Rock’n’Block is part of the EEA community of organizations working to advance Ethereum and drive industry adoption. In the Q&A below, the EEA interviewed CEO Dmitriy Ershov about how Rock’n’Block is contributing to the ecosystem to help Ethereum reach its full potential. Please introduce your company and yourself briefly. I am the CEO of Rock’n’Block, …
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Cryptocurrencies continue to make a wave across the sporting sector. Mac Jones, a rookie quarterback star for New England Patriots, will gift Bitcoin to his teammates during this holiday season. The 23-year old said, “I’ve been studying Bitcoin for a while now. This year I just knew I had to give some Bitcoin to my …
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The crypto regulatory framework has seen immense changes this year, and the same is expected to continue in 2022. Senator Cynthia Lummis, one of the most vocal legislatures in the US regarding cryptocurrencies, has announced plans to table a crypto bill in 2022. The Wyoming Republican Senator has become popular in the crypto community because …
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Cryptocurrencies are slowly finding their way into charity organizations. This has been made possible by initiatives such as The Giving Block, which allow charity organizations to convert their crypto holdings directly into fiat currencies. Susan G. Komen, the largest breast cancer non-profit organization globally, has announced it will start accepting cryptocurrencies as donations. The move …
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Binance has had a rough year in terms of issues surrounding compliance. As the year ends, it now seems like Binance is yet to reach the desired level of compliance, with the latest action against the exchange being taken by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK). MASAK is a unit under Turkey’s Ministry of Finance …
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The Dogecoin Foundation, an NPO supporting the most-talked-about cryptocurrency of 2021 Dogecoin (DOGE) has teamed with Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. The strategic collaboration involves working on a staking mechanism for DOGE coin that will help the latter to strengthen its position in the crypto industry. The news was mentioned by …
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With crypto gaining global popularity, governments from across the world are striving to work out a fully-dedicated crypto law to maintain financial stability. Following the trend, Turkey has also successfully completed the draft of its highly-anticipated Crypto Law. The crucial information was conveyed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the honorable President of Turkey, who revealed that …
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Working as a financial intelligence unit of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) has imposed a fine of 8M lira on Binance Turkey crypto exchange. The cryptocurrency center came under the radar after failing the audit conducted by the Investigation Board for scrutinizing the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures. The …
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What Is MetaMask? Aaron Davis founded the blockchain company ConsenSys and MetaMask. MetaMask is a free crypto wallet that permits users to store and swap top nft tokens, host a growing array of decentralized applications (dApps), and familiarize themselves with the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. It is a universally and popularly used crypto application. In August …
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Smart money crypto whales are gobbling up three digital assets while selling three others, according to insights firm Santiment. Santiment tells its 120,200 Twitter followers that whales have bought 41% more CRO over the last two months. CRO is the cryptocurrency that powers the Crypto.com payment, trading and financial services platform. Santiment describes whales as …
Binance is celebrating the new year with approvals from two different sides of the world. The crypto exchange has been granted an in-principle license by the Central Bank of Bahrain to operate as a crypto asset service provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain. According to the announcement, the in-principle approval a first for a Binance …
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Amid Iran’s energy consumption increasing during the winter, local energy authorities have decided to halt operations of authorized cryptocurrency mining centers. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, chairman of the board and managing director of Iran Grid Management Company (Tavanir), announced that Iran is shutting down crypto mining centers again to reduce liquid fuel consumption in power plants …
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A Colombian real estate platform is now allowing users to purchase properties with Bitcoin. The platform, called La Haus, is promoting bitcoin payments for a new real estate project in Santa Marta, called Natura City. This is an expansion of the platform, which has already established such a service in Mexico. La Haus to Allow …
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2021 is coming to an end and one prominent theme this year in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology most definitely belongs to non-fungible token (NFT) assets. This year NFTs became a billion-dollar industry and many NFTs have sold for millions of dollars. The following is a look at the top ten NFTs, in …
New decentralized organization Opendao gave users of Opensea, one of the biggest NFT marketplaces by trading volume, a gift on Christmas. The organization launched its own token and organized an airdrop to distribute it to users that had purchased NFTs using Opensea, allowing them to claim 50% of the total supply of SOS, its native …
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