Nifty news: Polyient marketplace, Ronaldinho drop, and a ‘staggering’ $4800 NFT sale …
Polyient is launching an NFT marketplace with DeFi features, Ronaldinho has entered the NFT market and Vitalik Buterin has digitally...
Month: July 2021
Synthetix turns on layer-two alpha, launches Olympics betting on options platform
Users of the Synthetix-based Thales platform can now bet on the outcome of Olympic events. Decentralized derivatives and synthetic asset...
Ghana Vice President Praises Central Bank’s CBDC Initiative, Says Digital Currencies Can Boost Intra-African Trade
The Ghanaian Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has implored African governments to start exploring digital currencies as such alternatives have the...
Mexican Regulator: 12 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Operating Illegally
Santiago Nieto Castillo, leader of the UIF, the Mexican financial regulator, has issued an alert that 12 cryptocurrency exchanges are...
US Senator Lummis: Big Government Spenders Are Accelerating Adoption of Crypto Assets Like Bitcoin
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing for regulation that would ensure bitcoin remains a good store of value. If the...
FinCEN’s new digital currency advisor says crypto’s ‘just another means of payment’
FinCEN digital currency advisor, Michele Korver, believes cryptocurrency is a natural evolution in financial technology. Michele Korver, the first-ever chief...
PayPal set to launch crypto trading in the UK and may embrace DeFi
The global payments platform wants to let British customers trade crypto on its new “super app”. Global payments platform PayPal...
Congressman takes aim at peers who think crypto could cause a ‘financial 9/11’
Characterizing his contemporaries as viewing the crypto sector as a “financial 9/11,” Congressman Ted Budd has warned lawmakers against driving...
MicroStrategy pledges to buy more BTC despite paper loss on its holdings of $424.8M in Q2
As of June 30, 2021 MicoStrategy held an approximated 105,085 BTC with a carrying value of $2.051 billion, at a...
Financial Giant State Street Expands Cryptocurrency Services as Demand From Traditional Funds Soars
State Street Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, has announced the expansion of...
Mila Kunis’ ‘Stoner Cats’ NFT Sale Pulls in $8M — Animated Series Can Only Be Watched by NFT Holders
A new non-fungible token (NFT) project crafted by the American actress and producer, Mila Kunis, has made millions selling NFTs...
Bitcoin Mining Operation Reveals Plans to Convert Coal Ash Landfill Into Solar Farm
Following the announcement from Greenidge Generation Holdings that detailed the company would be promoting a carbon-neutral stance, and the firm’s...
Robinhood Raises Almost $2 Billion in IPO, Falls Short of Expected $35 Billion Valuation
Robinhood, the fee-free cryptocurrency, stock, and options exchange, raised almost $2 billion in its initial public offering, reaching a valuation...
Bitcoin traders express mixed emotions about what’s next for BTC price
Bitcoin traders are at odds about where BTC price may head after it failed to flip the $40,000 level to...
