TSG announced Q3 2019 had been particularly good to them, with investors like Square Enix giving $2.01 million to the blockchain-based game. After recently announcing a third presale of their coveted game’s virtual spaces, The Sandbox (TSB) revealed they have quite a number of big-name backers. According to a March 20 press release by Animoca […]
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DApps are facing numerous barriers to adoption, but its key benefit lies in decentralized networks with trustless protocols, so attractive for the users. We’re certainly in the early days of the decentralized Web 3.0, but many parallels exist to what we went through in the 1990s during Web 1.0 and during the mobile boom of […]
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With the launch of ‘Nifty Gateway 2.0’, the Winklevoss-owned company is the first USD-based exchange for non-fungible tokens. Nifty, a USD-based exchange for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced the completion of its ‘Nifty Gateway 2.0’ revamp on March 17. The platform, which was purchased by the Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm Gemini in November 2019, describes itself […]
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After some regulatory uncertainty, the U.S. has started its journey to the regulated space for blockchain and DLT industry. The United States’ concerns about the rise of cryptocurrency use in illegal activities have only been growing as developments in the space continue to push the envelope. There is a global race to launch stablecoins that […]
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Coinbase’s chief legal officer Brian Brooks will resign from the firm to join a major banking regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Amid an ongoing global health and financial crisis, Coinbase, one of the most popular cryptocurrency trading platforms in the United States, is losing another key executive. Brian Brooks, Coinbase’s chief […]
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The digital asset marketplace will start offering XTZ, in-house cryptocurrency of blockchain project Tezos, for trading on Monday. On March 16th, digital asset marketplace Binance.US will list XTZ, the in-house cryptocurrency of blockchain project Tezos. According to an announcement on Binance’s website, trading for XTZ/USD and XTZ/BUSD trading pairs will be available on Monday, March […]
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The need for reducing carbon emissions is increasing. How can blockchain help in the quest to eliminate carbon emissions? Climate change has created a rapidly growing global market for a digital eco-commodity called carbon credits. Current estimates value these carbon markets at over $100 billion annually. A carbon credit represents one metric ton of CO2 […]
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Binance is doubling fees for ETH withdrawals due to high ETH network congestion. Fired-up Crypto traders call the decision robbery. Binance announced in a tweet on March 12 that it is doubling fees for ETH withdrawals. The company cited network congestion as the reason for the decision. The tweet specified: “To better facilitate ERC20 and […]
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French regulators are considering a regulatory sandbox meant to study the impact of security tokens in the European Union. European businesses may soon have a new jurisdiction in which to experiment with security tokens while regulators evaluate the pros and cons. France’s markets regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers — or AMF — is considering […]
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UC Berkeley’s blockchain incubator has welcomed 17 startups into its program, including a reverse auction loan platform and a cannabis-themed online game. The University of California Berkeley has announced the 17 latest startups to be accepted into its ‘Blockchain Xcelerator’ program. They include a Cannabis-themed mass-multiplayer online game (MMO), and a reverse auction loan platform. […]
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