2020 has been a stellar year for blockchain technology, laying important foundations for the year ahead. January will mark 12 years since the Bitcoin genesis block. In that time, blockchain technology has made many significant strides forward. The launch of Ethereum in 2015 introduced smart contracts and token minting. Subsequent years saw developments in areas, […]
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Coronavirus lockdowns caused the global event organizer to take a new direction, launching a record label and selling digital art. International party brand Space Yacht is preparing to drop its second collection of nonfungible token artworks on the Nifty Gateway marketplace on Dec. 23. Titled the “Space Yacht Iconography Collection”, the NFTs feature three of the brand’s […]
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Crypto banks offer an integrated solution that is connected to the traditional financial world — which, most importantly, is compliant with regulations. The crypto space has come a long way since its inception in 2008. Many areas have improved over the last 12 years, such as custody and exchange solutions. If you ask the early […]
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The fourth investment of the year from the Stellar Development Foundation has gone into Settle Network, a Latin American stablecoin and payments provider. The Stellar Development Foundation has invested Settle Network, the largest digital assets settlement network in the Latin American region. It marks the fourth investment this year from the SDF enterprise fund, bringing […]
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Turkey started off strong in crypto and blockchain in 2020 — then the pandemic happened. Turkey’s crypto and blockchain ecosystem welcomed 2020 with big ambitions and a strong track record from 2019, which was its best year ever in terms of adoption. Following the release of Statista’s “Global Consumer Survey 2019,” which lists Turkey as […]
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A final-second bid saw a digital artwork NFT sell for $777,777 on Nifty Gateway. Non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway hosted an auction that saw a single NFT artwork sell for $777,777 after a last-second bid doubled the price. On Dec. 14, Nifty tweeted that the “savage” bid of $777,777 had been entered with only a […]
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A stagnant price period seems at an end as Pornhub is forced to go full crypto for payments. Verge (XVG), the cryptocurrency now infamous for its links to the porn industry, is on the up again — thanks to a classic fiat money scandal. As adult entertainment giant Pornhub confirmed this week, payment providers Visa […]
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The world’s first social media-managed NFT shares its views and plans with Cointelegraph On November 21st, the world’s first social media-managed, personality-branded non-fungible token (NFT) revealed itself to the cryptotwitter world: Axie #265, also known as “Axia.” Axies — the cute, digital critters inspired by Pokemon — populate the rapidly growing blockchain-based game Axie Infinity. […]
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Fast food chains like Burger King and Church’s Chicken already accept crypto payments in the South American nation. A famous U.S.-based pizza chain has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments in all its stores in Venezuela. According to a Nov. 27 tweet from crypto services firm CryptoBuyer, Pizza Hut stores in the South American nation now accept crypto […]
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Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla sees a bright future for tokenized assets — possibly through PayPal In a panel last week for the London Bullion Market Association, Paxos founder and CEO Charles Cascarilla discussed the growth of Paxos’ gold-backed ERC-20 token, PAXG, and the future of asset tokenization more generally — a future that could well […]
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