While the African continent is generally viewed as one of the most ideally placed to embrace and fully exploit the blockchain, the reality on the ground suggests otherwise. The East Africa Blockchain Expedition As Adedayo Adebajo, the managing director of Jelurida Africa and a blockchain enthusiast told Bitcoin.com News, much of the focus in terms …
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Adshares.net web3 Marketing Protocol Aims for Metaverse Ads
press release PRESS RELEASE. Adshares ($ADS) decentralized network working since 2017, created the possibility to connect Publishers and Advertisers directly with the use of blockchain and allows them to sign advertising contracts without intermediaries. The Adshares team is constantly putting in a lot of effort to grow their ecosystem which shows that Adshares is considered …
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Bitcoin Hashrate Increases 32% in 3 Months, Stealth Miners Command 12% of BTC’s Hashpower
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been increasing a great deal during the last three months, as it’s increased more than 32% from 103 exahash per second (EH/s) on July 25 to today’s 137 EH/s, with a few highs in between around the 189 EH/s mark. Bitcoin’s price spike has pushed the hashrate higher and in a week’s …
Beijing Presses Fast-Food Chain McDonald’s to Support Digital Yuan — China’s CBDC Expected to Launch in February
According to a recent report, Beijing is pressing the fast-food retail chain McDonald’s to support the digital yuan before the Winter Olympics in China scheduled for February 2022. The report notes that China is also pushing companies like Visa and Nike to join in on the central bank digital currency (CBDC) rollout. Chinese Government Pushes …
The Real Opportunity for Bitcoin and Crypto Will Come From This Group of Investors, Says Shark Tank Star Kevin O’Leary
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary says that a group of investors could transform Bitcoin (BTC) and the crypto markets when they decide to allocate capital to the space. In a new interview with Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano on The Best Business Show, the celebrity investor says that there will be a massive opportunity for crypto …
Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Says Gold Losing the Race Against Crypto As Inflation Hedge
Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones says that crypto is currently his preferred way of hedging against inflation. In a new interview with CNBC, Jones says that crypto has acted as a great hedge as of late and is winning the race against gold. ADVERTISEMENT “Crypto has been a great hedge… I said then, …
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, SOL, AVAX, ALGO, AXS
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face strong selling as bulls attempt to flip the psychological level at $60,000 into support. Some analysts believe that Bitcoin could enter a correction as traders book profits following the successful launch of last week’s Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. In the past, the launch of the Bitcoin Futures product by the Chicago …
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Crypto in the crosshairs: US regulators eye the cryptocurrency sector
In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain. Lately, news headlines are focused on regulators’ concerns over the lack of investor protections in the cryptocurrency …
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Walmart Installs 200 Bitcoin ATMs in Stores As Retail Giant Launches New Crypto Pilot Program: Report
Walmart customers can now add crypto to their shopping lists as the retail giant has started a pilot program that adds Bitcoin-dispensing machines to some of its locations. In collaboration with digital currency exchange platform CoinMe and coin-cashing machine company Coinstar, the megastore says that it has released 200 Coinstar kiosks in Walmarts around the …
Crypto Analyst Predicts Timeline for Huge Ethereum Rally, Plots Targets for Polkadot and FTT
A widely followed crypto strategist and trader is predicting the time horizon for a huge Ethereum rally as he maps out the price targets for Polkadot (DOT) and FTX Token (FTT). The trader, known in the industry as Altcoin Sherpa, tells his 136,600 followers that he’s keeping a close eye on Ethereum against Bitcoin (ETH/BTC) …
Fear not, investor: Finding stability amid crypto market volatility
In a calendar year, the total crypto market capitalization more than quadrupled from $361 billion to more than $1 trillion in January — reaching an all-time high of around $2.6 trillion in May. Just weeks later, more than $800 million was wiped off of the total crypto market cap, representing a decrease of over 33%. …
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Play-to-earn games are ushering in the next generation of platforms
The online gaming industry has been on the rise for the past few years and for a good reason. From a global pandemic pushing an online revolution to the ever-increasing mobile and internet penetration, more people are spending more time online. It is no wonder the industry is big money, raking in over $20 billion …
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5 Dollar-Pegged Tokens Command 94% of the Swelling $135 Billion Stablecoin Market Cap
During the last month, four out of five of the top stablecoins by market capitalization saw their valuations swell in size. At the time of writing, there’s $135.4 billion in stablecoins but the top five collectively represent 94.40% of that total. While the largest stablecoin in terms of market cap increased by 2% over the …
From $4 to Over $3.1 Million — Miner Transfers 50 ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ After BTC Sat Idle for 11 Years
On October 22 at 4:52 p.m. (EDT), a miner that acquired 50 bitcoin on May 17, 2010, spent the funds that sat idle for 11 years and five months. There hasn’t been a 2010 block reward spent in three months and the last time a 2010 miner spent their ‘sleeping bitcoin’ was on July 4, …
CryptoDragons Introduces a World-Class Blockchain DNA Project
press release PRESS RELEASE. NFTs are all the rage right now – they are essentially unique units of data that generally represent a piece of art, media, or other forms of digital files. There are many interesting projects in youthful stages right now, but one of the most prominent NFT projects to arise recently is …
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