Crypto.com has been at the center of the media spotlight since its creation in June 2016. Among other things, the company has: Burned through approximately 70 billion CRO in circulation before launching the mainnet Crypto.org chain in March 2021 Launched the sidechain Cronos Bought the 20-year naming rights to the NBA Lakers’ home arena for …
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Brandon Topham, the head of enforcement at South Africa’s financial sector regulator, has insisted that his organization has not issued warnings to some global exchanges because they deal in crypto. Rather, the warnings have been made because the exchanges are not registered to offer derivatives in the country. Exchanges Not Registered to Offer Derivative Products …
A new fundraising platform whose objective is to help to raise funds for Ukrainians and the Ukraine military recently claimed to have raised 2 million of the stablecoin tether. Some of the donated crypto assets have been sent to the Ukrainian army and to a humanitarian fund that finances volunteers. Ukraine’s Crypto Donations Whitepay, a …
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has fully resumed EUR and GBP deposits and withdrawals via the SEPA payment network and Faster Payments Services (FPS). Binance is also offering all verified users zero fees for depositing EUR via SEPA and GBP via FPS to “celebrate the return of SEPA and FPS.” SEPA and FPS Back on Binance Cryptocurrency …
A decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto asset that launched on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is surging even as the broader markets trade sideways. Xido Finance (XIDO) is an automated market maker (AMM) with a capped supply of 100,000,000 XIDO tokens that offers yield-farming incentives to liquidity providers. According to the AMM project’s whitepaper, “XIDO Finance …
VanEck, an investment firm with almost $82 billion in assets under management, has submitted an application to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the launch of a new exchange-traded fund that invests in gold mining and Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies. According to the SEC document filed on March 3, the fund will …
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Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from one-week lows on March 8 after a lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine talks that sent markets tumbling. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Commodities “trading like meme stocks” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing at $37,170 on Bitstamp after Monday‘s Wall Street open. Overnight progress maintained …
Publicly traded crypto mining company HIVE Blockchain Technology has signed a deal to buy ASIC chips from semiconductor manufacturer Intel that will be used in their new custom mining devices. HIVE has arranged for the new devices to be made by a third-party custom design manufacturer that will integrate the Intel chips into new air-cooled …
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The popular gaming guild YGG has reached a milestone in terms of new scholars for the Axie Infinity platform and various other play-to-earn games. Yield Guild Games reported 20,700 unique scholars in February, an increase of 8,500% since the same month last year when there were just 241. The milestone marks a “new record in …
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BTC Price Holds Above Crucial Support as Bitcoin Bounces Above $38K – March 7, 2022 BTC/USD is still in a downward correction as Bitcoin bounces above $38K. Since March 4, BTC’s price has been hovering above the $38,000 support for an upward move. Today, BTC’s price declines and pulls back after retesting the low of …
Silicon Valley and big tech firms are increasingly losing talents and high-profile individuals to the greener pastures of the crypto industry. Green as in the freshness and the horizon of opportunities, and green as in money. As CryptoSlate reported last month, It’s becoming evident that Web3 and the wider crypto- and blockchains space is becoming …
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Phillips, one of the leading auction houses in the United States, has revealed that it is willing to accept payment in Bitcoin or Ethereum for the upcoming auction of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artwork collection in May. Per available information, the collection, dubbed Untitled, 1982, is a 16-foot painting that was “executed in 1982, the watershed year …
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The team behind Brave, the privacy- and crypto-friendly web browser, has been developing the browser’s wallet feature for quite some time. The Brave Wallet is now live on both desktop and mobile platforms. Brave Wallet is built into the browser itself and does not require installation of a browser plug-in, as do other wallets like …
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Valued at $23 billion, DraftKings, a digital sports entertainment and gaming company, today joins the Polygon ecosystem as a validator and node operator, marking this the first time a major publicly-traded firm has taken an active role in blockchain governance. Polygon validators are responsible for verifying the authenticity and validity of transactions on the network …
The Kusama Kingdom, home of the popular Kusama Kings, is welcoming a new addition to its ecosystem—a collection of Queens. RD Studios, the development team behind Kusama Kings, will roll out 110 Queens to accompany the Kings in the Great Hall and bring more utility to the tight-knit community of its owners. The Kusama Kingdom …
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