December 10, 2021 – Singapore, Singapore BlockchainSpace is excited to announce a crucial partnership with The Sandbox. As part of the collaborative effort, BlockchainSpace will connect its 2,600 guilds and 680,000 players to the virtual world created by the Sandbox. It will serve as a viable example of how the ability to scale communities for …
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WhatsApp Rolls Out Crypto Payments Pilot Program in the US
One of the world’s largest mobile messaging services is launching a new feature enabling its users to send and receive crypto assets. American platform WhatsApp just announced a new pilot program that integrates Novi, the digital wallet developed by leading social media platform Facebook, now Meta. US-based WhatsApp users will now be able to exchange …
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FLUX, SFP and Badger DAO surge even as Bitcoin price falls to $47K
The year-long mantra that the crypto market would see a blow-off top in December has proven to be a dud thus far and for the last week, most cryptocurrencies have been under sell pressure and Bitcoin (BTC) is encountering difficulty in trading above $47,000. That said, it’s not all bad news for cryptocurrency holders on Friday …
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Assembly announces $100M capital raise, receives praise from IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener
On Friday, Assembly, a decentralized layer one smart contract network built within the IOTA ecosystem, announced it had raised $100 million from private investors, including LD Capital, HyperChain Capital assembly, and Huobi Ventures. The project stated that the funds will be used to accelerate the development of decentralized finance protocols, nonfungible tokens, and play-to-earn crypto …
Bitcoin Core developer Samuel Dobson decides it is ‘time to go’
Developer Samuel Dobson announced via a series of tweets on Thursday night that he is stepping down as a Bitcoin Core maintainer after three years as he “can no longer dedicate the time required, as I approach the end of my Ph.D.” I am officially stepping down as a maintainer of Bitcoin Core. Serving as …
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Indian PM calls for cryptocurrencies to ’empower’ democracy at global summit
Cryptocurrency made an appearance at a global online summit for world leaders in a speech from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At Friday’s events for the Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, Modi said India would be willing to offer other countries “innovative digital solutions” to facilitate free and fair elections and …
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Coinbase Launches Support for Series of Altcoins Across Full Retail Platform
Top US crypto exchange Coinbase is expanding support for four Ethereum tokens and a pair of other altcoins across its full retail platform. After a release on Coinbase Pro, IDEX (IDEX) is now available to buy and sell on the company’s main retail trading platform and mobile applications. The Ethereum token powers the IDEX decentralized …
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NFT clone Punks: Right or wrong?
“Can someone explain to me why NFT ‘clones’ are selling for so much?” asked Redditor LittleDoofus a couple of months ago. NFT clones cash in on successful NFT collections by releasing similar or even identical copies of the art under similar sounding brands. LittleDoofus wanted to know how we have suddenly ascribed so much value …
Virtue Gaming launches play-to-earn crypto model to bring online poker to US players
On Friday, Virtue Gaming, a decentralized online poker platform built on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, launched the first play-to-earn digital poker casino in the United States. In the U.S., only six states (Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Michigan) have legalized and currently regulate online poker. The country has been slow to act …
Bitcoin jumps past $50K as US CPI data shows highest inflation in nearly 40 years
Bitcoin (BTC) surged over $1,000 in seconds on Dec. 10 as the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed inflation in November was worse than anticipated. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView November CPI conforms to expectations Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD running to $50,132 on Bitstamp as the data …
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Crypto market eyes recovery ahead of key US inflation data release
Growing inflation has become a mounting concern for nations around the world, especially the United States. The U.S. has seen one of the sharpest rises in consumer inflation over the past year. Lawmakers around the globe have claimed that they didn’t see the inflation coming, but people often draw their attention towards the seemingly unrestricted …
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2021 In Retrospect: The Biggest Cryptocurrency Trends of the Year
This year brought several new developments in the crypto and blockchain industry. Here are 2021’s milestone events. The price of Bitcoin ($BTC) reached new all-time highs this year on multiple occasions. Most notably, the coin’s valuation reached $63,000 in April, $67,000 in October, and $69,000 in November. On a year-to-date basis, the cryptocurrency saw gains …
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Top Crypto Analyst Plots Path Forward for Binance Coin and Ethereum, Says One Altcoin Has Bottomed
A widely followed crypto trader is predicting bullish scenarios for Binance Coin (BNB) and Ethereum (ETH) while saying that the utility token of FTX exchange (FTT) is about to bottom. Starting with Binance Coin, the crypto analyst pseudonymously known as Smart Contracter says that the native token of the Binance Smart Chain is a few …
Bitcoin hovers near $48K ahead of fresh key US inflation data
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered above $48,000 on Dec. 10 after another fall took BTC/USD to lows of $47,350 overnight. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Taper tantrums Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the pair orbiting $48,300 at the time of writing as markets braced for November’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) readout. As Cointelegraph …
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Russia prioritizes CBDC ruble as overall crypto outlook seems positive
After the Chinese authorities introduced a complete ban on cryptocurrency transactions in September by equating them to illegal financial activity, local cryptocurrency miners either dropped off the radar or moved to other countries in order to continue with their business. The United States subsequently became the leader in terms of Bitcoin (BTC) mining volumes with …
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