What is the Connection of Metaverse With Cryptocurrency? Blockchain technology isn't the only thing transforming the world. Large-cap companies like Facebook are pouring billions into the Metaverse to give users access to an online mall. The current market downturn is also causing Crypto coins in Metaverse to trade at lower prices. What is the connection between...
Robinhood, an investment and trading app company, announced on the acquisition of startup Ziglu. He develops a crypto wallet with a bank card attached to it. “Ziglu and Robinhood share a common goal of lowering barriers to a new generation of investors. By becoming part of Robinhood, we will strengthen the company's expansion process in Europe...
Members of Lido Finance staking service approved allocation of 2 million LDO (~$6 million) to support Ethereum under the Protocol Guild. The framework supports autonomous mechanisms for recruiting, retaining, and remunerating developers. As an added bonus to the start of @EFDevconnect, we're pleased to say the proposal for Lido to pilot the Protocol Guild has passed,...
El Salvador has been unable to find common ground with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and negotiations with it are "practically dead." This opinion was expressed by the former head of the country's central bank, Carlos Acevedo, writes ElSalvador.com. We are talking about an agreement with the IMF on the allocation of financial assistance. According to...
US Treasury imposed sanctions against the BitRiver group of companies engaged in cryptocurrency mining in the Russian Federation. According to the agency, BitRiver, an operator of mining data centers founded in 2017, currently has three offices in Russia. In 2021, BitRiver transferred ownership of its assets to the Swiss holding BitRiver AG. In addition to it, ten...
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a beta version of its own non-fungible token (NFT) platform for a limited number of users. HERE’S SOME ALPHA: we’re in beta pic.twitter.com/HMdTPat5vP — Coinbase NFT (@Coinbase_NFT) April 20, 2022 At the first stage, Ethereum-based tokens are available. Coinbase Vice President of Product Sanchan Saxena The Block about the plans of the NFT marketplace...
Crusoe Energy Systems Inc, a bitcoin-mining company, has closed a $350 million Series C funding round. It was led by G2 Venture Partners. Participants include: Valor Equity Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Polychain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, MCJ Collective, Winklevoss Capital and others. One of Crusoe's new investors is Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition Ventures. In...
According to sources FTin March, the head of Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, offered FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried help in organizing an IPO for the bitcoin exchange and dialogue with the CFTC. In August 2021 FTX US acquired LedgerX, a regulated exchange specializing in cryptocurrency derivatives. At the same time, the head of the American division, Brett...
The Bank of Russia, together with the government, is discussing the issue of mining cryptocurrencies. About it stated Head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina. She noted that it is necessary to make a "systemic decision" on mining - if it is approved, "no limits, a sandbox will not be needed." The head of the regulator stressed...
The crypto industry has received a “strong signal” from the US that it needs to implement solutions that will prevent Russia from evading sanctions through mining. David Carlyle, Vice President for Policy and Regulation at Elliptic According to him, "unprecedented" sanctions OFAC in relation to the Russian operator of mining centers BitRiver demonstrate the real concern...
