Gucci and Yuga Labs Are Bringing High Fashion to the Otherside
The luxury fashion brand said on Twitter Monday that it’s teaming up with Yuga Labs, “blurring the boundaries between the physical and digital.”
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EU Lawmakers to Vote on Limited Ban on Self-Hosted Crypto Payments
Anti-money laundering plans have slightly liberalized but are set to bring NFT platforms into the regulatory fold
Gaming and Web3 outlook, what’s available on the market? Report
Blockchain gaming is moving fast, are you up-to-speed? Cointelegraph Research’s latest report reviews 20 games of today, and a few to be looking out for tomorrow.
Polygon Launches Its zkEVM, Why It’s Bullish For MATIC
In July 2022, Polygon Labs, zkSync and Scroll ZKP launched a race to build the best zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). After $1 billion in funding, two external audits, and an internal audit of 26 researchers, today is the day –…
Microstrategy Buys 6,455 More Bitcoin — Now Holds 138,955 BTC
Microstrategy has purchased 6,455 bitcoins for approximately $150 million at an average price of $23,238 per coin. With its latest purchase, Microstrategy now holds 138,955 bitcoins acquired at an average of $29,817 per coin. Moreover, the company…
Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.
Polygon’s ‘holy grail’ Ethereum-scaling zkEVM beta hits mainnet
Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Polygon has released its zkEVM to mainnet beta, allowing developers to deploy smart contracts with increased finality and lower costs.
UBS’s acquisition of Credit Suisse brings some good and bad for crypto
Many in Switzerland have said that UBS’ takeover of Credit Suisse was necessary to avoid a calamitous banking crisis like that seen in 2008.
To be or not to be: Ethics, democracy and morality in the nascent metaverse
If human interactions in digital reality should mimic those of real life, this raises questions as to what and who will dictate important moral judgements and ethical standards.
Wassies NFT Prices Surge as Crypto Twitter Lore-Themed Hotel Opens in Singapore
A room at the Wassie-themed hotel goes for $129 a night as of Monday.
Top 7 legal and compliance jobs in the crypto market
Explore essential skills for top legal and compliance jobs in the crypto market.
A friend in need: How the crypto industry reacts to recent bank bailouts
With a focus on sovereignty and creating an alternative to traditional financial systems, how is the crypto community reacting to government intervention in the recent bank crisis?
Franklin Templeton Sees Web3 Driving Next Wave of Tech Innovations
In a new report, the asset management giant outlines tech-driven megatrends that are shaping society, including decentralization.
Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy repays Silvergate loan and buys 6.5K BTC
MicroStrategy has increased its total Bitcoin holdings to 138,955 BTC, purchased for $4.1 billion at an average of $29,817 per coin.
MicroStrategy Pays Off Silvergate Loan, Buys More Bitcoin
The company in March 2022 had borrowed $205 million from Silvergate Bank.
First Mover Americas: First Citizens Scoops Up Big Chunks of Silicon Valley Bank
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 27, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Consolidates Near $28,000, as First Citizen Agrees to Acquire Silicon Valley Bank
Bitcoin started the week trading around the $28,000 mark, as markets reacted to the news that Silicon Valley Bank was to be acquired. First Citizen Bank agreed to buy approximately $72 billion in SVB assets, at a discounted rate of $16.5 billion…
Top 5 Cryptos Showing Resilience And Expected To Rally This Week
Recently, the market for cryptos has witnessed a notable shift in price movements as they surged from critical support levels. The crypto market cap has been experiencing a slight relief lately, with the aim to regain its $1.2 trillion resistance…
Margot Paez On Mitigating Climate Change, The Progressive Perspective And Bitcoin’s Representation Problem
Environmentalist Margot Paez describes her own Bitcoin journey and how inclusivity is not mere “woke ideology.”As Bitcoiners, we often repeat the mantra “Bitcoin fixes this” and truly, it does solve many problems. The issue with this phrase is not
Paris Blockchain Week 2023: A net positive for the entire crypto industry
The theme of PBW revolved around the evolution of Web3 in the mainstream, the past, present and future of the crypto industry.
‘The Only Way to Truly Scale Blockchains Is to Parallelize Processing’ Says Piers Ridyard
Despite being touted as the possible panacea, decentralized finance (defi) still faces obstacles which greatly diminish the prospects of mainstream adoption, asserts serial entrepreneur and CEO of Radix DLT, Piers Ridyard. Ridyard added that while…
Bitcoin Has Benefited From U.S. Dollar Liquidity to Support Banks: Morgan Stanley
Traders on Binance now set the daily price for BTC with the crypto exchange’s share of trading volume reaching 80%, the report said.
G-7 Will Push for Tighter Global Crypto Regulations: Kyodo
Discussions on a global framework will speed up ahead of a May meeting of finance ministers and central bankers.
FTX Bankruptcy Estate Consolidates Arbitrum Airdrop Tokens Into Single Wallet
A wallet controlled by the FTX bankruptcy estate has received tranches of the Arbitrum airdrop from several wallets linked to Alameda Research, on-chain data shows.
EU Smart Contract Regulations Included in Council’s Data Act Draft
Some worry the text, a version of which was already agreed on by the European Parliament, will prove impossible to meet for most smart contracts.
Why This Economics Professor Thinks Bitcoin Is Worthless
Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, is the latest scholar to trash Bitcoin. Bitcoin Has No Fundamental Value, Says Professor In a tweet on March 26, Hanke said Bitcoin is not a currency but a speculative asset…
Analyst Predicts Gold Prices Might Exceed $8,000 in the Next Decade as Central Banks Lose Confidence in Foreign Currency
Jan Nieuwenhuijs, a gold market analyst, has predicted that gold might exceed prices of $8,000 during the next decade, as the current Ukraine-Russia war, and the worldwide battle against inflation, shift the preference of central banks for foreign…
Crypto exchange Binance launches new regional hub in Georgia
Currently employing 25 people in Georgia, Binance aims to create “dozens more jobs” with the launch of its regional hub by the end of 2023.
European DeFi startups saw 120% increase in VC investment in 2022: Data
Despite the ongoing tumultuous market conditions, venture capital investments in European crypto startups hit an all-time high of $5.7 billion in 2022.
Will BTC ditch the bear market? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin price is gearing up for a key monthly close that could see it dump its 2022 bear market for good.