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Latam Based Cryptocurrency Exchange Ripio Expands to US
Ripio, an Argentina-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it will expand its operations to the U.S. The company, which serves more than 4.5 million customers in Latam, received a license in the state of Florida to operate and…
Fumiya ‘the Most Famous Japanese in the Philippines’ Becomes PROJECT XENO Ambassador
PRESS RELEASE. Project Xeno is pleased to announce that Fumiya, a social media creator with over 6 million followers on SNS, has been appointed as the Southeast Asia ambassador for “PROJECT XENO.”
Fumiya is a social media…
Sony Acquires 3D Animation Company Beyond Sports to Offer a Complete Sports Metaverse Experience
Entertainment and electronics giant Sony has recently completed the acquisition of Beyond Sports, a company specializing in using real-world data to produce 3D animation. With this purchase, the company is now reportedly able to offer a…
NY Attorney General Urges Congress to Ban Crypto in Retirement Accounts
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Congress to pass a law prohibiting crypto investments in retirement accounts. “Hardworking Americans should not have to worry about their retirement savings being wiped out due to…
Elon Musk Confirms Bankman-Fried Owns 0% of Twitter Dismissing Reports Claiming a $100M Stake
Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has clarified that Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, does not own any stake in Twitter. This followed an article published by a Bankman-Fried-backed publication suggesting…
Data Lake Launches Consent-to-Earn Medical Data Donation System
PRESS RELEASE. The EU-funded web3 startup Data Lake has launched the world’s first medical data donation system, based on Distributed Ledger Technology and with a novel incentives mechanism that rewards people for their medical data…
Study: 6,100 Crypto ATMs Installed in 2022, Figure 3 Times Less Than in Previous Year
New data has shown that as many as 6,100 crypto and bitcoin automated teller machines were installed in the first eleven months of 2022. The latest figure is approximately three times less than the ATMs that were installed in 2021. The data…
IMF Blog: Better Regulation of Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Urgently Needed
A well-regulated African cryptocurrency market is needed in order to protect users as well as help countries stop bad actors from using digital assets to circumvent capital controls, the latest post on the IMF blog has said. The blog post…
Deloitte: Metaverse Could Add $1.4 Trillion a Year to Asia’s GDP
Deloitte estimates the metaverse could add $1.4 trillion to Asia’s GDP annually by 2035. Noting that the metaverse market could be as large as $13 trillion by 2030, the global financial services firm said: “The metaverse is no…
Bitget Gives Investors an Edge With a Series of Crypto Social Trading Features
For most retail investors, trading has traditionally been a solitary exercise, making the barrier to entry relatively high. Information regarding trading instruments and market conditions can often be hard to come by or, at other times, too…