September 20, 2021 – London, United Kingdom Stratis has joined the UK’s ‘all party parliamentary group on blockchain’ (APPG Blockchain) to contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use cases. APPG Blockchain includes organizations like Capita, the IOTA Foundation, SAP and the British Standards Institute (BSI), who collaborate with an array of …
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September 20, 2021 – New York, New York Taker Protocol, a crypto liquidity protocol for NFTs, has raised $3 million from a number of reputable investors to build new financial primitives into the burgeoning NFT market. The round was led by Electric Capital, with DCG, Ascentive Assets, Dragonfly Capital, Spartan Group, The LAO, Sfermion and …
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Data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis suggests that Bitcoin (BTC) may not be the hedge against inflation that many seem to believe it is. “Right now, we can’t show a statistically significant correlation between inflation in the US and Bitcoin prices, but we know anecdotally that many people invest in Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation,” Chainalysis’ head …
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced it will not be pursuing its Lend crypto lending program. In a Sept. 17 update to a blog announcing the program in June, Coinbase hinted at difficulties in regulatory clarity across the crypto industry in its decision to not bring the crypto lending product to the market. According to …
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The Boston Blockchain Association, or BBA, together with Boston-based media house Media Shower and the Chamber of Digital Commerce are working to lobby for favorable crypto regulations in Massachusetts. According to a release issued on Monday, the BBA in collaboration with Media Shower and the Chamber of Digital Commerce has released a crypto regulatory toolkit …
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FTX, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, continues expanding operations by inking major regulatory approval in The Bahamas. The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has registered FTX Digital Markets, the Bahamian subsidiary of the global FTX crypto exchange, as an official digital asset business, the firm announced Sept. 20. The regulatory approval is granted …
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Gensler’s Tuesday testimony could bring regulatory news. XRP rule out settlement with the SEC chief. LTC caught up in ‘pump and dump’ hoax. ETH Ethereum was back at the $3,000 level after a rally in the week to the $3,600 level failed. ETH Price Index The cryptocurrency market is seeing bearish price sentiment due to …
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Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States has been able to secure a new deal with the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office which would see it use its Coinbase Analytics tool for undisclosed purposes. Per available information, the government agency will be paying as high as $1.36 million as licensing …
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Moonriver, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-compatible smart contract platform developed on Kusama, is full steam ahead with some impressive figures since its launch just three weeks ago. A Polkadot – Kusama powerhouse As reported by Moonbeam, Moonriver has close to 100k wallet addresses on the network and over 650 ERC20 tokens have been created. In addition, …
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El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has purchased more bitcoin. The Salvadoran government now holds 700 coins, according to President Nayib Bukele. El Salvador Buys the Dip El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, announced early Monday morning that his government has purchased 150 more bitcoins. The country’s bitcoin law …
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Crypto markets have dropped a great deal in value over the last 24 hours as crypto assets across the board have lost anywhere between 7-15% in value during this time period. The overall market valuation of all 10,000+ crypto-assets in existence has slid just below the $2 trillion handle, losing over 9% in value during …
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sponsored In recent months NFT or as it coded, non-fungible tokens became a hot topic that everyone is talking about. NFT is a valuable model of digital ownership from which you could make money. If you have paper money or money in your bank accounts, you can buy, rent, sell, invest and be an active …
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On September 17, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace in terms of volume, Opensea, announced the launch of the platform’s mobile application. Opensea marketplace users can now access a wide variety of NFT collections on their smartphones by downloading the application from Apple’s App Store or the Google Play store. Opensea Launches Mobile App for …
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A New York-based real estate firm is accepting Bitcoin as payment for nearly $30 million worth of commercial property in Manhattan. Magnum Real Estate Group says they’re taking BTC as payment for three ground level shops at a luxury residential project. ADVERTISEMENT The 9,000-square-foot ground-level shops at 385 First Avenue, also known as CODA, …
Widely followed crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe is laying out his top five altcoins to watch for the rest of this month. In a new strategy session, Van de Poppe starts his list with Cosmos (ATOM), a project dubbed as the “internet of blockchains.” Though ATOM has already exploded in USD value, the analyst …
