 3.0 trademark applications

Meta, formerly Facebook, has filed eight trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, relating to blockchain technology and its proposed metaverse. The applications and their fields of interest are as follows, organized by serial number:

23.03 / 20:37

Technology education Children Russia 'deliberately targeting' Ukraine's food stocks, says EU Commission

The European Commission wants to produce more food in order to respond to the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine.

22.03 / 00:15

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Euroclear Euroclear invests in Fnality to advance digital ledger technology strategy

On Monday, Euroclear, a securities clearing firm that claims it has over 37.6 trillion euros in assets under custody, announced an investment into Fnality, a consortium of financial institutions focused on the regulated adoption of tokenized assets and marketplaces, for an undisclosed amount. Meanwhile, Euroclear is also focusing on developing its distributed ledger technology, or DLT, to settle digital securities against digital cash through the partnership.

21.03 / 18:15

business Blockchain Technology Stablecoin network Luna token price is soaring, but is the network's growth sustainable?

Terra, an open-source blockchain platform for algorithmic stablecoins, has been on fire over the last half-year or so. The value of its native crypto asset Terra (LUNA) has risen from $24 to over $100 during the last six months, placing it in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

20.03 / 20:29

Blockchain Technology Developers Smart Contracts Mind Inside the blockchain developers’ mind: How to avoid development hell

Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside the Blockchain Developer’s Mind, written by Andrew Levine of Koinos Group.

20.03 / 08:21

Blockchain Technology virtual reality Internet The metaverse will change the paradigm of content creation

Content constitutes the essence of the internet and comes in many different forms that the current Web2 internet iteration supports — text, audio, video or a mix of all three. However, content is scarcely a free resource. It is content creators who are now becoming opinion leaders, influencers and the cornerstones of so many of the critical services businesses rely on, such as advertising, marketing and public relations management.

19.03 / 16:39

Technology Support Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine get help and support in Budapest

Over 290,000 refugees have already arrived in Hungary from Ukraine.

19.03 / 15:01

Technology Prime Minister Bulgaria's former PM Boyko Borissov released from detention

Bulgarian former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov was released from custody on Friday after prosecutors failed to come up with enough evidence to press charges against him.

19.03 / 15:01

Technology Military Russia's new Ukraine weapon: What is a hypersonic missile?

The Russian army said on Saturday that it fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, the first known use of the new weapon system in a combat environment.

19.03 / 11:43

Technology Ukraine war: Zelenskyy warns Russia could take 'generations' to recover from losses

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow to stop its invasion of his homeland, without delay. In a late night video message, he said if the war continued, Russia would take generations to recover from its losses.

19.03 / 05:19

Blockchain Technology Adoption Health Real health benefits will come when medicine and the Metaverse collide

The world is becoming more connected as cryptocurrency, blockchain, nonfungible token projects, the Metaverse and other online communities gain popularity. However, we’re also seeing rates of depression and feelings of isolation and loneliness skyrocket. This development is certainly not causal, but it is something to consider as younger generations become more involved in virtual spaces. The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a national mental health crisis. Mental Health America reported that 47.1 million people in the U.S. are living with a mental health condition. That’s one in five Americans, folks.

18.03 / 21:51

Technology Putin's rhetoric now more virulent amid Ukraine war, says expert

Russia President Vladimir Putin has repackaged his rhetoric in a much more strident and virulent form, an expert has told Euronews.

18.03 / 21:01

Technology cryptocurrency Social Media digital economy Inside Ukraine's digital war: Deputy Minister Bornyakov on resisting with tech, crypto and hacking

Quick fundraising in cryptocurrencies, an army of volunteer hackers, and a strong voice on social media have all helped Ukraine put up an unexpectedly strong front against Russia’s invasion over the past three weeks.

18.03 / 16:49

Technology UEFA Champions League: Chelsea drawn against Real Madrid in quarter-finals

Holders Chelsea have been drawn against the record 13-time winners Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

17.03 / 16:19

Technology cryptocurrency European Union Financial Crypto buyers have no protections if they lose all their money, EU financial regulators warn

Crypto investors risk losing all their money invested in speculative, "too good to be true" assets and are at serious risk from fraudsters, the European Union's securities, banking and insurance watchdogs said in a joint statement on Thursday.

16.03 / 22:03

Blockchain Technology Stablecoin Adoption 'Millionaire' stablecoin wallet addresses surpass 12 million

According to data compiled by Coin Metrics, the number of stablecoin wallet addresses with account balances over an equivalent $1 million USD has recently surpassed 12 million — up from 4 million one year ago. The stablecoins counted in the analysis include Tether ERC-20 (USDT), Tether TRC-20, Binance USD, DAI, GUSD, HUSD, PAX, and USD Coin (USDC).

16.03 / 19:33

Blockchain Technology Adoption Coinbase enables users to fund wallets from Chrome browser extension

On Wednesday, Coinbase launched a new feature, dubbed "Coinbase Pay," that enables its clients to fund their Coinbase Wallets directly from a Chrome browser extension. According to its staff, Coinbase Pay intends to make it intuitive for anyone to participate in decentralized finance, or DeFi, swap tokens on decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, and purchase nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in just a few clicks. Specifically, they wrote:

16.03 / 00:33

Blockchain Technology Ethereum proof-of-work BUG testing Ethereum Merge testing on Kiln mostly successful, save for one minor bug

On Tuesday, Ethereum (ETH) developer Tim Beiko tweeted that Kiln successfully passed the Ethereum Merge, with validators producing post-merge blocks containing transactions. Kiln will be the last Merge testnet (formerly Ethereum 2.0) before existing public testnets are upgraded. "Merge" involves taking Ethereum's Execution Layer from the existing Proof of Work layer and merging it with the Consensus Layer from the Beacon chain, turning the blockchain into a proof-of-stake network. The Foundation writes:

15.03 / 18:13

Government Technology Adoption Bitcoin Future Legal DAOs: Why are the Marshall Islands betting on a decentralized future?

The Republic of the Marshall Islands made history in the second week of February after it formally recognized decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) as legal entities.

15.03 / 17:11

Blockchain Technology defi Research Nansen's indexes reveal insightful trends in the NFT space

The research branch of Nansen, a popular blockchain data firm, has published a meticulous twelve-page report quantifying the performance of Ethereum-based nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, since the turn of the year, unveiling a number of compelling indications as to the economic and cultural future of the ecosystem.

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