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Bitcoin Held in Exchange Wallets Rising at Pace of $1.16B a Month, Data Show
Historically, increased inflows into exchange wallets have presaged bull market pauses or price pullbacks.
Latam Insights: Argentina’s Massa Proposes Blockchain Oversight, Drex Will ‘Kill’ Lesser Cryptos in…
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Argentine presidential candidate Sergio Massa has proposed to use blockchain for state oversight,…
Argentina’s Presidential Candidate Sergio Massa Suggests Using Blockchain for State Finance…
Presidential candidate and Economy Minister Sergio Massa has proposed to develop a system to allow citizens to control and monitor state finance using blockchain tech in Argentina. At a recent presidential campaign rally, he declared that…
Mastercard Says Customers Are Too Comfortable With Today’s Money for Adoption of CBDCs: CNBC
The widespread use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) does not have enough justification at the moment as customers are so comfortable using today's type of money, a senior Mastercard official has said.
Protocol Village: Kinetix Gets Strategic Investment to Build on Gnosis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
NHL Dives Into NFT Market With ‘Breakaway’ Platform, Amidst Shifting Digital Collectible Trends
The National Hockey League, the NHL Players’ Association, and the NHL Alumni Association have collaborated with the non-fungible token (NFT) firm Sweet to introduce NHL Breakaway, a digital collectibles platform. The NHL says the…
Bitcoin Flips Ethereum for the First Time in 24-Hour NFT Sales Shift
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, the Bitcoin blockchain saw its non-fungible token (NFT) asset sales surpass those on the Ethereum platform, marking a historic shift during a single-day span. According to the analytics provided by…
Protocol Village: Stackr, Provider of Tools for ‘Micro-Rollups,’ Raises $5.5M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Nov. 9-15, with live updates throughout.
The Simpsons Satirizes NFT Mania in Latest ‘Treehouse of Horror’ Episode
On Sunday’s anticipated Halloween special, The Simpsons unveiled its thirty-fourth “Treehouse of Horror” episode, showcasing Bart’s transformation into a non-fungible token (NFT) by Homer. In a twist of events,…
Hong Kong Regulator Planning to Widen Purview of Virtual Assets Supervision
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is reportedly planning to expand the purview of its supervision of virtual assets to include entities that issue stablecoins. The Hong Kong regulator said it also wants to create a framework that governs…