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Crypto Has Evolved From Being Seen as an ‘Anti-Establishment Rebellion Asset’ Says FCA Executive…
From being seen as a small “anti-establishment rebellion asset” more than ten years ago, crypto has grown to “become more widespread,” says Sarah Pritchard, an executive director at the United Kingdom’s…
Bitcoin Stamps Surpass 18,000 Collectibles, Creativity Takes Center Stage
With the latest non-fungible token (NFT) trend on the Bitcoin blockchain, known as Bitcoin Stamps, users have issued more than 18,000 digital collectibles on the network. While this figure falls short of the number of Ordinal inscriptions,…
Toy Manufacturer Mattel to Launch P2P Marketplace for Virtual Collectibles on NFT Platform
On April 20, the American toy manufacturing company Mattel announced an update to its virtual collectibles platform, which will go live on April 27. The peer-to-peer platform, called Mattel Creations Virtual Collectibles, will coincide with…
African Blockchain Business Funding Rose 429% in 2022 — Report
In 2022, African blockchain businesses raised a total of $474 million, a 429% increase from what was raised in the year earlier, the latest CVVC African blockchain funding report has revealed. The custody and exchanges category raised over…
Sotheby’s to Auction 3AC’s NFT Collection, Including Larva Labs’ Zombie Punk and Dmitri Cherniak’s…
On Wednesday, Sotheby’s, one of the world’s largest brokers of fine and decorative art, announced its plans to auction a number of non-fungible token (NFT) assets that were previously owned by the now-defunct crypto hedge fund…
Trezor Enables Coinjoin for Trezor T Model to Bolster a ‘New Era of Privacy’
According to Trezor, the crypto hardware wallet manufacturer, owners of the Trezor T model can now use a Coinjoin feature to preserve their privacy. Trezor had announced the Coinjoin feature’s impending arrival on the hardware wallet…
Chip Giant Intel Abandons Bitcoin ASIC Production
After announcing the production of bitcoin application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, appears to be abandoning its blockchain chip production. On Tuesday, a…
Sempo Delivers Cash Aid for the Unbanked in Crisis
Digital money is becoming the go-to vehicle for serving people in humanitarian crises. But when disaster victims have no smartphones or bank accounts, aid organizations have to distribute cash more creatively. That’s why Sempo is one of…
BTQ Prepares Today to Defend Against Tomorrow’s Quantum-Computing Threat
Blockchains face existential peril from super-fast computers that can break the encryption protocols on which crypto depends. Quantum computers aren’t here yet, but if developers wait to devise defenses the fight will be over before it’s…